Saturday, August 1, 2009

How I wish…how I wish you're here…

Rain has again started falling…dampness all around…sudden cold breezes...falling umbrellas…tumbling footsteps…sound of laughter…smell of earth…fresh…new…Rejuvenated….deeply aromatic…splashes of water…dazzle of colors…its monsoon time…kohl smeared eyes looking strangely…rain drenched flowers lying on road…silent…only sound is of rain drops on my roof…their sound plays like beautiful collage of nature and sound…I listen to them..Intently…
How I wish…how I wish you're here…


When winter chills settle down…dusty…cold morning...distant sound of trucks passing by…when I wake up early…shivering in the darkness…searching for my toothbrush…when look towards my window…darkness all around…faint light…Sun would rising up in a few moments…the lantern hanging somewhere in the neighborhood near Hanuman Temple…near Kalavati Chauraha…distant faint chants of hymns coming from nearest temple…
How I wish…how I wish you're here…

When I had trekked up to a mountain top…just beside a gorgeous waterfall….water gushing out….white….pure…tremendous….suddenly cloud comes and covers the wide…vast green landscape….as long as you can see greenery…this is beauty of Western Ghats….untouched…unspoilt beauty…360 degrees of panoramic view of the mountains…clouds intermingling with the tropical forests…
How I wish…how I wish you're here…

While travelling down the narrow serpentine path….the bus crosses a lot of twists and turns…it is approaching my destination….waking up from a deep slumber…when I open the window….the first morning sun falls upon my face….a gentle breeze caresses….I see early morning laziness all around…slight fog…warm sunshine piercing through cloud covers…a lovely face smiles…it’s the end of journey…
How I wish…how I wish you're here…

While in middle of night….I stop somewhere in remotest part of Kerala…travelling with friends…amidst nowhere…we enter in dhaba…roadside…typical…few sleepy waiter….I wake them up….it was cold then…December…31st..Munnar…got some hot paranthas…oily…with curry…trucks passing by…breaking the silence abruptly…only sound of munching food…occasional laughs…leg pulling…
How I wish…how I wish you're here…

Returning from office…almost all my energy sapped off...endless meetings…never ending improvement suggestions...listless faces…shrewd voices…manipulating deals…assigning works…it never ends…I stare emptily outside the window of the last shuttle from campus..Generally last bus is taken by few over worked beer bellied senior managers with rainbow tags…few TIS guys…all are sleepy…all wants to go home…grab a quick bite and sleep…
How I wish…how I wish you're here…

Durga Pujo…October…festivity all around…thousands of people crowd my neighborhood…I sit in small chair in my verandah….lazily watching people….people from all classes of society…in their best dresses….I see people going by…endless…their voices rings back my half asleep dream…
I feel tired now…
Its time sleep…
It’s my time to dream…perhaps I would meet you there…
How I wish…how I wish you're here…

4 comments:

  1. Hey nice entry, but tell me, whom are u refering to? That too, in every write-up.

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  2. Nice writing...very nice narration..but still something missing.....or to put it right, lekhar dhanch ta common...it lacks individualism...u should put more of urself inside than those mighty narrative sentences.....

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  3. I liked this one.. specially the ones with the nature :)

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