The word tht comes to my mind right now is “cliche” for I am in the process of a ritual which I have repeated time and again. I have come back to my blog. Somehow from some distant work of fiction I remember a crow alighting atop a tree. One that stands stripped naked of leaves and pointing its skeleton of branches up to an overcast sky. Strange even to my own flights of fantasy for it makes no sense !
Another year will come to end in a few hours from now. As in the life of homo sapiens, this year too gave me its share of the good, the bad and the ugly. A lot of books, a much cherished journey to eastern India and the daily challenges that work throws my way. Yes, it was an interesting year. I just closed the browser window for Facebook where the Newsfeed page overflows with Happy New Year wishes from people in different stages of enjoyment. Here’s wishing them all a great 2012 !!
The rains started by ten last night and kept on battering the earth till the day dawned today. Some time at night I stood at the window and watched it pour. In the light of the solitary lamp by my house, the deluge raged on into the night like an angry goddess who was not tired of her primeval dance steps. Trivandrum is under a cloak of water today and there are a lot families who will sleep uneasily or not at all knowing that nature has swiped away their life’s savings in just one night. Another side to the beginning of a year.
