Chicago to Abu Dhabi


I ran through the security and reached the lounge area fifteen minutes before scheduled time to catch my flight for Abu Dhabi from Chicago. There was a huge rush of people who all looked alike and without thinking much I assumed that everyone belonged to India. There were kids playing cricket, wives fighting with their husbands and there was a beautiful girl sitting right opposite to me conversing in Hindi. To my surprise the girl asked me if I was going on the same flight, although it was very obvious. It was very easy to strike a chord with her and it was very evident from her poise that she belonged to an educated family. As I continued my conversation with her, I found out that she was a passionate cricket fan with tremendous knowledge about world politics. Time flew with her as we managed to sit together in the flight and our conversation flew from politics, sports and philosophy. In the middle of all this strangely we never talked about our final destination. As we landed in Abu Dhabi, I asked her with an obvious tone if she was catching the next flight to Delhi. She smiled and told me that she was going to Islamabad and that she intentionally never asked me the place I was headed to. I asked her the reason and her logic was that boundaries unintentionally create friction in our minds. Although I did not react to it but deep within I asked myself the same question and strangely the honest answer was yes.

Comments

Jay said…
Good one buddy ! :)
August 22, 2011 at 4:24 AM
Anonymous said…
lucky girl
August 25, 2011 at 9:23 AM
grapewine said…
i'll love to be on a plane with such a gr8 poet and writer no doubt that will be real jorney thru clouds...specially if u write smthing there and then :)
August 26, 2011 at 7:00 AM
Maria said…
Oddly the answer is yes. Even though we are educated, have traveled a bit and can think for ourselves. Come to think of it, doesn't it happen in our day to day lives as well?
September 7, 2011 at 10:24 AM
Namit said…
@Maria!..i agree..it does happen!
September 7, 2011 at 11:32 PM
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