Saturday, June 27, 2009

Room with a view

I wake up first at about 6 in the morning. Stay awake for a bit. Then I slip back into more dreamless, senseless sleep.

This time, I wake up straight at about 10. To sounds of prayers happening somewhere. On Jai Jagadish Hare. This could be anything. I curse. I get up from bed, and open the room door (to the balcony). I see across the road, some people have moved in to the Flats that is still not constructed fully yet. No, the griha pravesh happening, I guess. Kind of Griha pravesh, where there is one woman sitting with her head covered, surrounded by five men. They are sitting facing the purohit who I can't see, but can hear.

There are no other women. Which I find weird. I notice the woman looks away from the puja, outside. Anxiety. She turns her head back. The man in blue looks about. His eyes stop on me. I make my way away from the door. I peep out after a few seconds, he is still staring. I shut the door and head to the kitchen to soak my coffee. As I wait for the water to get boiled, I get that feeling in my head... something to my right. I notice, the man in blue has been staring at me through my kitchen window.