Winters - I hate you, like I love you

“SssssS-sSSSsss-SSSSSSSsss-sssss- uh-Uh-Ih-ih-uhh”….. does this sound familiar?

Ah! the cushy-comfy winters are here yet again! Time to experience the sudden deep chill, when your teeth chatter together relentlessly, the tip of your nose changes its color to crimson, your palms caress each other and fingers remain entwined in one another...

I am not a winter person, for I dislike the shivers n quivers that this season has to offer. Often important tasks are deferred and dormancy starts to set-in for want of snuggling into the quilts and it appears to be dark and gloomy almost everywhere I look- thanks to the fog, mornings and evenings. My own touch, it seems most of the times, can put my security to jeopardy. Life, in general becomes kind of sedentary.

 Huuh… atrocious. Isn’t it?

And then comes the utmost sorriest part…to part with the warmth and get up early on freezing mornings! Yes, the usage of two superlative degrees together is intentional to emphasize on our tormented state. BTW did you notice my generosity of indicating this as ‘OUR’ problem instead of ‘mine’? So now I am quite certain you will agree that I am not trying to pile on the agony (this comes with my winking, tongue-sticking out expressions!)

But then, just when I start attributing my in-activities and sluggishness to the winters, I get intrigued by its own mysterious charm.

Can there be anything more refreshing than watching those delicate dew-drops on the just-blossomed varieties of roses, pansies, orchids, chrysanthemums and lilys in the garden. And how about that soft tuneful sound of leaves rustling in the wind…Oooo la la!

Beauty at it's best!

Barring those moments when I am usually annoyed with winters, there are numerous reasons to be thankful to this part of the year as well.

While making drawings on those misty window panes of the car is universally considered the most productive idle-time-substitute,  that tempting sound of smoking hot tea being poured in the cups and slurping it along with aloo-pyaaz bhajiya is no less than divine…

Winter buddies!

I can place myself comfortably on a couch, reading a book, sipping a mug-full of green tea and spend hours during these pinkish-winter afternoons...

Savoring the season-special carrots and fenugreek veggies…the kick post smacking those stuffed-paranthas, topped with melted butter…the crisp ground nuts being munched all-day long...these are few more favorites, (not in the order of preference). I can jot down more such dotted-points, but it’s time for me to embrace my quilt and get cozy :-)

So here I close this chapter humming along the song from Delhi Belly…”(prefix Winters) I hate you, like I love you love you love you”