FROM THE CITY OF SAMBAR AND SWEAT

As I arrived here, at the city famous for Sambar, Appallam and Seashores, one thing I realized that such a massive city, the flow of traffic had happened with ease, I would starve for home food. The sweat almost drenched me, by the time I reached my accommodation I could literally produce a bucket of sweat. Then me and my dad had Dosai for breakfast. Later in the afternoon, we went out to explore the city. The scorching heat tired us beyond what we had eaten. Trusting an auto driver that day was the first wrong step we made that day. We were robbed of money and dropped at an unknown place. After eating Dosai yet again, we reached back into our accommodation, we were dead on our feet.

This continued and we lived on Dosai for the next day too. Our Induction program at the famous Rain Tree Hotel at Anna Salai, Teynampet was done with pomp and show. All of us enjoyed and I got to know some really good guys and girls and we instantly clicked. I missed home badly that night. Tears that came out but no one to clear them. I felt homesick already after arriving just two days before. That weekend with a group I visited the famous Snake Park at Guindy and the Zoo adjacent to it. We had loads of fun teasing each other, pulling each others leg, taking photos and drinking lime juice.

That weekend all I did was sleep. The coming weekend i spent at my cousin's place and didn't much do anything. This weekend I was alone in my room. I looked around, watched Dabbangg, slept in the evening at 5 woke up at 7. I called up everyone I know and then the tears came out. I called up my cousin who lives here and I started to their place. On my way, the tears still wouldn't stop. I took a seven seater and was on my way. There was no one in the auto and I was scared. As my stop neared, the auto man asked for the money and i handed him a note. I guess he saw my tears. He asked me where i had to go and unlike the other auto drivers i had met, he was so graceful that he dropped me till the stop where no sever-seater auto drivers will go.

That act of him moved me. My tears stopped. I started enjoying the climate. I played the songs and started enjoying them. That one move of that guy made me changed my mood. I felt a bit better. I would never forget that auto annai who left me at the bus stop even if it wasn't necessary and he wasn't going there. I didn't feel home, but atleast it made me feel better. This city could never make me feel home probably, but one gesture made me foget my worries for a while. I thank that man profusely for that gesture.