Miles to go, milestones to achieve before I sleep

"Madam, focus on anulom-vilom (alternate nostril breathing)," my yoga teacher instructed as I opened an eye just in time to catch the squirrel chasing a parrot away from the bird feeder in the lawn.

- Devpreet Singh

"Madam, focus on anulom-vilom (alternate nostril breathing)," my yoga teacher instructed as I opened an eye just in time to catch the squirrel chasing a parrot away from the bird feeder in the lawn. A pigeon flew past, challenging the two...and throwing all caution to the winds, I opened the other eye too and sat upright, watching them and the rising sun behind. Exercise be damned, I wanted my morning cuppa.

My favourite packet of biscuits vanished along with the tea. Wah, kya zindagi hai (What a life!) Should I not be missing my earlier routine of skipping breakfast, hollering instructions to the staff at home and rushing to work, sometimes without even saying goodbye? Shouldn't I be focusing on the pending inquiry or files waiting in the office or the morning and afternoon video-conferences (VCs)? How should I compare the lost 'salaam' in office with the drive to Sukhna Lake with music blaring and me singing along?