In this era when sibling rivalry is a more heard of term than sibling love, it’s good to take one day off to reflect on how our siblings influence our lives, how much they are a part of our lives, and how much love they deserve from us.
It’s funny that our siblings are the only ones whom we can hate as much as we love them. It’s amazing, how the first rival of our childhood, over the years, transforms into the one we love, admire and adore. Differences, how many there may be, our siblings are made of the same stuff as we are, and has been at our side, (whether figuratively or literally)from the beginning.
One needn’t necessarily be a blood relation to be your brother or sister. There are so many wonderful brothers and sisters out there, who make life so marvelous for us.
Today, is that special occasion to celebrate this wonderful relationship –by tying the holy thread which ‘pulsates with sisterly love and sublime sentiments’. And indeed I'm elated to, have ‘tied the knot’ today.
The compartment was empty when we entered it. Phew thank God! We have the place all for ourselves! The sun was fading behind the horizon, as the train slowly gathered speed. Each of us(She I, She II & Me) was in a rather contemplative mood, and therefore the empty seats by the window side helped us much. Time passed by, and we were lost in our own world (And of course, we have a whole lot of things to think about –life, studies, future, guys, films, dresses, friends, politics, world peace, economic crisis…yea, the earth would stop spinning if we stopped thinking:P) when all of a sudden, a little commotion at the door woke us up from our reverie.
It was a couple with two small kids, who had just boarded the train.Alas! We had to bid goodbye to the comforts of the lavish empty seats (and to our privacy) and resign ourselves to the side seats.
Back to the contemplative mood……nah! The two pesky kids were making too much of a rattle for us to engage in any ‘serious’ thinking. Hardly half a dozen year old, the kiddos were chattering away to glory(Perhaps they too must have thought that the earth would stop spinning if they shut their mouth!)
The ‘Grown ups’ –(yea the 3 of us again) –try to engage in some ‘serious’ ‘grown up’ talks throwing irritated skeptical glances at the kids every now and then. They had now started playing ‘Rock, Paper, Scissors’…
The compartment echoed with their – ‘Rock, Paper, Scissors’… ‘Rock, Paper, Scissors’…chant.
Having exhausted our topics to talk, we next sought refuge in one of our lappys to evade boredom…listened to some songs, watched some video clips…
Rock, Paper, Scissors’… Rock, Paper, Scissors’…the kids kept on chanting.
The kids just wouldn’t go to sleep! Don’t they have anything better to do? Isn’t that a dumb old worn out game? Come on kiddos, grow up!!!... The ‘grown ups’ smirked.
Time ticked by. The lappy ran out of charge. Once again, we found ourselves having nothing to do.
‘Rock, Paper, Scissors’…‘Rock, Paper, Scissors’…
We threw meaningful glance at each other. We badly wanted the children to go to sleep. Come on! Stop it! Go sleep! We waited…
Rock, Paper, Scissors’… Rock, Paper, Scissors’…
Finally…finally…after tiring us out(rather than tiring themselves…)they settled themselves down, pulled the sheets over them…and went to sleep for good! Phew!
The lights were turned off…only the dim glow of the night lamp lighted the compartment..
The watch displayed the Titan Ad.
Out of the darkness, silhouetted against the dim light, appeared three hands and in the silence of the night, in almost muffled whispers, there could be heard, a faint chant… ‘Rock, Paper, Scissors’
Two tiny heads popped out from under the sheets, and gave the ‘grown-ups’ a meaningful smirk.
Author’s note: This happened when RAC, Crazy and I were going home for Easter. The kids were actually very adorable, though quite annoying.
They say that the best way to keep oneself awake in the class is to keep a watch on the rest of the lot who are sleeping –might be true. I tried to experiment this and see for myself! Couldn’t help take a pic, when this guy dozed off and finally banged his head on the table
Spotted the ‘red head’?
When they said that the mess menu was gonna be upgraded, I never thought they’d go this far...
New item in the mess menu?
Don’t mistake this for a haunted house…it’s one of the rooms in the LH…good thing that our mothers seldom pay a visit to our hostels!
Haunted house?
. Gee..dats ma room(the day when I cleaned it;))…
Yea I know… I should grow up!
This is the instruction sheet that one of our sirs gave us, the day b4 the exam! No wonder I ended up getting an A in the exam
All that matters!
When animals and humans share the same seat…(notice how the feline family have carefully chosen the best chair for themselves..)
Feline Recline!
Ah! This is the view that we get from our LH top floor…I always love to gaze at the evening sky. It’s so amazingly beautiful…Each day, at dusk, the sky turns itself into a new canvas, playing with different hues and shades!! I bet the morning sky would be equally beautiful (sheesh! only if I had the habit of waking up early)
Nature’s treat!
Classes needn't necessarily be restricted to the classroom alone...
And there’s more!
Oh yea…you will get to see such sights too! No need to rub your eyes; it’s Mr. Chettan Bhagat himself! Thanks to the various clubs which try to out-do each other, such people set foot on our campus.
One night @ NITC!
Uncanny things seem to find their way into the trash box…
The picturesque backdrop of the stark blue skies, which seem to be intricately woven with patches of fragile white clouds; the encompassing lush green vegetation; the flame-of-the-forest, or the bright orange gulmohars that bedeck the greenery…amidst all this Nature’s splendour, stands majestically, the Wayanad hill ranges….
….View from our classroom(DB 308), captured during one of those lectures that force us to witness daybreak. A breath-taking sight indeed! Thanks to the spectacular view, boring lectures can be easily evaded. A proper seat if taken, you can be seen looking straight at the faculty, pretending to be wide awake and listening to him/her, while you can be actually miles away, lost in thoughts, admiring Nature
Take care however, that the guy sitting next to the window doesn’t mistake you for ogling at him!
