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Hard Reboot

Startup: The eyes open and the fan's whirring. It's dark outside the window and I have just broken from my deep reverie. Surprisingly the light in the living room is switched on. How can that be? Usually I am the one who sleeps late on weekends then who's up now? Habitually I pick up my phone lying next to me on bed. I check the time and it says 2030. OK. I just keep it back. And then it hits me. 2030, how come? I pick up my other phone and it's also showing 2030. Thoughts stream through the mind. What happened? Where did the day go away? It was Saturday night that I was sleeping through so how can it be 2030. Did I sleep through the entire Sunday. Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!! It can't be. Did I waste an entire day sleeping. Booting: The executables start running one by one. The system started restoring. Secondary storage charged up. No. I had not wasted the Sunday. No I had not slept through the entire Sunday. I remember now, it was Sunday afternoon whe

The days that were

The Precursor (The year of passing out my 11 th standard. Year 1999): I had had my maiden "alone" travelling trip to my hometown, last year. This year demanded something more from me. This was the same year that Rahul bhaiyya had completed his 12 th and out of the blue we decided to visit Purnagiri. The plan was set, and the five of us completed the trip on the full moon of May. We came back with loads of knowledge from the trip, which would come handy in the year to come. The days that were (The year of passing out 12 th standard. Year 2000): Last year we had made the voyage to Purnagiri under the supervision of Bhaiyya log. This was our year, our time, our entrance into the world of adults. Who had thought I would resent it so much now. Maybe those who we were, all of us share that resentment. Still those were the days and Santosh and I were learned ones from the experiences of the year before. And the gang became larger and larger. It started with Santosh, Deepak and I,

Insanity

Reading this blog post can be injurious to sense and sensibility The Friday had started signaling about the coming onslaught of madness, since early morning. 0800 hrs: I check my watch and find myself still in bed. It's raining outside and the weather was awesome. The idea of facing another day of work holed up inside the office, away from the cool breeze propelled the desire for making the most of this day. After all what life would it be if we didn't enjoy the days that can be (NOM to the other days when it's so hot outside that one can fry omlettes on my head). And heck I am late for office. 0815 hrs: There is no water for the bath. I had slept late last night just because I had turned on the water pump to fill up the overhead tank. I had reached home, late on Thursday night, thanks to the project that is ready for changes when even existing problems are not resolved. What am I? God… (Maybe :P. Aham Brahmasmi. Wah wah!!!). Had realized late, only after I had my dinner, t