vivek sekar

fresh from a bath, with some amount of sleep still lingering around and i am taking my time getting used to the outside world after a long sleep. i am seated on a tram headed towards the city center. to one side is a little child in her pram, looking expectantly at the people around her, and on the other side another slightly grown child fussing about with his toys in hand and in between tuning into the conversation mom and dad are having.

a little unsettled and obliviously playing with a car in his hand while chewing off pieces from it, only for dad to notice and clean his mouth. drowned in a world of his own.

it is quite the opposite on the other side, she was looking around and trying to get some attention from the people standing near by who were busy in their conversation. making faces, smiles, shouts and screeches and occasionally she would get the odd glance but then the conversation continued. mom was also busy on the phone and no one was paying any attention to her. mischievously hiding half behind the pram’s sides, she glances towards the side i am seated. having been quite amused with her till now, i smile back as i close my eyes.

happyness …

a glance, a smile and a some little attention later the look on her face of being noticed. i was holding on to my smile i had got going and i was also happy.

after a good game of hide and seek for some 3 minutes, we reach our destination. mom gets the pram ready to board down, just as she continues the hide and seek game and i play along.

at the other door, an old lady (mid 70’s) says something in Finnish. after “i am sorry” and a puzzled looked,

“she likes you, a lot

did you see her wink and wave at you ?

she is smiling and likes you.”

a photo just for the little child in the tram.