City Girl through and through
After a short trip to Chikmagalur, we disembarked in Chennai Central one Sunday evening. At the station, a group was arguing loudly with a porter and blocking our way. We headed out to wait for our cab, which unfortunately got turned around due to a roadblock. There were too many people out on a Sunday night, and we even got stuck in traffic. Finally, we got home and barely stepped in before it started randomly, ridiculously pouring! And every one of these things made me smile. Because I was home. This trip to the mountains reminded me that I am a beach person, and more so, that I am a city girl through and through. Now if you are imagining a 90s rom-com scene where a miniskirt-wearing girl lands up in (usually the male lead’s) village and turns her nose up at the archaic practices there, then it would be far from the truth (but not quite all that far!) While ‘small-town girl in a big city’ is a beautiful trope where you take the protagonist’s side, if you turn the tables, people aren’...
