My friend Anushree just returned from her Himalayan expedition. She was in the mountain ranges for nearly 10 days, playing in the snow, walking on the ice, and bearing the chilling wind that would flow in the region and would literally freeze their noses. The temperature was always near zero and they had no scope for electricity and so had to light fires wherever they went in order to keep themselves warm. They had to trek for 4 to 5 hours at a stretch and that was indeed tiring, very tiring! At every stage there were people who could not bear the intensity of the trek and backed out to go home. And for all this time, when she was walking on the rocks trembling on their edges and adjusting the heavy baggage at every step- ready to eat whatever she could lay her hands on -listening to stories of people dying in the snow, I was.....
....I was opening the fridge for the 14th time in 3 hours, to get the cold water bottle and it felt as if the bottle just refused to get cold. For which i then open the freezer-the only place where I've felt real snow- only to realize that water does not freeze in an hour! And when you finally get some cold water, the only thing i felt was some sleep in front of the cooler, I jump on to the couch, feel the air hit my my body and then i realize.....the cooler had run out of water. It was pumping in super heated air and it felt as if i was standing on the wrong side of an exhaust!! With a lot of frustration and anger, when i fill in the water in the cooler's tank which always refuses to be full quickly and justt when the tank is full, there comes a call,"abey apna result agaya!! college jaana hai!!"
And from home I had to go on a trek...
A trek (literally), to college, the only difference being while Anushree was at around 8 degree Celsius in the sun, I just had to add a 4 to it, a 4 before the 8 which made it a god damn 48 deg !!!! And trust me, it kills!!! The moment i stepped outside, i felt a chill through my spine, which was perhaps the last chill i felt for the day!! Coz the moment later i was surrounded by a wave of something, something god damn hot!!! It moves through the face, through your eyes, your nose,through the ears and reaches your brain and simply boils it like water! While Anushree was siting around a fire trying to warm her hands and legs, I felt my hands and legs to have caught fire, man they were really on fire!!! While Anushree was looking at water get frozen in no time, I too did, the only difference being I was watching the water disappear in no time, god it was HOT HOT HOT!
After the terrible trek to college, the moment i reached home, i realized how important chappals were!! When Anushree would've been walking on chilling ice under her feet, I felt i was walking on the Sun, the blistering heat would've melted me completely had i stayed there for some more time bare footed. And after the great great trek , i had finally reached my igloo. I justt loved the sight of the cooler buzzing. I opened the door, rushed inside, opened the fridge, and i can't explain my happiness when i saw a chilled ice packet in the freezer (my Himalayas), I ate that ice with all my love and each sound of the crumbling ice was a relief. And after all the terrible heat that i had just faced, after all the news of people dying in the sun, all the heat that almost melted me out, all the sweat that flowed like tap water, all the energy that drained out as if in a sink, all that i saw was the couch, all that i heard was the cooler's buzz, all that i knew was that the cooler's tank was full, and when with a feeling that all my troubles were about to get over, i walked slowly to my couch, the cool air hitting my face gently, i lay down on the couch with all my relief, i closed my eyes ready to dream.......AUR LINE GAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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