I was
walking along the ghats in Rishikesh today enjoying the early morning wind, the sight of the river, the soaring eagles and what not. An
acceptable number of people were walking, bathing, meditating, stretching,
standing on their heads, etc doing what people are supposed to do in a holy town. Not too crowded or noisy to enjoy the
magnificent Ganges and the green…
“Which river
is this?” , I was shaken out of my reverie by this billion dollar question.
I just
smiled. I knew what this was about. The
questioner looked like a old village pradhan type but I was not easily fooled.
I acted cool, nodded my head, smiled again and started looking for the hidden
cameras. Of course this had to be one of those hidden camera programs where
they take you for a ride… but at 6 in the morning ?! These guys must be very
hard working types.
“Ganga he
na?” he asked politely again.
I nodded
still looking furiously for the cameras.
“The same
river that flows through Vrindavan?”
Okayyyy….looks like this guy's on a trip !
I bet this
dude would have gone to see Taj Mahal and would have asked somebody there :
"Yeh Red Fort he
na?Jo Indira
Gandhi ne banaya ?”
Anyway folks, the good news is that I didn't fall for this scam. But of lately, strange things like this are happening to me. People who have not been in touch for eons have got in
touch. Old flames are burning again…
And my cover
is blown.
A girl/woman
whom I haven’t seen for 14 years tracked me down to this blog. I mean I know I
am a prize catch and all that but still dedicating years of your life in hot
pursuit of a guy …well well…
Of course I’m
flattered. She used every trick in the book short of hiring private
investigators or getting a red notice issued by the Interpol. I thought
this blog was pretty fool proof you know. So Anon no more.
She was the
first girl I met online who had the guts to meet me offline.Make no mistake about it, we are talking about an exceptionally brave
girl. We used to chat in Yahoo messenger everyday and she knew I was a
psychopath but still she was all for meeting me. Just to make things more
interesting I suggested the place for our first rendezvous to be a Krishnamurti
gathering. Looking back I’m amazed she agreed to come at all ! Nothing much
happened after that… I mean she finally understood that I was a psychopath( a gone case as they would say) and
just let me be… Anyway I’ll be seeing her in a couple of months for a 'reconnect'.
Hey,don’t get
your filthy minds in spin mode guys… she’s married, a mom and blah blah. That
makes it even more exciting I hear you say. Damn well right you are… ;)
