Monday, October 1, 2007

the home coming...

the first step on the city's tarmac and i knew i was home...
i knew that beyond that wall,everyone speaks my language...
i knew that the faces which will greet me will have smiles...
i knew the taxis would be yellow ambassadors instead of those black and yellow monsters back there...
i knew phuchka will be called "phuchka" and not "golgappa"...
i knew "adda" will no more just another "bong" word uttered by those who come from "cal"...
i knew i would be sleeping on my bed...after what seems like an eternity...
its crazy how you take things for granted...
your bed,your room...and even your WC...this is when you realise their worth!
i am back...to where i belong...
and yes,hong kong restaurant got a new banner :)...
and lords' is all done up with airtel ads!

14 comments:

storyteller said...

hey you,welcome home :)

Ephemera said...

There's a feeling i get when i look to the west and my spirit just cries for homecoming....jani na...hoy to aar kono din permanently kolkatay phirte parbo na...placement western India noy to abroad e hobe...bangla no boley boley kemon ekta rust porey geche....hoy to ek din bhulei jabo...wotever enjoy korish...cheers!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

i am terribly jealous of you...i still have 19 days to reach home

onnesha said...

eshe gechhish?

little boxes said...

@shreya:thanks sweets
@dream baron:life's like that...i am all ears for a fellow bengali talking in my language btw!
@inihos:patience is a virtue,child
@onnesha:yup!

... said...

*yayness*
My sis is back home!
Love ye!

indranil said...

Welcome back! :-) Didn't you notice the Vodafone-ization of Kol?

little boxes said...

@indranil:delhi has that too!
@clouds:love ya too sis

The Mad Girl said...

welcome back!
nothing like home is it? I am yet to realise that.may be I need to leave it to realise.

Neel said...

"bodhudur hete eshe tomake chai
e jibon bhalobeshe tomake chai!"

Princess Banter said...

It is refreshing indeed to go back to the familiar, no? Especially when you never thought it would feel that good.

Lucid Darkness said...

:D
Enjoy it.

Ephemera said...

aajke abar akash jure megh koreche
aajke abar kaandbe akash poth bhashie
obadhyo mon jache phire nijer deshe
janina bondhu abar ami phirbo kobe ...

An Extraordinary Life said...

it sounds like you dont like delhi! .. common, thought we had a thing going.. someday i hope you'll write the same way about buttterrrr chikaan in delhi dhabas as you do about the cal addas!!..
love :)