The Green Page

Bon Appetit   The smell of ‘Butter Naan and Paneer Butter Masala’, lifted my spirits. Just when I thought of taking the first bite, a hand stopped me. ‘Wait! Let’s take a picture, tag the restaurant’s location and post it on Facebook’, told my friend. It was a long time since I caught up with my school mates. It reminded me of the school lunch break, where nobody minded thrusting at least three hands in each other’s tiffin box. It never mattered if it was Biriyani or just curd rice. The joy of sharing and fighting for food, was all that mattered. Now, I’m sitting here with the same people and yet, they seem different. I missed those days where nobody waited a second to start eating after the tiffin box was opened. But now, I’m patiently waiting for my friend to take the picture of our meal, choose the right filter and post it online with a thousand hashtags. Finally, after we started eating, my friend remarked that this meal was no match to the ones that we brought to sch