Whenever I read
reports in newspapers about disturbance in a country, I wonder why cant the
people there shift their base rather than living in fear of death and
uncertainty. The world is a much open place now and anyone can go and settle in
the place of his choice & live a better life. And my opinion applies to
people living in extreme sub zero climates, places with forever political
problems, high militancy areas etc etc. However, I am told nobody likes to
leave his house…coz home is where the heart is.
Even the pigeons
on my hostel window reflect the same attitude. To be honest, I hate being away
from home, away from the happening city, in a place everything, right from food
to climate to infrastructure is in a state of despair. Yet, everyday I see a
bunch of pigeons living happily on my room window. Its no easy situation for
them either. The place is not an ideal destination for enough water, or food
for them. Still, no matter how much I try to shoo them away, they always come
back to the window. They have a free mode of transport, would need no
passport/visas to shift to greener pastures & are not even bound by a residential
program (like me!)…so what is it that motivates them?
And then I look at
migratory birds in Lodi Garden in winter mornings. Like tourists, they come every
year, to survive extreme weather conditions. Yet the comfort is unable to make
them stay here forever. Come the right season in their home country & they
happily take the long flight back home.
They say the
solution to life’s puzzles lies in looking inside, so I introspect. No matter
how much I love Delhi, there are people who strongly share the opposite opinion
– people from other cultures finding tough to adjust here, tourists
harassed by the locals, people finding
the city unsafe…they have their own reasons that nobody can counter. Yet, what
is it that binds me to the place? Like a migratory bird, I look forward to
taking that first flight home whenever I can…because home is where u feel
comfortable and secure… home is where the heart is!
Exams are over
tomorrow & I head home!
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