~! Alive !~

. . . . yeah still alive! and I am soo glad about it, and so thankful
Actually was reminded about Sachin again and was feeling sad at missing him like this . But also was thankful for being alive myself ! It all reminds me of those really chancy things I have done at some point in my life!
      Well.. I am sure some scarry ones are slipping me but I'd rather not force myself to think of ALL of such chances - so good for me, lest I'll be I am more afraid to take risks and more thankful to some unknown(so called GOD?) Still some of them were these weird, read on . . .

      *   Must have not been more than 5 years old. u know that kind of cute, chweet, ignorant, playful, loving-all kind of kid next door who is ..... (Oh enough of it- you know how wonderful I am ). There were these 2 kittens in neighbourhood (South Civil Lines, Jabalpur!) - the brown one quite playful and that damned white one was sooo elusive. As usual like you, I am also not satisfied with whatever is in hand. Afterall 2 birds in bushes are better than one in hand eh? Went after that white kitty one day- climbing the narrow boundary wall (covered with slime n algae from rains); climbed using a iron gate which lay useless supported against that wall. I remember it was rinky-minky's home! (Ohh how much we 3 played whole day together! Donno where they both will be I dont even rem how they looked like!). Anyway as usual that kitten disappeared in a wink over the roof - IT went UP and I came DOWN! Oh boy some fall that was- rolled over that iron gate and fell head-down on bricks in rinky-minky's garden. The scar on my scalp still reminds me of those stitches!
          . . and I recollect things (from my folks description later) - how MUMMA was having this gut-feeling of all it since evening before I went to play and was sitting whole time in the window! Oh God! who gave these moms, sisters and girls this sixth sense. Damn they always get me- cannot even lie to them :(

      *   Oh and that "sholay" show . Diwali night in our home in indore- I must have been in 10th or 11th standard. Sholay was being broadcasted on Doordarshaan and we all were having a nice time with Amitabh when suddenly lights went off! Akka went out to realise some arbitrary sounds coming from nearby and some burning smell!! Goshh it was our electric meter's wiring on fire. I had to(and I did) pull the main-switch off, with the electric meter burning a few centimeters away from it! (huhhh I have never seen sholay completely in one go).

      *   It was first year- working in MoodIndigo (college cult fest) as organiser. Some guests were to come in some house next morning and it was very late in the nite when we realised the lights in that place weren't working. Without any help foreseen from power house people, we 2-3 guys went with candles and I fixed the LIVE thing at the electric meter (ever seen those 4 wires going into the meter from below - 2 coming from main-lines and 2 going inside the mainswitch and then inside the home-line). It had to be that way(live) since those coming from mainlines cannot be switched off !.. Ha Ha Ha

      *   And how dumb of me to put my beloved at risk with me It was during the joining of 2004 freshies' batch when anshema was here with anshul! That time those panthers were being too bitchy- chasing people on even main road and killing a few poor souls around this area! Anshul had college work so used to sleep early at nite. And of course mausaji-mausiji both slept early , leaving we both IITians lukhha 'n sleepless at night (nothing unusual for any IITian!). Actually anshema and I were going around walking alone on absolutely deserted roads (in the campus only!)- with even security people, patrolling at night, telling us to call it a day off and go and sleep, on more than one occasion. Now i realise how foolish it was to put our life in jeopardy like that.

      *   Recently went out on bike to purchase something from opposite IIT maingate at midnite. Coming out of the IIT gate on the highway, the traffic lights are yellow at night time (Yellow=wait, SEE and go). Not wanting to slow down I straightaway headed to cross the road (no wait and no see, just GO!). And it was the same nite when a few hours later we lost Sachin in a road accident. Next morning I was soo distressed as well as frightened listening about his accident and my driving...... well still I am speechless! Could have been me too, u never know!

      But all is well that ends well and it has been ending its best all the time I take a plunge off the cliff! And I am thankful to my stars that I am sitting here writing this blog. There have been soo many other incidents n small accidents that make me realise the need to be definitely more careful next time!

      Between I think small accidents should keep happening once in a while- they keep shaking us into reality and defying our presumptions like, " How can something bad happen to me? Nahh Nahh I am just fine and I can do whatever I want to do - after all such things happen in news 'n movies only, and that too, to others! I am good person and I will die old! "