THE WALK

I walk back home every day post-work and have been doing this for almost 3-4 months now; I catch a rick otherwise.

Its about 3-4 kms I guess and I decided to walk it one way (always the evening) coz it helps me expend some energy and makes me hungry enough for a nice dinner. Also, it helps me kind of unwind and look at life outside of work as I head back home. Though 7.30-8ish in the evening is not the best time to look at life!! Or maybe it is!!

Neways, I usually look around at people on the road, inside a shop, at the bus stand, in their cars and bikes, some waiting for someone, some on an evening walk/jog, some with shopping, some catching up with a friend at a roadside café. A wide of people and emotions are completely on display.I would look at an autorickshaw guy looking with hope at a prospective customer and looking in the eye asking AUTO?? I would look at a hawker busy preparing for his business for the evening, cutting paper and heating the peanuts. I would look at a girl waiting for her boyfriend to pick her up. I would look at someone shopping at a 50% off cloth store. I would look at someone being choosy at the vegetable shop.

I would look at the beggar at the signal full of renewed energy trying his luck around the most expensive car or a sympathetic looking passenger inside it. I would look the master sales man selling yellow colored wiping cloth at the signal neatly displaying the various sizes. I would look at the guy at the signal hoping the lights would turn green asap while another guy hopes he can make it just before it turns to amber.

All of us in absorbed in our lives, in small errands of our own, completely absorbed in it.