battery, this one is for u sweety!

its a monday evening and we’re a bunch of cousins wit high octane levels – rock music at home and energy levels on high.

and broke :O

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so we get our rich sis n her guy to come over – pick us up in his awesome red car – its got a bose system wit surround speakers.. (i know!! he’s cool man )

all the way to the marina the music is on and it feels like there’s not a CARE in the world – the beats are floatin ya and the yellow street lamp world is slipping by against the misting windows of ur smoooooooooooth ride

so we park ar the marina.

barefoot on the beach sands – it has to be the best nostalgia trigger ever.

i literally grew up on the marina beach cos we lived close by it – i learnt to make my first kite on its sands – learnt to get it on the air waves – got entangled in the fishnets – found my first huge conch – my first starfish – built countless sand castles, watched them get washed away – also watched my evil bro jump on em (giri im watching u dude ) – jumped waves – climbed the lighthouse stairs ( ENID BLYTON anyone??!?!!?!! that was SO inspired by her ) – oh i even rode horses on the beach!!

the beach has this amazing taste – the minute u get on it, salty air hits ur face and ur lips are instantly salty – i love that about the beaches – it makes u feel so ALIVE in the crowds of the city – the breezes whip ur hair around – the strength of the ocean – the sight of the massive water body is so ELEVATING – you feel the most awesome high EVER

- the marina s clean now – so no glass or plastic or cigarette butts on the marina – so i feel a lot safer on its sands now – it was like going back to a friend who loves u more now that you’ve been away so so long

so as soon as we’re on the sands we gotta go by norms rite? rite. we head for the illegal bajji stands u get assorted, oil reeking, smelly bajjis made of potatoes n onions n CHILLI – yes i kid u not – the chilli, its AWESOME – might give u a heart attack wit all d heat – but what the hell – u live once n the chutney is so heavenly!! u GOT to try it sometime.

battery n i head for the waters. its new moon yeah – n high tide – so its totally dark and the waves are high – pretty much wat i was too – we just walked into the water – further in than any other bunch of people on the beach
The waves, they were WONDERFUL – they hit you with this force and power. Every time a wave like that takes you unexpectedly – its like you were born all over again – it erases every thought, emotion and feeling from your mind – you sense the chill mass of liquid force hit you, drench you, and wash away – and you’re happy.

I turn around and see my family on the sands, laughing at us – im so blessed – behind them all i see is dark anonymous shapes of people boats and parties on the light sand – beyond that – the beautifully lighted beach road, forming a graceful arc with the yellow lamps – broken by black statues of legends that form the identity of my wonderful home town – Madras.