We went to Jungfrau (top of Europe), to celebrate our first wedding anniversary. Oh No..this is not another travelogue. It's all 'bout simple but amazing coincidences we encouter in our lives. Everyday in our life, we meet lotsa new faces - some known, mostly unknown; But I am the most happy person if I see someone from India, even if I dont know them. Its a typical pattikadu effect. Being a normal Indian woman, I often feel overwhelmed with joy when I see people from my country in a foreign land. And if they speak Tamizh, I fly!!!
One such memorable acquaintance happened when we travelled from Interlaken to Jungfrau. We met a relatively young couple (obviously Indian). But mind you...we too are Indians. We mind our own business. We rarely step up, smile, or say hello to another Indian (as far as my experience). So did we!! We never smiled, nor did we said hi.
We reached top of the mountain, and were happily taking pictures with our new tripod stand, when we saw that Indian Couple struggling to take a happy-family-pic!! The moment I turned towards the couple to help them, did the man (or the guy!) turned up to me, and requested me to take them a photo.
I smiled and took a few pictures for them. We just had a brief conversation, when we came to know that they know tamil. Hurray!! I was so happy to know that. As usual, we shook hands and went away in our own directions. After our entire visit, we again met them in Sphinx observatory. That was another moment to start the conversation. We again chit-chatted for few minutes and said bye. After spending more than 3-4 hours at Jungfrau, we decided to leave Jungfrau to catch our 2.30 Pm train. While we were waiting, we came to know that the train is delayed by 30 odd minutes.
We took our seat at the waiting area when we saw the same couple heading towards us. We exchanged smiles, and asked how the day was. All of us comfortably sat, and started talking more. Here is the conversation....for convenience sake, I am using C1 (us) and C2 (the unknown indian couple).
C1: So how was your day here?
C2: Ya, very good. we are enjoying.
C1: Where are you guys coming from?
C2: We live in Stuttgart, in Germany.
C1: Oh ok. M.Benz museum is there right?
C2: Ya..it is too goood to see. And where are you guys from?
C1: We live here in switzerland. How long are you people touring in swiss?
C2: We just came sterday, and we will leave in 2 days.
C1: oh..just for a short period.
C2: ya..actually, we've already been to zurich. We came here to spend our wedding anniversary!!
C1 (kling!!): Oh is it!! when is your wedding anniversary??
C2: It is today (march 16)...
C1: Oh great...ours too!! Which year??
C2: last year we got married!
C1: so nice...same here...where was the marriage?
C2: In chennai... (now thats gettin too much)
C1: Ours was too in chennai, in anna nagar.
C2: Oh ok..ours was in T.Nagar.
Now that both the couples rejoiced the coincidence, they probed more details to each other....
C2: My family lives in Coimbatore, but my wife's family are basicially from Rajasthan settled in Hyderabad.
C1: Oh ok...where in CBE were you living?
C2: Near Marudhamalai, in a place called "Vadavalli"
C1: Oh wow!! cant beleive...my aunt's house is in Vadavalli, near to that Subiksha hospital.
C2: Oh ok...its near to my house tooo!!
C1: So, where in Hyderabad were you living? My another aunt lives in Taranaka, near to St.Ann's school.
C2: OMG!! I studied in the same school too!!!
And so the conversation continued...
Too much of coincidence in life. It just happens. It happened to me in many occasions.
I sometimes wonder how beautifully such acquaintances are born. But it is up with us to stop it, or to nurture it. Many times such passing clouds remain as it is, and the relationship is dead. I wish this one is not a passing cloud.
One such memorable acquaintance happened when we travelled from Interlaken to Jungfrau. We met a relatively young couple (obviously Indian). But mind you...we too are Indians. We mind our own business. We rarely step up, smile, or say hello to another Indian (as far as my experience). So did we!! We never smiled, nor did we said hi.
We reached top of the mountain, and were happily taking pictures with our new tripod stand, when we saw that Indian Couple struggling to take a happy-family-pic!! The moment I turned towards the couple to help them, did the man (or the guy!) turned up to me, and requested me to take them a photo.
I smiled and took a few pictures for them. We just had a brief conversation, when we came to know that they know tamil. Hurray!! I was so happy to know that. As usual, we shook hands and went away in our own directions. After our entire visit, we again met them in Sphinx observatory. That was another moment to start the conversation. We again chit-chatted for few minutes and said bye. After spending more than 3-4 hours at Jungfrau, we decided to leave Jungfrau to catch our 2.30 Pm train. While we were waiting, we came to know that the train is delayed by 30 odd minutes.
We took our seat at the waiting area when we saw the same couple heading towards us. We exchanged smiles, and asked how the day was. All of us comfortably sat, and started talking more. Here is the conversation....for convenience sake, I am using C1 (us) and C2 (the unknown indian couple).
C1: So how was your day here?
C2: Ya, very good. we are enjoying.
C1: Where are you guys coming from?
C2: We live in Stuttgart, in Germany.
C1: Oh ok. M.Benz museum is there right?
C2: Ya..it is too goood to see. And where are you guys from?
C1: We live here in switzerland. How long are you people touring in swiss?
C2: We just came sterday, and we will leave in 2 days.
C1: oh..just for a short period.
C2: ya..actually, we've already been to zurich. We came here to spend our wedding anniversary!!
C1 (kling!!): Oh is it!! when is your wedding anniversary??
C2: It is today (march 16)...
C1: Oh great...ours too!! Which year??
C2: last year we got married!
C1: so nice...same here...where was the marriage?
C2: In chennai... (now thats gettin too much)
C1: Ours was too in chennai, in anna nagar.
C2: Oh ok..ours was in T.Nagar.
Now that both the couples rejoiced the coincidence, they probed more details to each other....
C2: My family lives in Coimbatore, but my wife's family are basicially from Rajasthan settled in Hyderabad.
C1: Oh ok...where in CBE were you living?
C2: Near Marudhamalai, in a place called "Vadavalli"
C1: Oh wow!! cant beleive...my aunt's house is in Vadavalli, near to that Subiksha hospital.
C2: Oh ok...its near to my house tooo!!
C1: So, where in Hyderabad were you living? My another aunt lives in Taranaka, near to St.Ann's school.
C2: OMG!! I studied in the same school too!!!
And so the conversation continued...
Too much of coincidence in life. It just happens. It happened to me in many occasions.
I sometimes wonder how beautifully such acquaintances are born. But it is up with us to stop it, or to nurture it. Many times such passing clouds remain as it is, and the relationship is dead. I wish this one is not a passing cloud.
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