Lunch is a relatively grand affair at
Sandarbh. Most of us usually go together to eat at one of the two places that
are at a walking distance from office. But was it the workload, the boredom of
eating from the same old places or just plain laziness that prompted us to
order food a couple of times consecutively last week, I don’t know. Whatever it
was, it is safe to say that when a couple of us walked to our old hangout
today, we couldn’t help but feel sluggishly full and contemplative about the
choice of walking on the way back.
But alas! Something good did come out of
it. We realized that we all shared an almost comedic connection to the words ‘Bougainvillea’
and ‘Rendezvous’. Now that you’ve heard
the words, I’m pretty sure you’ve
guessed what I’m talking about. But in case you were a prodigy who dealt with
complicated spellings right from a young age and have no idea; I’m talking
about this middle school phenomenon called ‘Spelling Bee’ where everyone
received, memorized and then showcased their ability to spell out a never
ending list of words that you honestly couldn’t expect a 10 year old to have
even heard- let alone phoneticize.
Be it stuttering on stage, stumbling with
the pronunciation or even acing the contest, the possibility of finding two
words that people from different parts of the country share a connection to;
among the million that make up our vocabulary seems pretty astounding to me.
Here’s to finding more and more nostalgic
things in common with people I barely even knew 2 weeks ago,
Namitha.
Namitha.
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