How was your weekend?

With Monday morning blues, brightly written on everyones face, the office was buzzing with the same question in the bus, lift, cafe and workstation. Needless to say, i had my share of the same question and did end up asking it to a few of my colleagues. Well, the degree of response lingered around ..."nothing much, just at home, WORKING, movie, restaurant, relatives at home, very hectic, too hot to step out....kinds". "Too Hot!!" not already...please...its just mid-March...Chennai still has April, May, June and July to sail by.....Yes, Thanks to second largest coastal line....we have been sailing by year after year of hot, hotter and hottest season!

Come to think of it...there is not really much Indians by large, have, to do with their weekends! No excitement, no adventurous plans...Chennai has beautiful temples to admire the architecture, a lovely coastal line, a smooth ECR for a ride to the Mahabs or Pondicherry, great resorts by the beach, a neat highway to Bangalore, nice parks for a small picnic...yet all that we do is to confine ourselves to the known boundaries of a cinema hall or saravana bhavan. Only a very minute percentage burns their pockets on Friday nights at pubs/discos....but what with pubs closing down by 11.30PM...hardly any night out again! A stark contrast with life in US, where I have seen people plan something out of nothing. I admired their ability to make even everyday mundane chores into exciting outings. I do agree, they have a people friendly city/town every where....and a tourisim department that advertises so much from a 100 miles about things as simple as a stream of water gushing through a cave...!

What with my weekend..? a realxing one at home again after almost a month and thought of winding up watching "Delhi 6". A movie with a message but i can only classify it more as a documentary. The American born Hero comes over to Delhi to fulfill his grandma's wishes and decides to stay on and the reason he gives(although this is not the message the movie conevys).... "Everything is here in India and this is where I belong...while we are trying to create this atmosphere back in our homes in USA. But when we look out of the window...the reality is we do not have any of this for real out there..." . Yes...very true...we have so many contrasts and confusion all existing together in a beautiful nest and that is why we have the largest and most successful Democracy in the world!

We in India are living a life filled with everyday adventure and excitement that may be we really don't think it necessary for an adventurous/exciting weekend!