A Winter Morning in Uppal Southend

An uncanny sense prevails through my spine to see the city so quiet and lazy on a winter morning in contrast to the restlessness I see during the day. A city with no history, without a soul and only growing in vertical direction like a demon without limbs is sometimes intimidating even in daylight. Concrete, corporate chic cars, shop till you drop  malls and omni present wine shops are perhaps best ways to dot the google map in your mind for the city.

Nature is still all very kind to human atrocities. It truly ignores the MAN OCCUIPIED Land and engulfs the city in a motherly hug every morning without any disputes. The grass so wet with pearl smooth dew droplets reflecting every ray of light striking them, trees laden with moist glamour look green and groomed and small birdies shriek to their vocal best thumping their tails. The smoky fog hangs low amidst all this with sun shine peeping from behind the lofty apartments making a photographer’s delight.

While, life begins to crawl in action with elderly and not so elderly braving the mercury to stay fit, occasional school buses dash pass you to give an early dose of automotive exhausts too. Pets also love to claim their pie of open streets and presto! You will find the land locked, well groomed, apartment living obedient dogs savor the wet soil.

As the day grows slightly older the car cleaners grace your car with champi and make you realize that your own set of wheels are the only true companion in not so easily available public transport in Gurgaon.The electricity department  jolts you every morning without an electric shock, by their absence. While school buses finish their sorties its time for papas and mummas of the world to jump in the fully automatic machines of the day and greet their most common  artifacts on Gurgaon roads – the pot holes and traffic jams.

While Mother Nature rolls back and gives way to dust, commotion and cranes it loves to keep its memory short because tomorrow this part of earth will be more MAN OCCUPIED!

Welcome to Uppal Southend : Gate No. 1