THE FULL CIRCLE

Epilogue
As I travelled daily to Under-graduate College for 5 years, catching the early morning Mumbai local plying between Andheri & Churchgate, drinking in the en-route scenes of shanties built on both sides of the track in the midst of garbage dumps, nude kids & adults alike defecating on tracks whilst keeping a lookout for an incoming train whose schedule decided the time & pressure limitations playing on their ablutionary habits, rag-pickers garbed in a single cloth bathing at the station ‘sulabh sauchalaya’ starting another ‘filthy’ day, it made me wonder about the living conditions available to them back home in their village, such that they chose to live in the inhumane slums of a metro like Mumbai instead.

Getting my first sales assignment as Area Manager for North Bihar had its share of shaky legs but little did I realize that my wonderment would change to reality with the mystery of the sites of my Mumbai local travels about to open up in full throttle as I travelled across the geography of my territory.

Some places you take up to & the place responds by taking up to you as well. Divided over 5 parts, have brewed up my first fictional story – ‘The Full Circle’ which captures the history, culture, customs, events & life or the lack of it in this state called ‘Bihar’ which otherwise one would rarely come to turn to on their copy of the Lonely Planet-India edition; propose to release the same every alternate day over the next 10 days. Promising you a descriptive roller-coaster ride taking you through life’s ups & downs, the story will leave you with a bitter tinge in the mouth aspiring for hope.