Fluky Wisdom

"One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life, is , I think , to have a happy childhood." says Agatha Christie[1]. Little did we know that adulthood is going to be so chaotic and boring and traumatizing :D . Had we known this fact earlier, we wouldn't have had been in so much hurry to grow old (I am sure most of us dreamt of growing old). We would have cherished those little things a bit more, we would have treasured those happy moments in a proper way. I must say that all Nineties kids (apparently the best generation who experienced the old and the new) are still digesting the fact that they are no more kids and it is time to hold dear to our childhood, without internet and computer, and then growing along with the growth of the computers.  I thank my childhood friend Vikas Chaitanya who led me to write this. Whenever we meet or talk, we just end up talking about our childhood days at school on how we used to play 'Antakshari',  'back pocket

I have been wanting to narrate this story since a very long time. I have been waiting to write it as beautifully as it was said, or as beautifully as it was felt but I just failed in making it perfect. Yet I dare to tell this story in my own way.. good or bad.. And he said “what is the difference between me and everyone if I take you literally? I have been watching you since college. I can hear the unsaid whispers of your heart.    I felt like you wanted me to wait.  August 21 st , 2017, Frankfurt Having seated in the Lufthansa flight to Miami, I was restless, confused yet excited for several reasons. My missing home, family and friends made me restless but my awaiting Fulbright journey gave me all the excitement. I sat in the middle seat of a row thinking if someone would come to the aisle seat next to me or not. I secretly prayed that nobody should come so that I can take that comfortable aisle seat. (Prayers for little things. I know :p) Just in the nick of the mome