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Take a walk in Colpetty streets. Colpetty looks beautiful in the morning. Let it be 6.30 am. You will see a low fat sun tugged on to a faraway building. Bluish clouds moving fast. So soft. You will see the sky in pink with a few orange spots here and there. Look to your right and left. There’ll be buildings one after another. Neatly erected in a row. Be it a bank, a cloth shop, an apartment, a shopping mall and whatnot. And in between buildings you will find a little paththara kade or a bulathvita kade or a mudalali with broken tvs , used radios and iron leftovers waiting eagerly to make some business. In wide Economics land is resource. Land is ground for production. Land is where machinery is put for labor. I have found . It is business even between lines that demarcate buildings where there is no enough space for breathing.In such a given small space it is not easy to move oneself . Business , however is possible there. Indeed , if one wants to make a living , use one must every possible resource. Colpetty has taught one thing. Big or small does not matter. Take the risk .Or loose the chance.
But this is not about Land. Or how land helps in production. This is about buildings that are put up on land. Buildings are everyday things to us. We see them on way and back to home. Buildings come in different sizes and shape. Some buildings rise up, up and away the green trees and lamp posts. But some may be short. Some are dismantled. Damaged. Or wrecked out of pattern. Some look new. Classy. Buildings come in color. Some discolored .You will see buildings that are so high, slanted and aquiver. Buildings differ from one another. Some are made of cement. Some are of less cement. Or cement-less. Some buildings are breathtaking. Pretty. Some will look ugly. And boring. Buildings too have stories. In and out. Some buildings are open to all of us. But some are not. They might require a pass or only a certain kind of people will be taken in. Like VIP’s whom we may call.
This world is also made of people like buildings. They come in different size and shape. They come in different skin color. Depending on the ultraviolet radiation that one receives some may be dark skinned, some light skinned or tan. Every building does not have the same door and window. Not every building has the same kind of floor. Or the same kind of tile. An architect will decide what will look best on a building or house. And DNA decides the color of hair and eyes. Singular and unique. With time buildings surrogate. Errors caused by a constructer can damage buildings. They can lead to leakages, a short in electricity or not so straight floorboards. Likewise, you’ll come across people with dislocated bodies and damaged legs, hands or anything. There are people, thick or thin or not so thick and not so thin too, like buildings.
A building's footing ( foundation) is made of cement. A foundation with excess cement can result in cracks easily. A less cement one can be rough and not so strong. Cement-less is impossible. The amount of cement used will tell you how strong or a weak a building is. Likewise we are made of emotions. And they come in proportions too.Some are very sensitive and weak. Even the slightest thing can make them upsetting. Some are short tempered. They have the potential to destroy another. Very strong. Perhaps made of excess cement, let’s say. Buildings are made of anecdote. So does people. The people you meet will have different kind of stories to tell. Not all people are interesting. Even buildings. Some drip word and create excitement while some are silent and boring. Some are conservative. Some believe in liberalism. Some will only enjoy the company of people who come from a particular class or community as theirs. Some will have access to anyone they come across.
Buildings differ, although they stand in the same street one after another together. Buildings sure know about co –existence.
People are buildings . Don't you think? But we don't appreciate differences among us like buildings do.
There is a lesson to learn. Perhaps buildings to come will spare them. At least for the next generation.
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