Can there be a better illustration for Morning Raga?
The phone rarely rings during my morning walk these days. There was a time when friends from Play520, the sports channel on World Space Radio, would call unfailingly. Now, when I leave home around 7-10 to drop Priya at the bus stop just outside our society, I pick up the phone so that it can occasionally remind me to hasten my steps and make the heart tick quicker.
So when the phone rang today as I was close to completing one 1.25km lap of our society, I was pleasantly surprised. I recognised from the number that it was a call from the United States. Who could it be, I wondered for a moment and then answered. It turned out to be S Srikant, my class mate of five years from 1974-78.
“Good evening, Srikant. How are you?” And, I nearly did not notice the eyebrows of a couple of senior citizens go up at my mention of ‘evening’. I kept walking at a brisk pace as Srikant replied. “I am fine. I hope I did not wake you up!”
I quickly assured him that I had been up for a while. Read more »
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