A Life in Transit: Between Home, Hope, and Horizons

(This post was there in my draft for around 5 years :). Hold on....

 

The below text was somewhere in 2018. 

 

Pune - a city where I always wanted to be. I have never lived out of Delhi but now my work demands me to be in this city. I have come here 2-3 times but only for a short duration. But now in the next few years, I will be settling here. I am very excited but equally scared of going away from family. Though my wife and daughter will be with me but my parents and relatives lives in Delhi and North India. I will miss them. I want to thank them all for supporting me all this way and now for helping me out in taking this decision.

First of all the city's weather is awesome. Initially it was hot when I came here in Mid May but now there is hardly a day when it doesn't rain. I compare Pune's temperature/pollution with Delhi almost daily and feel relieved. The temperature is almost 8-10 degrees less as compare to Delhi and pollution level too is less. Thank You God for giving me this opportunity.

The one thing which I miss most is the North Indian sweets. Its been one month and I couldn't find a single shop selling those North Indian sweets. I miss Haldirams, Bikanerwala, Aggarwal Sweets, etc.

 

(This post was there in my draft for around 7 years now :) 

 

July 18th 2025  

Almost 2 Years after I left Pune 

 

Gone are the days when I was in Pune and was missing North Indian Sweets. Now I am in US and missing Indian sweets altogether. I miss even the Maharashtran food like Vada Paav, Misal Paav.

 

Life was started to settling down in Pune. But now this shift again a major one and now I am not sure where the life will take me to. In Pune, I was blessed with my second child. Just when he entered our lives, this change was also about to be arrived and at the end of 2023, I was in US. Now I am almost completing 2nd year here. Lot of things have been changed.