can’t keep my eyes from the circling skies

Posted by: astrodominie on: June 11, 2009

Into the distance, a ribbon of black

Stretched to the point of no turning back

A flight of fancy, on a windswept field

Standing alone, my senses reeled

Just about two weeks. My room is a stretch of blue walls with a checkerboard of photos hanging on thin strips of newspaper. Orange curtains, shocking pink bedspread, a lime-green towel fluttering beyond the balcony door. The kitchen is a hotch potch of crockery — stainless steel plates sharing space with yellow melamine bowls, a bag of pasta tucked between packets of sambar powder.

I don’t know when the madness turned to method. We have spice jars with chilli powder, dhaniya powder, ginger-garlic paste and turmeric, we have water jugs and bags of rice, dal, onions, potatoes and Maggi. Our beds have pillows and cushions, the bathrooms have bottles of shampoo, moisturizer, toothpaste and contact lens solution, the hall is a line-up of our refridgerator and television (with cable!). We have a milk man, a plumber, an electrician, a carpenter, a maid, a vegetable vendor and a dhobi, all (more or less) a shout away, within the building itself. There’s no internet yet, but our friendly neighbours inadvertently lend us a hand.

For two people who’ve never lived alone in their lives, I think we’re doing rather well. I work from 10.30 to 5, I write on topics that might not be gripping news but that are still light and fun and have the potential to be creative. The city is hot and far, but it’s a Bangalore-meets-Chennai world, and I can live with that for a while. Family is just a phone call away.

Title Source: Learning to Fly by Pink Floyd

Tags: colour, domestic, happy, home, hyderabad

9 Responses to "can’t keep my eyes from the circling skies"

1 | Arpit Kothari
June 11, 2009 at 7:19 pm

A more detailed comment later. For now correct the spelling of ‘refridgerator’ … How you reporters must hate sub-editors!

2 | Priti
June 12, 2009 at 12:42 pm

eeek! damn cool!

3 | AJ (smalltowngal)
June 15, 2009 at 8:50 am

nice!

4 | The Illuminator
June 27, 2009 at 1:59 pm

What are you doing in the Bangalore meets Chennai place?

Me too!! I am in transition mode too. Though I don’t have most of what you said apart from a bed, table, chair and cupboard. The rest is common to everyone.

5 | Onion Insights
June 28, 2009 at 8:25 pm

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6 | Kaushik
June 30, 2009 at 3:13 pm

I am not pleased. I am not pleased with your lack of posting and your lack of commenting.

Plktsch.

Kaushik

7 | astrodominie
July 6, 2009 at 8:55 am

@ arpit – yes we do! and lies. you never did return.

@ prithams – get a house!

@ illuminator – i’m working as a reporter to the hindu! where are you off to?

@ theonionthing – arrrrrey!

8 | astrodominie
July 6, 2009 at 8:56 am

@ koze – i did i did i did.

9 | Divya
July 9, 2009 at 4:49 am

I so know the feeling. Its great!

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