A Rough Jean, a cool white tee
and over it, a sweat jacket, freaky sneakers and I am all set to go (ya ya forgot the deo, perfume stuff).
Getting ready so excitedly, I came out of my hostel room and my friend asked “Hey sabhari, going out on a date?!”.I smiled
and replied, “No, I m going home!”. I
was flying high that I m going home and imagining things about it and I heard
this strange voice “F**k you, your train
is at 11 30PM and its just 7PM”. Come on, it happens with every guy who is
going home after three months J
Staring at the watch for three
hours.. at last it reached 11 00 PM. Ya I m all set to leave. Bid a good bye to
my jealous friends (cause I m going to
have Briyani a week before they have). Got a bus to delhi and thinking of
good mom foodJ.
Four to five hours journey to delhi. Slept a while and I realised I reached
delhi and it was 3 30 AM. Anand Vihar bus stand (ISBT). Very happily got down
and had a deep breath.
Next I had to leave to Nizamuddin
to catch my train at 7 AM. My friends said auto from ISBT to NZM would do but
it would cost you more. Anyways, to go home I’m ready to pay any amount. The
autowalas there, rushed towards me asking for the place and I said
“Nizzamuddin, kithna ?”. Before this, I should tell I learnt a little hindi
atleast these rates and numbers. But the autowala told me a rate “_____ sau”. I realised it is some
hundred but don’t know how much. But that number is not from 1-10. So here is
MBA. I dropped my face down and started walking away, making him feel the rate
is high J.
He started coming after me saying “ap batayae sir”. Still I was waiting for him
to tell a price that I know :P. Later after 5 min of struggle he told “ek sau chalise”. Ahhhh this one I know JJ but I bargained and
went for Rs 120.
Reached NZM. Rested for couple of
hours and got my train to Chennai J
36 hours of journey. The highlight fact, I didn’t tell my parents I am coming
home... Half of the time I spent thinking of what menu I can have after going
home. Remaining half I slept. Got down at Chennai. Was singing to myself, Annaen vantha tamil nadu Americaaa … A
voice from behind “eruma, nowru,
mathavangalam eranga vaendam”…. Opening scenelae avamanama..
Refreshed myself.. left the
station.. headed towards KFC… had some nice chicken and was waiting at Guindy
bus stop for 15 min. The breeze, cars, bikes, trees.. I felt everything was
telling me “Welcome home”. Three or
four ladies quarrleing each other... the long forgotten, awesome tamil abusing
words.. ena valkai da.. Happy to hear
people speaking tamil…. At a distance, saw a bus in which it was written
PUDUCHERRY, that too I tamil. Yeaaahhhhhh !!! I rushed towards it. And the
conductor asked me, thinking I m a guy from north, “Ya sir, you which place to go”…. WTF.. I stared at him and said “Anna, Pondicherry poganum”….
