Life in a Metro.
Maa tells me this when ever she reads a news item about someone getting mugged and beaten to death on lonely Bangalore road at night
Avoid going outside late nights and in lonely places.
Maa tells me this when ever there is a terrorist attack anywhere:
Avoid going to crowded places.
When I point this out to her or when she reads about horrowing house theft stories in paper she tells:
It’s nowhere safe anymore. Only way out is to return to our village to live peacefully again.
I think she is right. But we are not returning to our village either.
I code. I take pictures. I eat people's head. I observe and appreciate different creative expressions. I like analyzing people interactions. I like teaching and explaining things. More 
I NOW understand why your maa preferred anything and everything that was related to astronomy.
No. Thats not correct…
I would point out that there's a serious meteor problem up there….
As she says:
It’s nowhere safe anymore.
Only way out is a village…. don't resist that idea. and reach out to the stars…. They look beautiful only from down here.
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