Alvida

Most often, we tend to value time only when we are just about to run out of it. I guess it’s true for many other things as well.
I look out of the window more than ever now. Stay in the balcony just a while longer. Trying to soak it all in, one last time - each time. My subconscious counting the final moments as they go by. That bird on the window - that’s the last time I will see it there.
Introverts have a world of their own. So do I. For me, Kolkata is that self-asserted paradise. The first metro city I ever lived in. The place I feel home, away from home. Call it a bong thing, Kolkata is more than a city. It’s an emotion. It’s a realisation. It’s a possibility.
For the last 9 years, I’ve been in Kolkata. Kasba - the locality that has been my partner in growing up through teenage to adulthood. And, it’s time for me to bid this city goodbye.
From being a small-town boy, scared to be alone. To be the adult that enjoys being alone. From spending time in cramped hostels to renting a 2BHK flat just for myself. The journey has been liberating.
So just a few words, for now, to get started. Someday maybe I will write about this journey. Hopefully, people like you will read it. Goodnight.