I'm going to Ibetza!!!!!! is what I had been singing..
Reason, I was going to Bombay, the love of my life..
The week before it passed in a bliss, the thought of going back to that city was so strong that the work stress of issue closing which was filled with disappointments of refusals and ad drops seemed to have no effect on me.
The D day finally came and I stepped out in the early night of Bombay.
The feeling was euphoric. After ensuring that my colleague is bundled off to the hotel safely, I turned to look around.
The next day had to be office, the reason I was there. So once I was done with office the rest of the evening and the next day was mine!
I went on spree of meeting old friends and finishing some old pending tasks.
I enjoyed every minute of it.
Soon it was time to fly back and three and half hours later (my flight had got delayed due to a technical snag) I was back in Delhi.
I felt good, very good to be there but there was something else too...
I realised a fact of life. Any place earns a place in your heart not just because of the place but also due to the people you meet, interact and stay with. It's the whole experience which makes a city a wonderful or dreadful place.
I was glad to be in Bombay but the feeling, the special feeling which I had for the city was not as strong as it used to be.
It confused me and made me restless.
When I had left Bombay for good, somewhere I felt that the dream I was chasing (The Dream is something I would talk about in another post) has ended abruptly.
I was hurt and sulking or maybe scared to restart things from scratch away from the city which I had grown to love.
What I had missed seeing was that I was moving to the city where I learned the meaning of Independence. The city which gave me the base & foundation to do what I am doing.
The Independence and financial freedom which I experienced in Bombay was because of Delhi.
I was speechless and in trance when I realised this.
So, when my flight touched the Delhi airport, I felt I was truly Home.
A Second Homecoming Indeed!
