I found myself in the middle of a Bandh, not a new event now for Mumbaikars. I managed to reach my workplace in time, but the empty campus was a sharp reminder of how much we have surrendered our lives to these hooligans. After spending half a day doing nothing, especially since I was back after a long week, all of us decided to head home after a while.
And what a timely decision to head home since the situation escalated badly after 3pm. We adjusted ourselves in the car singing songs, at the top of our lungs just about making up lyrics and making new ones. On the way, I also got a glimpse of the architectural wonders of Navi Mumbai through a very lively commentary by our colleague. My friends, Shuchi and Sarath. welcomed me and Cynthia into their house and like they say, each house carries their spirit and I could sense it in theirs.
We watched COCO, the animated flick and every good film tears me up from inside, so it happened with this as well. So invested was I that I couldn't stop myself from crying even after I had seen the happy reunion of Coco and Hector, and their offrenda. How beautiful it is to have a family and how important to stay together and be with each other through thickness and thin! Miguel made me realize how we also need to forgive and forget those who are away from us, they might not be willingly and that each one of us is capable of reciprocating love.
And what a timely decision to head home since the situation escalated badly after 3pm. We adjusted ourselves in the car singing songs, at the top of our lungs just about making up lyrics and making new ones. On the way, I also got a glimpse of the architectural wonders of Navi Mumbai through a very lively commentary by our colleague. My friends, Shuchi and Sarath. welcomed me and Cynthia into their house and like they say, each house carries their spirit and I could sense it in theirs.
We watched COCO, the animated flick and every good film tears me up from inside, so it happened with this as well. So invested was I that I couldn't stop myself from crying even after I had seen the happy reunion of Coco and Hector, and their offrenda. How beautiful it is to have a family and how important to stay together and be with each other through thickness and thin! Miguel made me realize how we also need to forgive and forget those who are away from us, they might not be willingly and that each one of us is capable of reciprocating love.
No doubt that I see a home in these friends, who welcome me into their warm abodes full of kindness and care that does remind me to show some kindness to self. The many strokes that life's little moments leave us with often stay for long, longer than they intended partly because of our unwillingness to let them go. Here, I try and be calm, knowing that there will be homes wherever and whenever I shall find myself bereft of one!
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