User:Sincerelyharshi/sandbox

It’s been 6 months since I’ve moved from New York after my undergrad to Dubai. It’s a very different atmosphere and a huge transition in my life. For now I am just overwhelmed with everything. It's a new beginning in a new country, it should be just fine. Fingers crossed. It was a beautiful evening, had all my family and cousins from India visit me in Dubai. It was a treat seeing them after 2 years. I’ve been away from home for too long- almost 7 years. And now that I am back for good everything seems weird. Some nights went sleepless-I was thinking to myself have I changed or everyone else? Or it’s just that time in my life that I am still figuring out things. I decided to give myself some time to absorb the change and make the most out of it. Days passed I still felt the same. What was wrong? What was bothering me so much? I just at by the window and enjoyed the cool weather Dubai had to offer- cold breeze. It was perfect and to add to that it started to rain, I love the rains. It just makes everything beautiful, the smell of wet soil, birds chirping, and the noises made by the cars driving over the floods and just everything about it. I grew up in India, and when it rained there for 4 months straight that was the most beautiful part of the year, we got to bunk school because of the floods, no tuition, new raincoats/umbrellas and hot bhajiyas (fried food). I still remember my mother used to prepare hot chocolate and bhajiyas for us for snacks. The Best thing ever. My siblings and I always fought over food, we still do. Today sitting by myself in the balcony I thought to my self lets play some music and ask my cook to prepare some bhajiyas. I called my siblings from their respective rooms but they refused to come join me- they said we are busy, I asked them to do their homework after 30 minutes but they refused again. I barged n the room and they were watching TV shows on the Internet. I dint say a word and walked out. Then I realized it’s the attitude towards life and people that has changed drastically. I strongly believe that a home is where the family is together, but not in this case. I kept blaming Dubai for not making me feel like home, but I was wrong it was the people who were making it seem different. And then everything made sense- my cousins were constantly over the phone, not interacting during the family dinner, everyone was just gossiping about events occurred in others life, just talking about high end brands, no one wanted to see my graduation pictures- they decided to find time later and see them over Facebook. I thought to myself, I haven’t changed- people have. Their attitude towards life has become so casual. The ‘I don’t care ‘ attitude has become very popular among the youth and even some adults. Little things don’t matter anymore. The joy of sitting and enjoying the rain from the balcony died somewhere in this transition. Has life become casual or we approach it as?