I belong to a town called Roha, situated on the bank of river Kundalika (This river is getting popular among adventure junkies nowadays).
In my town, we had a tradition (still have) of going to nearby cities for further education, after passing HSC exam! continuing the tradition, I left Roha for my junior college (in Alibaug).
That was the period when I got introduced to the concept of KATTAs /Cafes/ even gardens.
I loved them immediately!
(Though Alibaug has a sea and it was right behind our college, I was never that attracted towards it!)
For me, Cafe is the place where I would find my solace!
Since then cafes are like my second home.
I remember leaving my house ( i used to stay with my uncle) every day, especially in mornings or evenings just to sit in a garden or have Wada Pav and cutting all by myself at my favourite joints!
For me, these places were more like meditation rooms (of course with food)!
Since then till now, whichever city I go, even for a day, I need to find a cafe nearby!
I HAVE TO!
Cafes help to find solutions, write articles, help me meet new people, hear random stories, smell an aroma of delicious food, hear the sound of Tadka, read books, know upcoming events in the city or if anybody is looking for a flatmate ( thanks to the poster people stick on the walls)!
Cafe treats all the senses of my body. ALL...considering the handsome men and beautiful women visiting the cafe! So basically I thrive on such places! They trigger me!
At present, I am in Pune and I have to visit Cafe Goodluck and Chai Tapri at least four times a week!
It is a pleasant feeling when you become friends with the staff and owner of the cafes!
You go to a cafe, sit comfortably without worrying about placing an order as the staff know it by now! They know what we want to eat and how much!
Even right now, I am sitting in Chai Tapri, writing this, sipping tea (made exactly the way I want) without sugar and enjoying the rain!
These places are my Mecca!
A few minutes before, I was lost, feeling lonely and kind of losing my temper. And here I am now, calm, at peace, smiling!
May every cafe in the world keeps growing and I get an opportunity to visit them;)
In my town, we had a tradition (still have) of going to nearby cities for further education, after passing HSC exam! continuing the tradition, I left Roha for my junior college (in Alibaug).
That was the period when I got introduced to the concept of KATTAs /Cafes/ even gardens.
I loved them immediately!
(Though Alibaug has a sea and it was right behind our college, I was never that attracted towards it!)
For me, Cafe is the place where I would find my solace!
Since then cafes are like my second home.
I remember leaving my house ( i used to stay with my uncle) every day, especially in mornings or evenings just to sit in a garden or have Wada Pav and cutting all by myself at my favourite joints!
For me, these places were more like meditation rooms (of course with food)!
Since then till now, whichever city I go, even for a day, I need to find a cafe nearby!
I HAVE TO!
Cafes help to find solutions, write articles, help me meet new people, hear random stories, smell an aroma of delicious food, hear the sound of Tadka, read books, know upcoming events in the city or if anybody is looking for a flatmate ( thanks to the poster people stick on the walls)!
Cafe treats all the senses of my body. ALL...considering the handsome men and beautiful women visiting the cafe! So basically I thrive on such places! They trigger me!
At present, I am in Pune and I have to visit Cafe Goodluck and Chai Tapri at least four times a week!
It is a pleasant feeling when you become friends with the staff and owner of the cafes!
You go to a cafe, sit comfortably without worrying about placing an order as the staff know it by now! They know what we want to eat and how much!
Even right now, I am sitting in Chai Tapri, writing this, sipping tea (made exactly the way I want) without sugar and enjoying the rain!
These places are my Mecca!
A few minutes before, I was lost, feeling lonely and kind of losing my temper. And here I am now, calm, at peace, smiling!
May every cafe in the world keeps growing and I get an opportunity to visit them;)
OK here are some thoughts as I read it
ReplyDeleteMentioned of a tradition, moving to metro cities and Alibaug is something I didn’t like, I think it’s kind of a contradictory. For me Alibaug is not a metro. Many people will argue on that I know, but it’s my point-of-view.
“I used to stay with my uncle” feels redundant and out of context to me
When you mentioned Wada Pav, cutting, expected IMPACT of using these words is missing.
“Since then till now…”, could have been just “since then…”, you are not contradicting anything afterwards
“Cafes help to find solutions… “ needs some re-phrasing. BTW café never helped me to find solutions in any way
“Café treats all the senses of my body”, May be something like “Visiting café is a treat to my senses” I thrive on such places” That trigger thing you mentioned, makes it dull
some other re-phrased sentences -
“After moving to Pune, Café Goodluck is my regular; even visiting LOCAL-CHAI-TAPRI has become part of my rituals”
Even now, I’m sitting in CHAI Tapri enjoying rain and I’m writing this on a sip-of-tea-made exactly-the-way-I-like-it, without sugar :-)
“An hour ago, I was snapped, lost and lonely, but now calm, at peace, smiling”
“These places are my Mecca!” could have been the last sentence in the post.
Thoughts are scattered, I do not feel that there is any flow, required to delineate the story. But you will get there. Punctuation is missing and is utmost essential. Hyper use of parenthesis and should be minimal
Hi
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