Hyderabad has been home to me for over 30 years. Having spent the best years of my life and seeing my children grow up here, having established an identity of my own, professionally as well as socially, it is no wonder that I love the place dearly.
It has been over 2 years now, two and a half to be precise that I have shifted base to Mount Abu in Rajasthan. Although it was a decision taken impulsively, on the spur of the moment, I was enchanted by the quaint little place, and life seemed like a perpetual holiday, and I considered myself lucky to be able to spend time in the lap of nature. Home, however, was always Hyderabad. This was partly because I have family and property interests in the place, but also because I missed the hustle and bustle of City life. I have always been an urban creature, having spent all my life in the metro cities.Or so I thought—till my recent visit to Hyderabad.
I spent a little over a month there, and should have felt ecstatic about getting so much time to spend in my very own hometown. However, I felt surprised at the feelings that arose within me. I felt like I was wasting my time on inconsequential things. These could have easily been left alone, and nobody would have been the worse for it. After the euphoria of the initial few days, I found my enthusiasm waning. I started feeling irrelevant, and started longing to get back. I was surprised at myself, and refused to admit it for quite some time, even to myself. Then I started to analyze my feelings, unexpected as they were. And this is what I found—
I missed my home! Have I shifted loyalties in the short time that I spent in Mount Abu? I asked myself. But that seemed to be the fact. Home is where the heart is, and it certainly seemed to belong in Mount Abu.
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How was that possible? It is not like we have thought of shifting permanently or anything like that. Most of our stuff was still lying in Hyderabad, waiting for us to get back. Moreover, there was so much to do in a large city! There were huge malls with the most alluring shops! There were eateries galore, offering every type of cuisine! There were arts and crafts exhibitions, concerts and theatre! You name it and you have it. Why then this feeling of disinterest, boredom even?
True, you have everything, but life is a struggle, day in and day out. It is a struggle to find transport; it is a struggle to navigate the traffic, a constant struggle dealing with people, whether it is people who work for you, your neighbours, or people you interact with in any given scenario. Most people you encounter are already stressed out and ready to blow a fuse at any time! And can you blame them? For I quite often found myself in pretty much the same condition! And it is not Hyderabad alone (which I still love very dearly and firmly believe is better than most cities)! It is true of any city of similar size with similar problems.
I now know what I missed.
It is the easy pace of life, the honest and hard-working people of a small town, the abundance of nature all around, with the tall trees, the imposing mountains and the beckoning birds, which dissolved any stress you might be experiencing, the warmth of my own home, hearth and husband, and above all, the ready smiles on faces of people when you met them.
All of this packed up into a bundle of positive energy which streamed through my being. I felt peaceful and serene, happy to be back.
written by
Dr. A Shyamala
