Thursday, June 14, 2012

The search for cyber cafe

THe search for cyber cafe

AS i begin to write this after taking orange soda from Royal Blue Soda Shop, the search for a cafe in one part of the national capital saw me come across people accessing nets where the surroundings were dark and gloomy to places where chairs occupied by those showing interest in net were less than those who wished to occupy them. Having failed to occupy the chair in the nick of time, the cyber operator was blunt enough to admit that seats would be vacated after an hour. IN some other places the directions to cyberwallahs were fine except for the failure to make a distinction that such premises had net connection more true for conducting classes and taking printouts than for writing malfunctioning in a society swayed by cutouts. Finally the search for cyber and cyberbarber ended adjacent to Royal Blue Soda Shop. Here the surroundings are neat and tidy with enough lighting and the man seated on the left side is struggling to learn the formalities of formalising his ties with indian railways with an attempt to secure a tatkal ticket. THe occasional bloomer the net shows does not bother him as one can make out his seating arrangement is meant to secure a seat in the train and also spread the gaze on issues the netporter is trying to rain.  The one on the right side has left and replaced by one who tries to rehearse what i have written and by whom all i have been smitten.

THe search for a cyber cafe this morning which eventually turned to late afternoon has in effect defeated my purpose of writing on Ajmer and the visits made in the past. Had i not taken the veg patty from hot'n'chillz i would have accepted the challenge of writing on previous journey blasts.The patty probably the last one of the previous lot has led to a stage of discomfort and here pattywallah should be careful in handling preparations that makes one to strongly seek a fast.

The weather is hot and huge and there are no dearth of people taking soda refuge. One glass comes for five and a big pouring comes for 10 and there is no scarcity of soda-taking tribe. It is a must in a season where we are amidst water woes and trying to adjust.to water that comes slow.The watery waterfall the city has not been witness to for decades is more to do with water being unashamedly pumped from ground below with no one coming forward to give a clue. Water woes the city is sure to live with as water is not coming in full force. Destined are those to have a life of a rose who use water judiciously and those who waste can legitimately face the summer fury.

Summers as usual are harsh and not short of histrionics and one hopes rains come in plenty. How sooner they would come is difficult to guess. But once it starts coming smiles and hope would burst. WE need rains and the rhetoric that accompany them and any other rhetoric at this point would by no means be seen as a gem.      


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