Posted on February 4, 2008 - by rdilipk1

The transition from a town to a city

How is it when you move from a small town to a big city? What are the changes that you go through and how difficult is it to adapt to these  changes.’, ‘

I still remember that day at college. The elections were just over and the president and other office bearers were rejoicing their win in the elections. The other junior office bearers were to be elected. The elected office bearers walked into the hall where we were all seated and took their respective seats.

The lecturers panel walked in. A peon walked in with a couple of covers with something in it. A sigh of awe struck the entire hall when he pulled something out of the packets. They were specially designed blazers in a brown shade for the office bearers. This was happening for the first time in the history of the college. The next few days saw everyone waiting for a trial wear of the balzer. Pictures were being clicked wearing these blazers as if there was no tomorrow.

My college was in a small town where the term “latest” meant whatever came to our town, irrespective of when it came. That day at college was the first day when we saw a blazer being worn.

It is only a few years that I moved to this city now. This city is the capital city of the country and so people knew what latest meant. Winter was in and people in my office had started flaunting fashionable winter wears. I had just entered my office and I saw one of my friends wearing a beautiful blazer. I thought about the day I saw that first blazer at college. I was inquisitive and happened to ask him how much it cost. He quoted an amount that I would not even think of spending on a blazer. What was more surprising for me was the fact that not a single person in the whole office was impressed by this blazer as I was. It was something normal for them. It took me a while to realize that I was a small town chap lost in a big city.But ask me and i would say that I would still love to be a one of those awestruck ignorant small town chap who couldn”t stop gazing at a beautiful blazer because I have learnt that the transformation from a small town chap to a city guy requires loosing your innocence more than anything.