I remember the first time I came to London eight months ago.
Papa came to drop me. Everything seemed new and scary because I had never been
outside India before this.
It is strange that in a few months time, this place has
become more familiar and home than any other place I have been to in the past
24 years ( and I have lived in atleast 10 different places...so I have a decent
number of places to compare this with); the lanes, the streets, the walks, the
people, the views, the everything.
And this is not because it is a new country but because of
the people, the mentors, the experiences, the encounters, my favorite bookshop,
the home I found in SOAS and all the learning this city has accorded me with
and the beautiful ways in which it has transformed me. I learnt how learning
has no boundaries and that one can never fully know or learn. Life is a
continuous struggle between knowing and not knowing enough. I also learnt what
it is to be...just be. I learnt that time is just a measure that we pretend to
run after. Life is about living in the pauses without any rush whatsoever.
Now that I have a few months left here, I know it will take
a very big heart when it is time to leave. And I don't know how to deal with
that or the life that awaits after this which is going to be a drastic change
from this one (How in the world am I supposed to not visit my favorite bookshop
almost every day and read random book titles and get amazed at the wealth of
knowledge that resides there, every single time!!).
All I know is that I have 'written this one well' and this
one will go down the memory lane as the most epic, crazy and well lived chapter
of my life. ☺
A gratitude won't be enough this time. I owe it to what I
have learnt here and I will do justice to that no matter where I am next.
Until next time,
Keep seeing through the soul!
:-)
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