And I was thinking....

It isn't easy.
Really isn't. Sometimes I sit and wonder how the very same city which was such a safe heaven...seems out to get you.
But it isn't really. The city is the same as ever. What changes is who presented it to me. Through IIT's eyes, it was beautiful. Just a place where you went out for fun, a dinner..maybe a movie.
But now when for the first time, I am battling the traffic, haggling with the auto guys, waking up at 6 in the morning to get drinking water in the house, fixing the place up, it's like I never was here in the first place.I wouldn't say it is all bad. Infact, for the first time I think the lessons of the common man, and everyday life are reaching me straight and direct. I am better off now I believe. People seem more human and realistic, if that statement makes sense.

All in all I miss IIT. For the relaxed life, assured benefits and atmosphere it provided. I sure miss it. But ironically, in two months, I have been back only once, and it seemed strange, unknown. I am still to figure the reasons out.