At the moment, am sitting before the screen, surrounded by cardboard cartons still waiting to get unpacked.
A window by the workstation and a window ahead of it. The flowering branches of mango tree crown it close enough for a peaceful view from my second floor, a coconut tree and a curry leaves tree flank it.
It's a home my husband and I virtually grabbed. For, in this part of Chennai, a home advertised today is gone tomorrow. It's that time of the post-recession phase when companies begin recruitments `cautiously' in official terms, but robustly, in my view. The settlers arrive, despite a humid weather that keeps you perennially hungry. The settlers, are quick to grab homes, ideally closer to their workplaces. Adyar, Tiruvanmiyur and Velachery - this belt is the closest to the IT City near Sholinganallur. And represent what Koramangala went through in Bangalore a decade back.
Home rents, have shot up over the last six months. We had that bitter experience, of losing homes we really liked, while it took a couple of days to arrange the money.
We walked through 10 homes before settling for this one. The difference between them all and this, is that it has a soul. After a tired day, I can find peace here. It is airy, with even the kitchen boasting of three windows in all, besides wardrobes in the bedrooms.
