Things That Bang

The countdown has officially begun. I will be leaving Delhi for Bangalore in a week's time and I am already feeling sad over leaving all that is familiar. Here I can understand the language, I know the places mostly and leaving my family and friends is not easy.

Today instead of trawling the malls of Delhi or eating in the known restaurants I decided to stay home. My mom dragged me to the local neighborhood market to do regular mundane shopping.

I found myself looking at faces that had grown old. People I remembered buying grocery from, books from, getting my ears pierced from had all weathered with time. They smiled with pleasure on meeting me. They asked about my kids, where I was staying and whether I missed Delhi.

I found myself at home in a market where I hated to walk down as a kid. This was my area, my city, my people and leaving them will not be easy.