Amidst simplicity!

I observe the people around me in coimbatore, be it on the roads, in the neighbourhood or in the bank, I find that there is lot of simplicity around....They are very unassuming. Simple people living a simple life in a simple neighbourhood...
I learn a thing or two from them.
They have eager ears to learn about far away lands...which in this case happens to be mumbai...They feel its a big deal to be in mumbai. I feel like laughing when I see the awe.. Only once you are in mumbai will you know the hardships one has, to start with reaching places in the crowded locals..
The distance, the climate the crowds, and the langauage! all this can intimidate the small town person..it did to me too...I was like a small mouse when I entered the bank as an officer in 2004.
I was scared like hell...
After a few days, I found to my good fortune, there was nothing to be intimadated about...coz no one bothered about you ..everyone was on their own, there was actually no time for them to think of some mouse from coimbatore...I was relieved beyond any words...I realised that the indifference was not because of any superiority complex they had, but due to their own problems...It was good enough for me...
I took over from then on becoming a lioness taking care of my friends, the cubs...and everyone easily let me..
They looked lost when I was bidding them farewell.
In coimbatore I find it very easy to relate to people, first of all they are my own from past, secondly they live without a mask.
Am I glad I am back??
I answer this question again and again and again in the affirmative...