Excuse me......I am RESERVED !!

Nothing can be more rejuvenating  than going for a long walk, water on one side and tall trees on the other and in the middle it is just you . 

That's one of the best way of lifting my spirit.Last Sunday while I was walking on the lake enjoying the drizzling, a lady stopped me asked, Are you from Chandigarh?Which is the best place to shop here ? I suggested she needs to go and explore for herself and find out which is the best for her according to her choice. 

    Well her inquiry for shopping didn’t seem to end as she started walking besides me.Then she excitedly ask me if I am a sikh? I said Auntie even if I am a Jatt from Haryana or a bhil from the eastern part of the country .....what is the reservation about it? No, no I am looking for a accommodation to rent but there are certain "castes” I want to avoid.Oh you don,t like adventure? There is so much to learn from every person and community, I said. 

India after all has rich culture. Neti, Neti ......not this beta ......but I have RESERVATIONS!!  Don’t misunderstand me, no, no I have understood I said to myself. Reservations about what ? Yourself or the people?I said thanks to her and moved  on . 

This made me think  will we always be reserved in our mind set. Or we will break the patterns and treat human beings as human beings and not caste commodities? 

Looking at plants I wonder......what inspires them to go beyond all man made reservations? Just the mind set.