Some of the Whole

Contents: 1. Papa don’t preach. 2. Fear of the dark. 3. Where is the love. 4. In the end, it doesn’t even matter. 5. Rape me. 6. Take me home. 7. Money for nothing. 8. Right here waiting. 9. Wonder wall. 10. What goes around, comes around.

The flight to Kolkata from New York was not an easy one. It was 17 hours long, including the stop-over time at Singapore. The stewards were not pleasant and the movies that they were playing were quite jaded. I had seen all of them, with my friends, in New York. I was coming to India after a long time - so tried catching up on the news bulletins and newspapers. All that I could gather was cricket and Bollywood. Both, which I was quite aware of, while I was in NY.

And yes, some itsy-bitsy scraps and information on terrorism in India and how the network of terrorists is growing, right under the nose of the authorities. The whole idea of a terrorist disturbed me - especially after the 9/11 incident. I have become, like any other American, quite panicky with such things. I was almost jogging out of the terminal in anticipation to meet my father. I had put the iPod off. I wanted to hear out the familiar voice, as I walked out to the arrival lobby.