A cold morning...
Narrow lanes with houses closely packed looked warm...
The smell of freshly laid cow dung filled the air along with the scent of the wet earth that filled my senses, the morning dew were still on the little patches of grass that were strewn here and there on the so called side walks...
I recognised a familiar face walking in the opposite direction....
The face of the grocer who runs a humble grocery store right across my apartment.
Apart from being a regular shopper at his store, I have had no opportunity of meeting him outside his space.
As he walked by me, I wished to smile and looked at him
I saw his face dropped down as he passed me...
Would he have smiled in response if I had smiled the very first instance I saw him and recognised him?
Would he have smiled if I had taken the little extra effort to greet him the cold morning?
There are these several instances where we come across people and just dont know how to react or there's this tiny time lag in responding....only to realise that, the instance has gone....
