Coffee, Smokes and Laughs

Whoa!!! This was the expression on my face when I finally experienced the first rains of this monsoon. The monsoon this year had all possible traits that a brawny villain has in the movies. Firstly, the dark clouds that hugged the blue sky so tightly, I literally felt it were somewhere around 2.00 am while it was already 8.30 am. Man, I cozily dunked myself in the quilts and was lost in few good dreams and suddenly I hear a thunderous noise, which was my cell phone alarm. I cursed myself for promptly setting up the alarm for obvious reasons; the nasty gadget stole few hours of my good sleep. I soon realized that another chaotic week is yet to begin and I should be prepared to handle all the noise from all possible corners. With this heavy thought in mind and lots of sleep in eyes, I stood still and was thinking of my two choices, whether to continue to spoil myself with more sleep or enter the world of nuisance and nonsense. My heart said “Dude, get some sleep” but my impe

Every morning, when we flip through the newspaper pages we come across several news posts that cover burglars robbing off homes, cars, people and many more. We read those news posts with much interest as if it were some gospel that gives some mental peace.  But again, the other important factors like cell phone bills, electricity bills, grocery bills etc. remind us that we are already late to the work and would have to hurry like a soldier in a war-front to save some loss of pay in salary, in the event of being late at work. Anyway, speaking about news posts like these, I remember the days when I was a kid, bunch of my uncles and aunts used to sip their piping hot coffees and speak volumes about how burglary has become so very rampant and easy thing. Trust me friends, I used find it so very interesting, the crux of the conversation used to push me to a conclusion that “Is that it? Is it so easy to steal or rob things from people? “Nonetheless, I thank God for not allowin