In Celebration Of Being Alive !

We often come across a few petty happenings in our day-to-day lives,still its very less of a probablity that we actually feel the magnitude of it.Travelling is most a times irrritating,tedious but for a wanderlust its just a beautiful way of looking at the world.Here,I have penned down a few of the scenes in which people have actually made me look up to their actions and admire their passion inspite of leading lives that are hitting really  hard on them.


14-10-2011,6:27pm(Vijaya Nagar):

               I was on my way to Koyambedu when I witnessed the happening.It was a pleasant day and for a change the bus did not carry more than 70 passengers so it was pretty easy for me to look through the window and smile .

  Stood on the main road,a tall building defended with two huge black strong gates guarded by two watchmen.One of the watchmen waved at the other with a phone in his hand.

       Watchman 2:  Enna??
       Watchman 1:  Photo ! Photo !!
       Watchman 2:  Enge?? Enna photo?
       Watchman 1:  Bhai ! Photo le mera !(Already in pose)

  As soon as he clicked a photo,both of them hugged and headed towards their respective gates.

18-10-2001,12:45 pm (Dandeeshwaram):

        Unlike the normal winter days,it was scorching heat that made people show disgust on the sweat that was pouring down their faces.The bus was at a halt as the roads were high on traffic making it difficult even for the two-wheelers to make a move.I was one of the lot who simply despised travelling on such days and in such extremely crowded buses ,untill a person caught my attention.From the chaos,emerged a man on his tricycle that carried huge amounts of water cans which could have moved only if pulled by two men.To my surprise,this man held one part of the tricycle handle in one hand and in the other was a melting mango duet ice cream which he slurped and happily drove away leaving the bus stranded.

1-11-2011,4:00pm(Velchery) :

         The climate showed the onset of rainy season in Chennai.Nevertheless of a drizzle or a heavy downpour the vegetable,fruit and fancy item vendors were all scattered on the dingy roads waiting for the passersby to have a look at their collection.Of the entire set,was a woman in her late thirties sitting in the proper Indian traditional style with an umbrella that gripped to a box which contained the day's earnings.It started to drizzle,people ran hither and thither in search of shelters except for this woman who remained seated.Carefully she removed a lipstick and a mirror from the box , wore it with great enthusiam and continued to yell the prices of onions and tomatoes.

In me was a strong desire to capture all these moments but they just happen in  time that one cannot afford to lose for it takes much more time to get the camera settings on.These are of course life's small instances that do not bother the general public but certainly they are "The little happenings" that makes one smile without a great reason. It is said that a pic speaks for itself but I chose to put it down as words so as to describe the nuances of human life.


PS: I owe to Dr.Christian Bernard for the plagiarism :P