Happiness is
noticing the pink water lily standing tall in cheerful defiance amidst the
wilted week-long red roses on my study table vase. Happiness is watching Tom’s futile endeavours
at outsmarting Jerry. Again and again and again. Happiness is stealing a
spoonful of Milkmaid from the fridge. Savouring it with the eyes and then the
tongue. This, in the second week of the jaundice bout. This, in the second week of surviving on ‘pepe
and moolo sheddho’*. Happiness is cracking the ‘googly’ question on Dadagiri**
before Sourav Ganguly and anybody else answers it. Happiness is finishing
Jhumpa Lahiri’s latest novel in less than a day. Happiness is fitting into old clothes
again. Like a dream. Happiness is listening to Bob Dylan. And Tracy Chapman. Happiness
is receiving surprise bouquets while at work. Happiness is marveling at the sheer
success of the first shrimp curry. Happiness is getting tickets booked for
Coorg and then cancelling them for tickets to Kolkata. Just because you are
homesick. Happiness is dancing to ‘Ek do teen’. And dancing some more. Even
when breathless. Happiness is watching Satyajit Ray’s ‘Sonar Kella’ for the 36th
time. And dying to watch it for the 37th. Happiness is re-visiting embarrassing
childhood snaps. Happiness is applying the perfect coat of nail paint on the
right hand with the left. Happiness is
in the realization that the tablets for the gluten allergy are no longer
necessary. Happiness is hearing Maa narrate Jimmy’s 'fantics'*** over the phone from
a distance of 1359 kilometres. Happiness is reading old copies of Tinkle Digest
and Amar Chitra Katha. And re-reading ‘Little Women’ and ‘Far from the Madding
Crowd’. Happiness is sleeping on his chest and
being party to his soft snores. Happiness is not setting the alarm clock for
the next morning.
Happiness is
putting up the new post on the blog……
* Boiled papaya and radish, a must-have diet for jaundice patients
** A popular Bengali TV Show in the format of a quiz competition hosted by Sourav Ganguly
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