March 26, 2010

dhongi baba

People who call Baba the epitome of laziness should eat their words. Baba is the only person known to me who wakes up at 8.30 am to catch a train to Mumbai (an hour’s journey) at 10.30. he is the only person known to me who comes back from office and washes his clothes and care to dry it too. he is the only person known to me who ever criticized me for my laziness.
This is time that we stop calling Baba a lazy guy. he is the only superactive soul in this city of grinders. he is the only person in this city who goes to sleep thinking of his next morning’s engagements. He is the only person known to me who wakes up every morning and says ‘life is beautiful.’ He is the only person known to me who wants to live in this city for ten more years (five years ago he told me he wants to work for only five years. the years increased but his ‘will work for five years’ remained constant. Now he is talking about living in mumbai for ten years and I know next year also he will say he will live here for ten more years. you call this soul lazy? )
He is not lazy anymore, but like any hyper-active people who hates lazies from the core of their hearts, he barked at me that day, “tere jaise lazy nahi dekha maine, kasam se.” so much for laziness.