{"id":207,"date":"2008-11-28T22:30:48","date_gmt":"2008-11-28T17:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techdivine.wordpress.com\/?p=218"},"modified":"2008-11-28T22:30:48","modified_gmt":"2008-11-28T17:00:48","slug":"gloomy-skies-below-streets-of-mumbai-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/2008\/11\/gloomy-skies-below-streets-of-mumbai-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Gloomy skies below streets of Mumbai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;margin:0;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:center;margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-219\" title=\"Winged skies\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/poi1.jpg\" alt=\"Winged skies\" width=\"455\" height=\"341\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;margin:0;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;\">As I took the steps ahead on the swarming streets of Mumbai today, I felt like I was on top of a gigantic winged messenger of the gloomy skies that seemed to fly beneath me. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;\">I could feel the burden of my thoughts being splashed across the busy streets, scattered and roaming without a moment of rest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;\">I felt my insides roar with a gore of pain whilst I kept trying to further increase my pace. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;\">Was I dreaming\u2026. As the question zoomed across my confused and battered mind today, I felt the speedy vehicles whiz past me with least care and concern. I stepped back few paces and the pain seemed to be agonizing even more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;\">What was happening? <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;\">I was feeling twitchy and was experiencing a moment of stagnation in my thoughts. Was the concerned concern with respect to my routine or my life, my dreams or my goals, my ideas or my passion? I could not separate the gold from the dross. <span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;\">I kept walking few steps ahead as I called in for a cab for my ride back home. I did not want to ponder\u2026 I did not want to question anymore? I just did not want to ask myself today\u2026 What is it that\u2019s turning my insides out? I guess, by then my Nokia 3500 reminded me of the fabulous songs that it had in it\u2019s memory. I took the music pills and gulped it through my ears one after the other and tried to make my pain go away. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;margin:0;\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;\">I soon faded into the sound and beats and slowly into the gaping hole of the future. It looked just like a white light to me now. As I felt the agony slowly finding it\u2019s way back, I pumped up the volume and let the music take control. 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