Now for us lowly muggles this life indeed hard. The mornings begin with driving in the roads of Delhi---cars with drivers speaking on mobile phones and driving either too slow or zigzagging around like a circus act. Broomsticks, disapparation and floo networks would have been so much simpler, quicker, cheaper and yes, environment-friendly! Is any R&D guy listening?? Death would have been painless, instantaneous and would not have affected an entire population. ‘Avada Kedavra’ would have done the trick, of course making the user ‘unforgivable’. This would have helped in defeating terrorism as the Dementors would be too happy to suck their souls, hence no chances of applying for pleas.
However, we are the mundane muggles, juggling between work and home, running errands and huffing and puffing along the way trying to beat the person (be it a driver ahead of us, ‘more’ happening lives, etc) in the race. Suddenly, life seems to be the ‘same old cliché’. No more trepidation of ‘what next’ and ‘how do I find a job?’ Attending festivals and gigs, walking down to Priya complex in the rain to save money for buying Rs 20/- burgers, and stay over at friends’ homes seem like another life altogether! Five years down the line and I thought life would be a little cooler with the salary coming in…
Of course, those married have been hit by the last nail in the coffin---no more big changes in your life—the usual rut continues…
I seem to be losing interest in simple things --- walk in the park which has been replaced by monstrous machines at the gym (though I love working out! Seems like I am really ‘doing’ something!), playing with the apartment kids, licking an ice-lolly while watching the world go by…sigh! I sometimes wonder—what would make me ‘happy’? Why do I feel so unfulfilled despite having everything?
Someone, inspire me to ‘do’ something, throw me off the comfy couch and help me ‘move out’ and explore…where are you, my wizard? Dumbledore—I think I need you along with Arthur, James and Sirius and their families! A bit of wanding and brooming around might be fun and unique! Are you listening?
However, we are the mundane muggles, juggling between work and home, running errands and huffing and puffing along the way trying to beat the person (be it a driver ahead of us, ‘more’ happening lives, etc) in the race. Suddenly, life seems to be the ‘same old cliché’. No more trepidation of ‘what next’ and ‘how do I find a job?’ Attending festivals and gigs, walking down to Priya complex in the rain to save money for buying Rs 20/- burgers, and stay over at friends’ homes seem like another life altogether! Five years down the line and I thought life would be a little cooler with the salary coming in…
Of course, those married have been hit by the last nail in the coffin---no more big changes in your life—the usual rut continues…
I seem to be losing interest in simple things --- walk in the park which has been replaced by monstrous machines at the gym (though I love working out! Seems like I am really ‘doing’ something!), playing with the apartment kids, licking an ice-lolly while watching the world go by…sigh! I sometimes wonder—what would make me ‘happy’? Why do I feel so unfulfilled despite having everything?
Someone, inspire me to ‘do’ something, throw me off the comfy couch and help me ‘move out’ and explore…where are you, my wizard? Dumbledore—I think I need you along with Arthur, James and Sirius and their families! A bit of wanding and brooming around might be fun and unique! Are you listening?
