Alu Tamatar
It’s been a week
Actually more than a week
Actually I don’t know how many weeks
I think I will go home
Buy myself alu tamatar
Take them up to my kitchen
Slice my sabzi
Dice my pyaaz
Bring in the salt
Whip them up in sugar…
But nothing happens
Again… I stay back, and I stay put
For another evening
For another day
Another time
The evenings in my life never happen
Even the alu tamatar hasn’t happened for so long
The elusive alu tamatar
Nothing ever happens
Am I letting go the evenings of my life?
Am I losing count of the weeks in my life?
Am I missing out on life?
I don’t know.
19th September 2003
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