Scandinavian Summer...

..tentatively positioned after the winter and before the snow, is a true word of fiction, a figure of thought,a state of mind,lack of stockings , unnecessary long days(making me feel guilty of wasting more time)..best described as days of week or at the most weeks in months! Like 'last Thursday(19th) was warm and summer(y)...the sun was up and warm'..but overshadowed by my still unnamed niece's much anticipated entry to this world.

Red..tender..fresh skin(ed), his father's first thought was to put it back in the aquarium but better sense prevailed!

Danes, already the happiest people on earth(cycling on an average 1.3 million miles per annum),are super happy even anticipating summer.Its remains anticipated though still..this year!Sudden snow in the last week of April, some really cold and wet days in between, forcing the flowers to get back into their buds, colleagues shaking their head in disbelief( packing up early for the day in utter desperation) and the large oak trees standing bald in stark contrast to the smaller spring green shrubs as evergreen Dev Anand vs (n)ever-youth Hangal(itna sannata kyun hai ..).

But all not lost! The rising mercury inversely affecting the overall clothing, with occasional spikes,leaving you feeling much warmer and the heart racing faster than the Taxa meter for a change! The build up is near perfect for coffee or beer depending on your preference outside the Cafe's dotting the City~great company~garden get-togethers~Carnivals~Bank Holidays~fro-lick~sun shades~fancy motor cycles looming the street~chaapa excitement waiting to explode. 'longing for the sun..' Mitch,the fat and jolly Mexican , strums on.

'The weather is never bad. You need to be dressed appropriately' quipped Catherine over lunch. Essentially socialist thought with firm belief in equality and mutual sense of respect or sheer frustration? I wonder!!

But the sun's irresponsible time sense is more than made up my the society!You can set your watch by the arrival of the train, buses leaves at 9:03,offices opens at 10:05,shops closes at 18:00.Unlike India where for example any government Institute is governed by the below

i. May or maynot open at 09:00

ii. Might start by 11:00

iii.To be on the safer side, go after 12:00 and before lunch.

Someone,ofcourse,forgot the keys and nobody knows who got the keys! Arguments and mindless discussions leads to compromise on 'Govt of India must be having the key'. But then , who is the GoI?There starts the next round of talking the talk with the self styled experts in the posh studio, with rhetoric anchors and we watching from the comforts of our couch! And in between Dekho Lalit Faasa league masala, soft-spoken-over-educated Sardar wanting to 'move aside' for the other Rahul (the not-so-young prince and not the dulha), Didi blocking Calcutta roads,crying hoarse(suggest me a better adjective plz),blaming Buddha for Delhi stampede,motormen strike,AI crash and NY bomb plot!!

Super!!

Longing for the sun...be welcome

On the island ..many miles ..away from homee...