Life of a Tinker

I am writing this for all those Delhi dwellers who pass 2 to 3 hours daily traveling in Delhi Metro. The advent of Metro in Delhi has made life very easy for travelers. And since then, thanks to the population explosion in our country  number of travelers have been increasing. What had been a blessing for Delhi is now becoming a problem of some sort for daily travelers. With the ever increasing fleet of people boarding metro, it is difficult to fit into the coaches at some particular stations like Rajeev chowk. In fact it has given birth to a new phrase when people talk about crowd which says "This is nothing. Go to Rajeev chowk metro and witness the level of crowd. you don't even have to move, just stay put and people will take you along with them." Its that packed! All is well and cozy in winters but the actual problem surfaces during summer season. The hot Delhi summer will make you sweat and pant like anything and reaching your destination via metro will become a he...

Several times in my life, i have heard people say this, say that. But the most frequent and constant saying that I recall is "Love hurts!". This made me ponder over the fact, does it really? The adage "Don't judge a man until you have walked a mile in his shoes" fits completely well in this situation. And i realized the answer to this is to either fall in love myself or to ask people who have been there done that. But people can not fall in love, they just fall in love. Confusing i know, but those of you who are in love will understand. So to fall in love myself seemed a bleak possibility hence i decided to go with the second option in hand. Now asking people already in love is not as easy as it seems. God knows how dreamy and confusing their replies can be! But some of their answers really touched me and for a minute even i wished to be struck by the cupid kid! I better give you some live examples. One guy told me "love is a bitch" which made me thi...