Pune you are....

Another month and the time would come for me to leave my home for two years.
Pune.

It was so easy to shoot down any chance Pune had.

Bad roads
Bad traffic
Ohh! gawd the pollution
Why is everyone so mean
Damn this language ..what are they saying about/to me
Movie ticket prices
Screen Sizes .....

But sometimes .. love takes time .. and I never came to realise when Pune grew on me. The exact moment could be traced to dreamy trips at 1 a.m to Lavasa, dinners at Fat Kong, the addiction to Bakers Delight coffee ,the brisk walks to e-sqaure to catch the early morning show or the subscription to "I love Ratna(Hotel)" community.

Pune will never be what Hyderabad or Mumbai are to me.But it comes close. Close because I will miss the countless moments of my firsts .. my first trek, my first real drink, the place that showed me the world when I dint even know.

A lot of firsts and even more repeats.

Heres to you Pune ..
Because Hyderabad was and will be
Mumabi will never leave me
but Pune you are ....