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Hum Andhere Mein Kyun Jee Rahein Hain?

‘Do you have the Window seat with you?’ I asked the personnel manning the airline counter at the airport. ‘Sorry sir. We do not have any window seats with us now.’ He expressed his helplessness. I was at Patna airport and was returning to Delhi after celebrating Holi. I looked at the Boarding number – 63 it said. It seemed unlikely that a flight with 48 window seats in ‘Economy’ class would have all the window seats reserved at number 63. I do not have any fascination of occupying the window seat of an aircraft. It is only at the time of taking off or landing that the child within me becomes curious for watching the expanse of the city. And watching a beautifully lit city from the sky has its own charm – it adds aura to that city. I have flied to and from Patna before as well - but this was my first opportunity of watching the ‘revived’ city in its full glory from the sky in night. Having seen cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai etc. from sky in night I was loo