Posted by mysteriousmrwong in Cricket, General, Introspection, IPL, perceptions, Social.
Tags: Betting Scandal, Corruption, Cricket, government, India, IPL, IPL 2013
So finally IPL 6 is over and Mumbai Indians had the last laugh. Although whether they really worked hard in final match to clinch the title or it was just given to them by the opposite team, needs to be seen. The way Chennai threw away the wickets was too surreal to believe, considering the recent betting scandal that has rocked the entire cricket fraternity along with millions of cricket fans.
So, Betting has been in the limelight in past few weeks due to arrests of few players and multiple bookies across the nation. Great news for all the media to devour upon all the time, considering the cult status of the Game. So few people have voiced the opinion of legalizing betting in the country. They naively assume the estimated figure of more than 1000 crs. in betting that could be taxed, if betting is legalized.
Now, the interesting point that should be taken into consideration is that, if a person places a bet on any game of certain amount and if the government wants to tax that amount. Then the person placing the bet should also have to disclose the source of his /her income. So now the question is, how many people would really come out clean about their sources of income just to place the bets? And would the figure of 1000 crs. would still be achieved in betting circles under the legalized version?
If the people continue to bet, say 1000crs. figure, even in next IPL season under legal betting scene, the Income Tax Dept. would hound them to get the sources of their income. That fact itself would discourage the people to get in the betting rings. And the estimated tax benefit to the Government on the total betting amount may not be as substantial as it is being projected now.
So the Government should think thoroughly about tackling the betting mess in such a way that either it should be reduced to negligible amount in totality or encourage people to come out and participate in betting and just taxing the betting amount without getting into details of the source of their income. The latter option can be a good way to bring the black money into the economy and boost the money supply only if the Government can simultaneously provide alternative investment opportunities to the additional money that has entered the economy. If Government fails to deliver the alternative investment opportunities, then this money would help to push inflation northwards.
So, the solution of legalizing betting in India is not going to solve all problems in sports, in fact it would pose more demanding challenges for Government to face.
It would be interesting to see how Government responds to this sport crisis, after all the future of Cricket is dependent on it.
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Posted by mysteriousmrwong in General, Introspection, Life, perceptions, Political, Social, World.
Tags: gang rape delhi, gender inequality, governance, government, India, nirbhaya, politics, rape protest, society, women safety
Finally by the time you read this, the Nirbhaya (a symbolic name given to the girl gang raped in a bus, Delhi) has been cremated secretively. All the protests and anger can be seen on roads and felt in the air. In harsh winter of Delhi the rage, to condemn and seek logical closure on the matter pertaining to violent crime that took a life of an innocent girl, is enough to galvanize the national capital out of it’s insensitive and hypocritical approach towards the issue.
We see protests everywhere and Mumbai too, have had its fare share of them. Everyone talks about the deep rooted gender stereotypes in grained in our social consciousness and how that process starts from very basic building bloc of soceity, home. Maybe the all pervasive and deep rooted misogynistic attitude imbibed in male minds might be one of the reasons of incessant violent crimes against women in India and around the world.
But I wonder if this attack is just on women or it is a convenient offshoot of a sinister malice that spawns such gruesome incidents and more events that affect our lives as citizens of India. When we look at the incident in isolation, it is much easier to point out the failure of law enforcement agencies to discharge their duty of upholding the sense of security among people concerned. But when we see these cases happening all around us with alarmingly high frequency, the blame doesn’t just stop at law enforcement agencies but it goes deeper and higher in deeply entrenched bureaucracy, judicial system and the Government.
And when we take stock of situation in it’s totality, we can sense the real issue. Taking a closer look carefully would reveal the fact that violent incidents against women are not just concerned to women themselves, but the same violent acts are being perpetrated against majority of people in society, but only in different forms. Be it rape, murder of elder citizens, exploitation of weaker section of society, molestation of children, scams ranging from irrigation to big frauds involving national resources and the list goes on. It is a systemic violent attack on the societal infrastructure and well being, which we as a nation and as an individual fail to recognize its full potential to blow up the fundamental right to right full dignified living in a nation.
It is sheer governmental reluctance of handing out an efficient governance to it’s people due to short sighted and self centered political theatrics . And this is the common thread that binds all the social ills together, no matter how different and unconnected they might seem superficially. Instead of taking political mileage in any issue that catches fancy of nation, our elected members should see to it that strong measures are drawn and being implemented. And this rectification of the issue can be a great tool for gaining political advantage in today’s society which wants to see Government taking solid measures to make nation a better place to live.
Time has come for the system to address it’s governance issues and cast strongly relevant stringent laws to make society feel safe in itself and thrive peacefully.
Posted by mysteriousmrwong in Books, Hobbies, Introspection, Life, Management, perceptions.
Tags: Benjamin Graham, Financial markets, Investment, Investor psychology, share market, wall street, Warren Buffett
Well Well Well, before you ask me who is this guy I am writing about, let me make one thing clear and that is :
This guy is first pragmatic real investor of sophisticated WALL STREET. Guy was looked up to by none other than Warren Buffett. And this I think is sufficient for all those who are even remotely interested in financial markets.
I was first introduced to this name by a dear friend of mine. Till that day I was as ignorant about markets as anyone else. Name didn’t ring any bells until I was told that Warren Buffett was inspired and guided by this fellow. I was intrigued by this fact and so my fascination began actually to explore what this man has to offer to someone like me, who is almost nine decades junior to him.
First book that I came across was Security Analysis by Mr.Graham. The sheer size of the book made sure that I take it when i was really ready for it technically and psychologically. Value Investing was the next book I saw, and was impressed by the it’s brief. So got a copy for myself n started reading it. As I went on reading this book I realized that every investor ( by investor I mean anyone who is part of markets directly by owning shares or indirectly via mutual funds, insurance ULIPS, Pension funds, etc. which practically means almost any decently legitimate earning individual) should and MUST read this classic book on investing.
It deals with market psychology and the way investor should discipline himself while investing throughout his investment lifetime. Proper homework, patience and owning responsibility of decisions one makes are the most basic building blocks of a satisfying investment adventure. The language is simple and lucid, helping a layman to grasp the points easily.
I fail to understand why on earth do the experts don’t ever propagate what Graham has said. If they really would have done their jobs well as financial consultants, I am very sure that severity of so many market crashes would have been exponentially reduced. Exponentially reduced because if the experts would have just looked at the past and refrained themselves from repeating the same mistakes, the losses in markets would have been lot lesser.
Entire book is kinda of a same story being told over and over again in a different perspective every time. Allowing us to absorb the essence of lessons we should remind ourselves while actively investing for ourselves. This book is kind of a Bible for any investor who is serious enough to take efforts for making sure that his/her money works for it’s master.
After all markets are full of contradictions. Exactly going opposite of common sense all the time just reflecting the same recourse in our daily lives as far as investment is concerned. Most of us work hard to earn money but are equally lazy when it comes to take effort to make it work for ourselves. I don’t blame markets for taking most of us for a RIDE. We deserve the punishment for our ineptness towards our own financial growth.
Graham would smile every time anyone follows his advice and earns respectable returns on his investments. After all he knows very well that you have EARNED for your efforts and surely would be safe in turbulent markets.
May God bless Him for sharing so simple yet profound insights to make our lives better!!!
Posted by mysteriousmrwong in General, Introspection, Life, perceptions, Political, Social, World.
Tags: Anna Hazare, Corruption, Fast, Maharashtra, politics, social, Strong Lokayukta Bill
Anna is BACK!!!
A strong Maharashtra Lokayukta Bill is what Anna wants this time. The method, again is the same, a FAST. The deadline for passing of a strong Lokayukta bill in Maharshtra Assembly is given to be this winter session of state assembly. And once this is acheived, I dont know for how many other worthy social causes would this veteran activist would take up and for how long.
I appreciate and respect the intention of the agitation, but at same time it feels weird as only one person is taking the action. As a man can be killed, but an idea still lives. Similarly in this case, it is better to institutionalise the entire agitation which would carry forward the noble work of Anna. At same time it has to be made sure that, this institution is highly effective, transparent and accountable for it’s work and intent. Also the using same weapon of fasting cannot prove effective all the time as we can see in case of Irom Sharmila from Manipur. Her struggle has been a decade long, but still her fight awaits her.
So we clearly can see the stark difference between the support both activists have garnered. Some may argue that the cause for corruption is more pervasive than the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), the support would definitely more for Anna. Again if we happen to look this support beyond Anna, what do we really see? We need to ask ourselves how would this agitation be kept vigilant and alive enough to garner the public support for each cause it stands for, galvanizing the forces trying to prohibit the noble cause?
I see the a complete Void. And the reason for this is the fact that Anna would again use fast as a tool to achieve his goal. How long would he be able to do this? And who would get into his shoes after his time is done? This is major long term assessment Anna has to do and find a solution that would keep the his work on track long after he has gone.
That would be the legacy he has to create, if he wants to really change the Indian society for good.
God speed Anna!!!
Posted by mysteriousmrwong in General, perceptions, Political, Social.
Tags: Anna Hazare, Corruption, Kiran Bedi, Lokpal, politics
Today iAnna (Independent Anna or Indian Anna whatever may be the salutation you want to use) was taken up by Delhi police in order to avoid possible law and order situation, in wake of the fast that iAnna was about to begin in national capital. Thousands of supporters were expected to be present at the venue, alarming the city police to take precautionary measure beforehand.
At least this is what our government says in its defense of detaining iAnna. It is acceptable to a point. But the way it was carried out, was more of a knee jerk reaction than a well thought strategic action plan. Our government is pretty good in this department of acting on impulse rather being shrewd governing body.
Detaining iAnna in such a hasty manner has accentuated the dent in image general public has about the government. And this mistake can prove costly, if not fatal, to the government in short run at least.
As people of this country, it is our moral duty to support the noble cause of eliminating corruption from our systemic veins. To support a person who believes change can me made. Ideology has got a face, which now requires the enthused support from the society which it wants to serve.
Now the question arises is, what now? War on corruption has been waged by a common man, how would it shape out from here? This would be an interesting trajectory of this entire Lokpal agitation. Formulation of strategic moves and its implementation holds the key for the success of this agitation.
iAnna,Kiran Bedi, Arvind Kejriwal and Shanti Bhushan have been arrested. Now it is pertinent to know that who would lead the people, pouring from all over to support the cause. Leadership has to be put in place ASAP and further actions needed to be chalked out. In the mean time there should be transparent and reliable lines of communication and code of conduct to be laid down for all the parties that are supporting the cause.
Because rite now the situation is nothing short of ticking time bomb. One wrong step either by police or Lokpal supporters can lead to a series of violent conflicts. India is not new to such type of violent repercussions of the movements that started out as peaceful protests . So both, government as well as Lokpal group has to be extra cautious as to keep the peace intact.
Let the truth prevail and may the righteous triumph!!! Godspeed India
Posted by mysteriousmrwong in Diwali, Life, perceptions, Social, World.
Well Julia Roberts definitely feels so. Great thought I should say and kind of different approach to make amends among various and equally diverse mindsets. Way to go Julia.
When I read in today’s newspaper about it, I was joyous at first and soon it got me contemplating about the significance of thought if it is well accepted and more importantly meticulously executed. Lets just not talk about Diwali. For that matter take any festival having a long history of being celebrated over generations as per respective ideologies (either social or religious). Christmas, Month of Ramadan followed by Id, Diwali to name few. Names may be different so are the ways of celebrating, but one thing that is common mostly in these festivals is the fact that it reflects different facets of human nature and tries to teach us respect those values and have FAITH.
Joy is contagious so are the celebrations. But in massive demonstration of celebrations do we really give a thought to why are those festivities being held and what was the intent of it being given a special place in our religious or say social life??? Well who has time to ponder over this in todays jet-set nano age?? Most of us are busy planning a get-together or some other activities. Having a good time is more important than giving a thought to what is the spirit in it. Capturing the essence of the festive spirit is overwhelmed by excessive celebratory mood all around.
Coming back to what Julia spoke, it would be path-breaking if we really give a shot to accept the festivals of other social/religious groups and try to understand the essence of it rather than celebrating it on face value. Understanding the soul of any festival would help us to understand the way of life on the other side. It would help us to bond better, diminish the misconceptions and rattle the inhibitions we harbour against each other. If that happens, it would then herald the dawn of new world. A world more tolerant, more inclusive of everyone involved and most importantly the mutual respect finely calibrated by willingness to share and accept the things around among each other with joy.
Afterall isn’t every major festival boasts of enhanced beauty of it self when the joy is shared???
The festival just transforms into Divine.
Posted by mysteriousmrwong in Books, Life, perceptions.
“What a babe!!!’
“He is so cute.”
“I was damn right about the thing I told you last night.”
Above sentences and many more are very familiar to us, as we always use them to affirm what and how we feel about the things around us. Always. How can we be so sure of our judgement that we take in split second?
Many a times we don’t even realize how the entire process worked and got over. Buying a toothpaste from shelf of any super market is classic example of this case. We just look at the shelf, one glance and toothpaste is picked off shelf and dropped in the shopping cart. At so many other occasions we do use this split second decision making process and don’t even realize how profound the mechanism behind it is.
BLINK, by Malcolm Gladwell, exactly tries to present the case of this thinking process and its ability to help human beings to make split second decisions. Blink is a good book for anyone who is interested in knowing how the mind works or is any way interested to learn more about the human psychology and its thinking patterns.
This book is not a story that unfolds, but it is rather set of random instances and the people involved in them. People and the situations mentioned are used as the cases in order to explore and then explain the phenomenon of the split second decision making. The entire premise of the book and the foundation of the said process is about reliance on, state of mind, adoptive consciousness.
The subject though is interesting it is dry at same time. So patience is required while having a fling with Blink. It is not to be read at break neck speed as it would entirely defeat the purpose of the author scripting it. It just needs to be sipped slowly and allow yourself to get engulfed with entirely new consciousness about the decisions we make in split second.
Posted by mysteriousmrwong in Introspection, Life, Management, perceptions, Social.
Well that is quite a tough question to ask in today’s 21st century India. No one can firmly say what makes leader – a Leader. Many theories have been proposed and opposed till date. But we still are trying to find the magical formula for designing a made to order leader for ourselves or , shall I say, an elixir to transform ourselves into leaders.
I would rather opt for first option of designing tailor made leader. I am not alone. Most of the times we always want to look upto somebody to help us out or to crucify someone for some failed endeavour. This very basic instinct of looking for leaders outside ourselves is the most elemental difference between a leader and others, atleast I have observed so. Taking ownership for the things is the first baby step towards that delusional goal of becoming a perfect leader.
Are prefect leaders for real?? NO. After all nothing is perfectly sustainable over the period of time. Alexander- the Great, Adolf Hitler, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Napoleon and list goes on. Newton said gravity pulls the things down to earth. Leaders too rise great heights in pursuit of their individual goals or ambitions. They achieve remarkable success and even more grand failures. But the glory of achievement is so dazzling that the failures faced and sacrifices made are easily covered. Leaders are applauded. They are at top of the world. But then the gravity comes in the picture casting its spell on this leaders causing their descend from the zenith of their life. Downfall can be sudden or gradual. Soon they are long gone. Either as legends or maniacs or mere eccentrics. But a story is left behind. Story that can inspire the generations to come. Their lives are studied in great detail and various lessons are drawn. Great amount of thought is spared to learn from the mistakes of this great men. And we say that had they chosen better alternative, they would have been more successful, or atleast delayed their downfall. But we very conveniently forget that, the person in question was doing his possible best at that point of time. So we come to conclusion that even greatest of the great leaders commit mistakes. After all they too are human, aren’t they?
Still we yearn for leaders, who would show us the way forward. In other words, we are scouting for someone to hand over the responsibility of our own well being. Trying to find a scapegoat who can be held accountable for either success or failure of the mission. If he succeeds, we are happy that our goals realised without any commendable efforts from our side and if we face failure, we already have a scapegoat ready to be executed at guillotine for public crucification.
Unless and until we learn to take responsibilities of ourselves, we cannot expect someone else to do the work for us. But to most people it is too much of work. Exactly this is the opportunity a true leader seeks. A leader wants to take charge of things and initiate the action that will lead to the final goal. The true leader is the one who leads his heard to its destination. But the clever leader is the one who manages to paint the elaborate picture of his achievement, when in reality he really has failed to do so. But this is just a make shift arrangement. Doesn’t work for long time. This time can be used by leader to make amends. If he cant do so, he is doomed for sure.
So moral of the story is that, there are loads of opportunities around us to make difference to ourselves, the ones around us, the world we live in. If we don’t want to work for the change we want to see in the world around us, we don’t deserve that change. After all even the most competent leaders are not for eternity. The moment we realise this truth, we may start working. Till then we would keep the HUNT for our future leader on.
Cheers to Indian Politicos and Long love Democracy (or Slumocracy, as one of my friends love to say) .
” No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent.”– Abraham Lincoln on Democracy.
Posted by mysteriousmrwong in General, Introspection, Life, perceptions.
Today my mom returned from Pune, after visiting one of our relatives in hospital. He is around 48yrs old. He has a wife and only daughter. He was living a normal ( you can say a usual) life. People perceived them as pretty content family. One fateful day, everything changed. He had an accident. Two of his colleagues were dead on spot. He was admitted in hospital. He was in ICU for a month. His spinal chord had been injured. He got paralysed below his neck. The family is in state of trauma. One moment it took to turn their entire life on it its head.
Here I dont intend to sound pessimistic. But occurrences like these are not uncommon to us. When we do something or when we get something we really wanted, we are happy. When we get some surprises favourable to us, we assume ourselves LUCKY. But when things go other way round, we blame it on to our Destiny.
Destiny!!! A word which can have both, positive or negative, connotations. We always ponder over this word, sometime or the other in our life. We may try to reason our past with the series of decisions we took. We may say God has given us what we have ( irrespective of what it is). But when we think of future, what do we really think??? We, most probably, think of the most rosy picture of our life. We have the luxury to think of the life devoid of all harsh and unfavourable things that might occur to us. After all hope is the thing that keeps the world going. Hope for better life. Hope for better family. Hope for better job. Hope for social recognition. Hope for peace of mind.
We hope, hope and hope. And then we hope even more. Where does this end?? We have an insatiable hunger for this word in our life. Does that hope turns into a reality or a nightmare or a distant mirage, we can only tell as time passes by. Sometimes our hopes do become our own realities. But sometimes they dont. It seems like a game, where we wish to win always. But we cant have our ways always. We loose sometimes. And this is where Destiny comes in.
Destiny?? how the hell, you would ask. I rather think it as a chance that is waiting in the wings of time, just to present itself to us at most appropriate moment. The different paths we choose, different surprises are waiting for us along the road we chose to walk. It is a probability of event happening in our lives, whether we may like it or not. That is the reality. Destiny exists. We live a life securely wrapped in the optimistic cacoon of hope oblivious of the very real probability of lot of things ( both favourable and unfavourable) happening to us. No amount of logic or reason can ever predict the event that may occur the very next moment. It can be your most adored person proposing you or you winning a lottery.
News like that of war, famines, etc. bring us back to real world. It gives us a crude jolt of shocking reality that is all around us. Anyone who has lost his near and dear ones unexpectedly would agree. It sometimes pays to be grounded afterall.
Its better to fall while walking on the road rather than crash landing on ground. After all parachutes of hope doesnt always work. Most of the time it saves us, but sometimes it teaches us hard lessons of life.
But the trick is to hang on to your lot of parachutes, but never trust them.
AFTER ALL LIFE IS GAME OF CHANCE. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN WOULD YOU HAVE YOURS!!!!
It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.
Winston Churchill
Posted by mysteriousmrwong in perceptions, Travel.
As I approached the incomplete building, I found anger building inside me as for why did I choose this college over the other college with almost same name. I knew, I could have easily got that college. But somehow I tried to be philosophical with myself trying to see the order in chaos. Reminding myself that whatever happens to human beings is always good for them. After all we all have manipulative mind. Most of the times it works with me, but it takes some time at least (read some days ). Here I didn’t had luxury of time at my disposal. So I just wanted to finish of the business & walk away as soon as possible.
As I came inside the compound of college, (read temporary barbwire fencing done around the college to demarcate its plot boundary, as some other other construction was going on the adjacent plot), I could see college students sitting on the array of bikes that were parked outside. I tried to find the office & somehow landed near the library. I was then helped by some kind soul to locate the office. Outside office List of documents required to take admission was put up. I glanced through it & found that I didn’t had GAP certificate. I was least bothered as I was determined not to take admission in this college. I had to just talk to director of the institute about the views I read on Orkut community.
As I entered the office, I saw flurry of activities going on. One peon was trying his level best to make students form a queue. Other was busy in helping students with xerox copies near xerox machine in one corner of the office. I could hear one counselor counseling the students present in her cabin. And then I saw director’s cabin on other side of the office. I went near the cabin & sat in chair next to it. I was asked about my purpose of visit & I told my intension of meeting director. Suddenly a 65yrs+ enthusiast sprung the door open & almost jumped outside the cabin. I was impressed by his enthusiasm. The old guy started firing orders at hapless peons, who didn’t knew what made this old guy loose his cool. Old guy went ballistic over the fact that there were no proper queues in place as admissions for PGDBM & MBA courses were in progress. He looked at me & ordered peon to make clear that no one was allowed to sit near director’s cabin without prior appointment. I think he didn’t like my face. I was pretty amused by his antics. Peon didn’t knew how to react. I decided to help the poor fellow my letting the old guy know that I want to do just basic inquiry before taking admission. “No admission, No inquiry”, he thundered. I was about to burst in laughter, but somehow managed to sneak outside the office and laughed to my my heart’s content. I again went inside & tried to persuade the old guy, he was bit pacified by then. He pointed towards other cabin & asked me to do inquiry over there.
This incident gave me enough glimpse of the management’s laid back & careless attitude. I just did sometime pass with some other students who also came to take MBA admissions. But everyone I met was clueless about the placement scenario in college. I was told by one of the prospective students that his friend is in same college & never attends lectures as he is working. I told them about reviews I had read & they were least surprised. Suddenly a peon came looking for me & then escorted me to director’s cabin.
I entered the cabin. Cabin was not very spacious, but was decent enough to accommodate 4 chairs in front of director’s desk along with some working space for two more individuals. Director seemed a friendly person. I told him that I was from Mumbai University & his college was alloted to me. He listened to me patiently. And then I asked him whether he had an Orkut account. His age was around 58yrs. & there was hardly any possibility of he having the same. I told him so. He said he had heard about it but didn’t know what exactly it was. Then I told him about the reviews I read. He tried to give some gyaan to me like right to free speech & all. I politely pointed out that the website of the college given in the information broacher was wrong. And the other site had only a homepage & no links. Director said he was aware of the fact that website given in the broacher was leading to altogether different site. But he admitted that he didn’t knew that other website of his college was not working & demanded an explanation from other guy, who was till that moment a silent spectator to my conversation with the director. The person expressed his inability regarding the functioning of the site, siting the reason that people hired for the purpose were not keen enough to pay heed to his demands. That person really sounded helpless.
Director turned to me & said that he will look into the matter himself the next day. I also told him that reviews painted a gloomy picture of the college as whole. Director replied that he will see to it personally. I suggested him to take help of students to project a real image of college on the web. Director happily agreed to it. And while leaving I told him that I was not going to take admission in that college. He took my response quite sportingly & thanked me for my observation & suggestions.
I left the college premises. I felt much relieved. I called my parents & couple of my friends & told them about my decision. They were quite supportive about it, the moment I told them that the college building was worse than my school building. I then had lunch. And then waited for my bus to arrive. Soon the bus arrived. I hurriedly scrambled into the bus & sat near the window. I think I was really lucky to read those reviews about the college or else I would have taken the admission despite the pathetic condition of college building.
If journey towards Pune was good, then I had to say that journey while coming back was much better. Climate had been excellent the whole day. No sunshine but cool breeze & fresh air compensated for it. As we left Pune & touched expressway, driver turned left to enter Lonavala. I had been there almost an year ago with my then colleagues. Memories came back as fresh as they could get. After halting in Lonavala, for about 15min. we resumed our journey. After sometime we were back on expressway.
Expressway is not new to accidents. Almost every time you happen to traverse it, you would come across at least one accident impacted vehicle. I saw a truck resting on its side with its front wheels divorced from the axle. Cabin was no where to be found. I couldn’t imagine where would the unfortunate driver be. My thoughts soon cleared when I saw our bus emerging out of one of the tunnels. What I saw was a virtual bliss. As bus was moving forward, outside my window I could see the railing on one side (on other side were hills) & nothing beyond it. The valley just was not there. All I could see was a silverish white screen of fog just beyond the railing. It was irresistible. Had I have been traveling in a private vehicle, I surely would have stopped it (although on expressway stopping is not allowed)& tried to touch that fog. The fog appeared serene with heavenly halo illuminating every part of it. I was completely mesmerized by it. I had been close to nature before as well, but nothing could even come close to what I was feeling now. It seemed as time just froze. It was sort of a divine experience. I was in complete awe of powerful yet so fragile natural beauty.
I didn’t knew when i closed my eyes. Honking of horns broke my sleep. I looked outside window again. The fog screen was replaced by the murkier roads, pedestrians & honking rickshaws. I was back in Thane. As bus parked itself in depot. I got down & hurried back to my home.
That night I slept well. I was happy that I wasn’t in that college & I had seen one of the most beautiful sight ever in life.
After all whatever happens, it happens for good!!! Rightly said so.
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