Vintage Point

waking up in the morning for this! Class VIIth 31 /08/2008 Time: 4:55 pm Venue: Coaching Class Two boys in the room were standing with their heads down.The teacher was angrily giving them lecture about how one should be respectful and kind towards people even if they don’t look a certain way. The reason behind this talk was me or I should say it was them who called me a buffalo infront of the whole batch,they were unaware that the teacher was standing right behind their chairs. They were given strict wordings and were asked to apologize for me, which they did. I also, posing like a very humble human being said “its ok ,though I knew it wasn’t ok. Not much could be changed in their mentality but should I change the way I look? It was the first time in my life I thought about fitness,weight loss,inch loss,fat loss,detox etc etc. There was a gym in the same gully I joined it.Full of enthusiasm and determination of carrying a 36 24 36 figure I jumped into the g...

It was a ritual for me to celebrate new years at my cousins place in childhood. We used to share status of being the only child of our parents and were horribly bored of the same. So just to at once quarrel with someone for blanket at a cozy chilly night we had this pact of going to each other’s place in festivals or vacations. So,this one New years night my cousin was down with flu and she was not allowed to come to my place so I decided to go instead.We were offered daliya for breakfast,soup and bread for lunch and khichdi was our midnight 12 a.m snack..chilly weather and sore throats you see. As expected she wasn’t very happy with this year beginning to end and new days coming  our way.So I tried to win her confidence in happy days back. Her house had 2 floors and we would always end up being on the terrace celebrating with bon fire and music..just the trwo of us,happy safe and sound. Coming to the present I went downstairs,everybody was asleep,slowly searched i...

As much as it sounds weird,it tastes as bad.We are known to have chai with chini,elaichi, ginger, tulsi even kaali mirch but who has it with Namak ? Well,the answer is simple..someone who has a bad taste or someone who has an angry Karma .   A salty tea can be compared with the mishaps of life that nobody expects to happen.Just like Radhika did not imagine it to be… Tea in disposable small cups were being distributed among the guests who were sitting in the Verandah of the house,garlands spread all over the floor. Chit chats and assumptions were being made,very common to a shadi wala ghar. The marriage of the eldest daughter was to be held tomorrow and there was plenty of stuff to be still done for the event.Everybody apart from the daughter’s parents were present in the hall including the chacha’s and mama’s .Aunties were busy in discussing the variety of sarees they own opposed to the ones they get to wear.The uncles in the house were however busy in debating ...

I realised that I was afraid of new people,new environment only when I got into my new school which was much larger than my previous one in every aspect.The school before that was set up in the house of a lady and had total of three rooms for p.g,nursery and k.g precisely. In that school,I was the most loved student and principal’s favourite.She had rabbits too and used to play with them for hours. It was a happy place for me,I had many friends too.But time has to go by and it did.Now I was enrolled in this big new school and it had students in thousands.I remember crying the whole six hours on my first day there.Though things were beginning to settle I was bullied almost everyday.And maybe I had made peace with it somewhere in my heart.I knew this was what I have to go   through and there is no escape.Though some kids around me used to talk to me I still would miss my old school.I had got into the habit of being domineered so much that one day a classmate of mine brough...

coffee is always a good idea. Lot’s of noises round but he could only hear the sobs of the girl sitting on his left who was sitting in front of an uninterested rather insensitive man.Just about half an hour ago the guy in red shirt had seen her enter the café,keeping her bag on the left table to his she sat on the chair aligned to it.She looked quite happy and had roses in her hand.Soon a dark skinned fellow entered the café and sat beside her not acknowledging the fact that she had stood up for a passionate hug.Clueless the girl sat down and called for someone to take the order.The order was of two cold coffee’s from his side although the girl’s nose was blocked and she had been keep picking on her nose with a hankerchief every 5 minutes. Cold Coffee’s in block nose…not too much to ask for in Love right? All this was being watched by the guy on their right with great attention,some perks of being alone.Just when he thought it’s another clichéd Love story,the gi...

It was a bright morning sunshine and Diya was busy wearing School ke Sports Shoes.Today she was more than excited for the school bus because today they had the sports meet and she was taking part in the race.Her Parents were invited too and she had ordered her Mom to wear the Pants matching to hers! Mid August,Wednesday,10:30 am- All the Parents had arrived and they were made to sit,kids of Nursery were standing in a horizontal line waiting for the race to begin. Soon after,the P.T ma'am came upto them with a huge basket of Guavas,asked them to pick one,start eating it up and finish it in order to start running.Diya was very fond of the fruit and picked up the one which was the largest in size and started eating it with immense joy. It was 3 minutes since the race started, most of the kids had finished eating and were already competing with each other while Diya was enjoying the sweetness of the big guava she had in her hand. Her mom and the teachers also cheered her up to r...

Late Evening,the beds were uplifted from the floor to somewhere in between the air, for her husband and daughter to sleep.They had to vacant the floor to fill up their stomach.Her daughter who was 3,was down with fever and husband lay unconsious beside the daughter. She wanted to hug her kid and be with her but was forced upon by circumstances to get ready. Her red lipstick just broke yesterday, but she got no time to fix it up, using a paint brush,she is applying it now.Around 6 years back she was told to apply the red one as it appeals the people. Getting dressed in a hurry,fidgeting with her earring from one hand and removing excess kajal from another.She is almost ready for what needs to happen next. After about 5 minutes later, she could see a man entering into the room. Coming from a lower class family,she didn't get education,but knew maths by heart,the men taught her that.She would serve 20 sometimes 30 men a day.Though she was forced into this institution she was determ...