And finally it's April and soon it will be May- the month I make my trip to the homeland after a full year in the US of A. My dad will be glad to see me. And the irony of it is that he will be moving to New Zealand to live with my brother. And I will have to put him on a plane and send him off!
I have a lot do in in my homeland. I have planned a trip to my favourite temple at Tirupathi and also to spend some quality time with my dad at the Ramana Maharshi's ashram in Tamil Nadu. I have to meet my friends, eat the vada sambhars at my favourite eateries, meet my Guru Ramesh Balsekar... I hope my plans are not washed away by the impending monsoon season!
Sometime, living here, so far away from my people and country can seem like penal servitude! I know that the initial days will seem like a dream- the stench, the heat the cacophony on the streets will be overwhelming. Absence makes the heart grow fonder-I now also know that my very being is waiting for the day when I will smell the air of my homeland- and I expect that the first whiff will also smell of aviation fuel !
On my birthday , last week, I was thinking : What am I doing here, so far away from the people I love and the country of my birth? And then suddenly another thought asked: Why not? . The mind slowly went into a quiet mode and was at peace...
