Under the makeshift sky October 26, 2009
Posted by Tag a star in Everday life.3 comments
Today it was just a day like one in summer! It is the last week of October. I miss the October it was when I was a 6-year-old.
I’m not too fond of the locality of the house we currently are staying. Knowing it is only for a few more days makes me feel good. It is noise from day break to the next daybreak. Cigarette smoke and vehicle fumes are complimentary.
Comming back to the summer day today…
It was afternoon, saw some ants walking on the corner of one of the walls. It was lit by the sun. The ants looked bright red and in full of life. Wanted to capture them in a camera moment. I fetched my camera went out and so had the sun… sun had moved too. A moment lost.
Going out all the same did pay.
Yesterday a function had been organised by someone down the road… can call them neighbours but only that I do not know them in person. Prosperous Marwadi Jains in Bengaluru. They had their function and to accomodate their guests they had a huge Pandal (like a marquee) put up on the road, covering half the width. The pandal was at least 120 – 130 feet long. Last night they had removed the walls of the pandal . Today it was a shaded corridor with to walk , ride or drive through. The ceiling of the corridor was adorned with pink and white buntings.
It was a hot day and people were going about their work, doing their chores. While I was standing in front of the wall with ants and no lights to Highlight my ants, I saw a woman walk down the road. She had a typical twisted face and I knew it was the glare of the sun that she had her face like that. Well I just knew it, and yes it was confirmed when she neared the remains of the pandal. her face all lit up she beamed. Her bosom beamed with joy. The blissful woman threw her head up and soaked up all the pink and white of the buntings. She walked at a leisurely pace under the make shift sky before proceeding on under the sun lit sky. I do not know if her face twisted again or she was happy to have walked in shade for some time Today.
I walked under the same Makeshift sky when I went out today 
