Redhya

I Had to Be Somewhere—Kasol Saturday evening. The time was 6:50 pm. I was restless in my room; my thoughts were racing. I had to figure out what I was going to do on the 25th and 26th. Finally, I decided that I had to be somewhere. I just couldn’t stay in my room and hurt my keyboard for my three inconsistent readers. So, around 7 pm, I booked a ticket to Kasol. Approximately five hours before departure. I booked through RedBus. It was a FlixBus semi-sleeper. It cost me around 800. The departure time was 12:20 am. Around 12:30 am, I was still standing at the HP petrol pump opposite Chandigarh ISBT 43, waiting for the bus. I was a little anxious that I’d miss the bus. I spotted a group of young men; they looked excited. So, I asked if they were going to Kasol. Indeed, they were going to Kasol, but on a different bus. I talked to them for a while. They were studying engineering at LPU. I mentioned the recent protest and they all started laughing. They asked me what I did. I lied. One of ...