Free. The mind is free today. Free not as in free gift voucher. but free as in free India or free software. Okay… like free India… free software sucks. Well whatever, the mind is free today and blissful. It feels nice when you do things the right way. When all the wrongs that happen, donโt really count, because you know you have done the right thing.
So it all started with me staring at the LCD of my laptop for some one and half hours and not doing anything. Then suddenly, something happened. As if the Buddha decided to sit beneath the Bodhi tree, or as if Gabriel found the address of the new prophet, or as if the left eye of the princess turned red because a mosquito bit it. Basically, something STRANGE happened while I was staring at the LCD purposelessly for an annoyingly-long amount of time. I took a deep breath and had some water. No no, that was not the strange thing. Then decided to go for a walk, it was strange, but still not strange enough to be THE STRANGE thing. Then somehow I noticed a ‘chai ki tapri’ near my home which somehow has always missed my attention like so many other things in Mumbai, and though i happen to cross it daily. So today I decided to give that tapri the due respect. I went and asked for chai, even this was a strange enough act for a Mumbaikar, but still not strange enough to be THE ABSOULTE STRANGE thing. I had the chai and as I put the typcial cutting chai glass with the dark sediment of chai-patti remaining at the bottom of it, on the half broken counter on the tapri, i realised that I haven’t brought the wallet. Even this was strange for me, I remember carrying my wallet everywhere… yes everywhere… to toilets as well. So it was a substantially strange event, may be good enough to conclude that I was out of my mind when I left home for the walk, but yet not strange enough to be the ABSOLUTE SO_MUCH_TALKED_ABOUT STRANGE thing. So I just asked for udhar, to my surprise the guy said ‘ok’. Strange… right?? but just good enough to say that Mumbai is a strange city.. not good enough for the COVETED ABSOLUTE STRANGE thing spot.
So have I successfully created the atmosphere where everybody is either eagerly wiating to hear the strange thing OR nearly convinced that I’m going to do an anti-climax here? I request the second category to not to mistrust me. I know I’m really good at cracking PJs. But this one is not one of them. PJs are supposed to be poor, not strange. So now, are you eager to ask me what the strange thing was?
Well I can tell you, but what’s the point if you go from this place without getting annoyed.
And I’ve discussed with my lawyer. You cannot sue me for it. :)) The constitution of India gives me the liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship. And you can consider the above post as any of them. After all, India is a free place… just like my mind… Isn’t it?
BTW, isnโt this post strange?
And, will this post qualify as surreal? Its a new concept I want to evangilise, surreal blogging… any takers?
:))
No!! Alcohol has made no contributions towards this post. It entirely is the intellectual property of Nikhilesh Ghushe. ๐
Free. The mind is free today. Free not as in free gift voucher. but free as in free India or free software. Okay… like free India… “free software sucks.”
So does your mind :-p
This came out of hatred for my mind or love for free software? ๐
ghushe, tujhe pyaar hoo gayaa hai. kyu pain maar raha?
:p
Abe Shish, zindagi me har cheez ka conclusion to yehi kyon nikalata ki mujhe pyaar ho gaya. Kal ko sala India match harega to bhi tu yehi conclude karega ki ‘Ghushe tujhe payaar ho gaya’. ๐
Aur pain marna to mera identity hota tha campus par. Socha thoda revive marte us concept ko.
I apatrcipee you taking to time to contribute That’s very helpful.