An Evening Walk

    An Evening walk
It was aroud 6 o'clock in the evening. Vibhuti checked the refrigerator  and realised that there was enough cooked vegetable and dal for the dinner .Everybody had relished crispy tikki and swee...t  roshogulas as her mother-in-law  had the ladies kitty party at home but she controlled herself as she wanted to control her bulging tummy.Her daughter was at the coaching centre. So she  came out for an evening walk.
She took a round in her lane but nobody was visible.It seemed that everyone was
busy watching t.v wrapped in cosy quilts.She looked at the lonely park where a boy was sitting on a bench playing video games.She remembered the whatsapp message,'park me bargad aur neem murjhane lage hain
Lagta hai ghar ke bache mobile chalane lage hain.'
She took a long sigh and she went out on park Avenue road for the evening walk.As Vibhuti started moving ahead,she enjoyed watching cars passing by,the working  ladies  rushing towards their home,the guffaws of kids cycling on the road,the shopkeepers dealing with the customers,the girls returning from the gym or yoga,bla,bla,bla.....All this made her happy . she felt that life was in air.'zindgi jaise daur si rahi thi...'
Suddenly her eyes noticed a row of rehries for fast food,chinese dishes ,soup,burger and  she realised that the chain of eating joints had multiplied over a time period.
As she passed the rehri selling chaat papri,she felt the spices arising appetite but she brushed it aside and kept on moving.Next she came across a south indian rehri selling dosa,sambar and idli.chann...came the sound of splashing water and her eyes glided over the scene.Muthuswamy 's hands were working like a machine.
 Splashing water on a steaming kingsize tawa,spreading batter for so many dosas in a jiffy,stuffing, folding and serving all in one go. The aroma tickled her nostrils but she chidded herself that she was out for a walk.'No baba,no,you are here to reduce your belly not to add calories.So ....stay away from such allurations. '
She started plodding ahead.Her eyes still skamming the next stall.A beautiful, petite girl attired in smart dress was popping up the golgappas into her mouth.She tried to evade her and increase the pace of her footsteps.
'Why is the crowd gathered there?',she thought.'Oh,o,yummy ,lip smacking gulabjamuns and jalebies were being devoured complementing the weather.'Her mouth watered and her tongue flickered around her lips.She turned towards the eateries  on the right  side  like a sunflower turning its head towards glowing sun.Her gaze was fixed at  the caption displayed outside a new coffee caffe ,'Have the teddy or be without one.'She tried to understand what it meant but couldn't.Meanwhile she noticed the mushrooming restaurants all along park Avenue road.Her eyes jumped from sugandh dhaba to New way to Delhi vale ke chhole bhature to Saffron.The line was unending.She was amazed about the  increasing craze of people for the junk food .Suddenly she was about to bang into a small boy riding a bicycle .'Sorry....Sorry,'both of them said to each other.Laughing at herself  and looking at the stalls selling fast food like hot cakes ,she paraded fast towards her home,sweet home .After a wonderful evening saunter,she was back home again to be busy in the kitchen to serve the sumptuous but simple dinner .Very eagerly, she was waiting for her husband to come back.It was about 8 o'clock,time for Rajan to be back.Suddenly her mobile rang.It was Rajan's phone. 'Vibhuti,don't cook dinner ,i am going to bring chana chilli,dosa and ice cream.let's enjoy it.'Before Vibhuti could say no to Rajan,he had already ended the call.After five minutes, Rajan was at home with steaming dosas and spicy chana chilli .
All of them enjoyed the snacks heartily.Although Vibhuti pretended to show her displeasure for snacking at dinner time yet in her heart of heart she was extremely happy that her dezire had been fulfilled without even demanding for it.She thought she would diet the next day onwards and she kept on gulping big scoops of icecream .....