Before lockdown all of us were in different cities and converged during a common event like Diwali or a vacation. Just as the lockdown got lifted, we started getting again scattered with many false starts. Nikita came back after checking in for her flight as the college decided to do only online classes and she received the mail just before she boarded the flight. At another point Joyeeta came back just after 2 days after we dropped her at CEPT Ahmedabad because she got through pilani. Finally in January Pilani opened it’s campus and so did CEPT - so both were in their respective colleges. Not for long though as Nikita packed her bags and went to Norway for 2 weeks for a college trip which had a different level of preparation for the first time we packed theplas and Ready to Eats so she could survive there.
This continuous coming and going brings with it the upheavals of booking a ticket and the drop at the airport and all the activities in between. Shopping - packing - send off dinner n drinks & conversations about past n future.
While this is a reality it is also a harbinger of the times to come. In your mind, you know that from now on they will be visitors and that these coming and going is the only way forward. But your heart refuses to let go, you still feel their presence when you drop them and come back and see their used clothes scattered or after a few days when you aimlessly wander into their room and see all the pictures, time tables stuck into their softboard bringing back memories of time spent together.
You quietly leave the room leaving everything undisturbed & waiting for the next home coming.
Postscript: Mumbai Dragon episode in Modern Love, Mumbai is a touching story of a Chinese mother and son, it’s also a story of struggle and success in Mumbai. See Nasiruddin Shah as a sardar for the first time. (Amazon Prime)
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