Coming from Pune by bus on a misty, rainy day. The bus went off the highway soon after it left Pune and passed through a colony of some kind, with bungalows and trees and peace. It was beautiful. I have never been through it ever again after that one time. It is almost like it was a mythical place I visited in my dreams. And like all mythical places, it was beautiful. The rain, the mist made it even more so.
Each time I go to or come from Pune, my heart gets restless around the time of the journey that I had seen the place the very first time. Nothing happens, I don’t see that place.
I have never made any enquiries or otherwise tried to find out what place it is. I don’t want the mystic romance I have come to associate with the place to disappear by hearing someone say that “it is a development by Pune Real Estate Wreckers Ltd. now also featuring five new 100 storey high towers with a clubhouse and artificial waterfall, 24 hours water and electricity (except Tuesdays), etc. etc…”
Will I ever come across that colony someday? Will I live there perchance?
