Epiphany!

My friend and I reluctantly agreed to get the chores done on a Monday evening. A long day of teaching the throats out left us famished, quiet literally. We walked past the chaos unnoticed - both us and the world invisible to each other.
The thought of getting a quick bite from the end of the lane kept us driven. It seemed like a very busy evening with people moving around like bees! Quickly replaced the thought of a healthy evening stroll with jumping into an auto to skip straightly to the popular store. Capped off the errand and relied on the Universal positioning agent to give us the shortest possible route.

Living in the heart of city came to me as a baggage! Of course, you can find everything in the nook and corner. But then, there are these constant fireworks of the traffic that totally drives you crazy! The overcrowding and peak hour series leaves you with a sense of monotonous life decoration.

The universal positioning system kept on giving us short cuts and reroutes. Widely known to be impatient enough, this idea of taking the shortest roads doesn't sound so surprising now, Does it? Walking back the roads, we crossed the back alleys only to find them appalling. What is heartening to know that we try to connect and change the lives of people sitting hundreds of miles away but those who are steps away are in same deliberated condition and no one gives a damn about them. (Ref) Shabby street markets full of life and vigour was evident everywhere. As we fastened up our pace amidst all the wolf whistling, a sudden epiphany came into being. An epiphany of two different worlds!

The world doesn't look like what you think it looks like. It's so strange that just a few kilometres can make a place so different from our idea of a conventional world. The epiphany just appeared so real to me!

GAYATHRI S THERROTH
25th August 2019