Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Living The Aftreglow !!~3~!!

11th November

The mood was upbeat; everyone seemed so animated; human trains being formed; the pulsating cheers swamped the auditorium…the stage appeared astounding; the podium was so well garlanded; the ramp that hilled down to the spectators was ruby carpeted and the entire arrangement seemed to be a cut out from the Oscars…The words “Alegría más fest” were engraved in the most fashionable style in the huge section of lumber that stretched the length of the dais…The complete ambiance depicted the theme so perfectly …On the east side of the stage positioned the flight of stairs that lead from the “Green room”…Down those stairs came Miss Garner with the list that she was carrying…She looked all worn-out due to the day’s toil…Overloaded with the organization duties and the announcement task sure had made her lose a few kilo’s…Muffled by the jungle of echoes, Ron could not make head or tail of what was being announced…he was getting already uninterested with the particular segment of competition taking place…He never had an interest for classical songs…he liked more of the rock n Roll…

All bored and subdued he turned and pushed his way through the crowd…It seemed unfeasible to make his way out of this swarm…pushing and pulling and again pushing he slowly managed to exit the scene of utter chaos and havoc…Just as he was passing the limits of perception of the intense watt rated speakers…he heard something that made him freeze…Without giving it a rethought he scampered back to the very place he had so painfully flee from…On the center of the stage he saw something familiar waving…Before he could perceive what it was…his vision was blinded by the jumping and exhilarating bodies in front of him…He lost hope of getting anywhere close to his prior well-located, in close proximity to the stage, seat that he had so tactlessly vacated…Cursing himself, jumping occasionally to get a glimpse of who it was, he listened to the sweet, seductive, emotion flooding voice...For the first time ever, he had been flabbergasted by a song other than the hard rock that he was so fond of…The sounds of the guitars seemed so unexciting compared to this sweet song for him...He never imagined himself appreciating something other than the Rammsteins, Metallica’s, kutlees and the other god’s of hard rock…but the unimaginable always happened with him…he always had bizarre things associating to him…A scruffy guy, always interested in being in crowds, being the centre of attraction, out of the blue started hanging out unaccompanied in desolate places…Time had a lot of surprises for him all the time…

As the echoes of applause were dampening, Ron was still rooted in a spellbound state…”And that was Miss Renita Locksley with her melodious voice for u” announced miss Garner…that slapped Ron rock hard…Locksley…That was what that made him freeze…That was the name that got him interested…He pushed his way through the crowd hysterically…and he managed to get just about the smallest angle of view that was achievable …She was exiting the stage…he could see her long, gleaming smooth, left open hair waving alongside the very familiar red scarf…The ordinary scarf, looked so inimitably unique for him…It had been a sign of hope, a hope of meeting that so familiar yet so mysterious person who had been so indiscernibly allied to him… It was the moment of truth…the nick of time that Ron had longed for so long was finally forging in front of his eyes … he was calling the entire God’s and Demi God’s to make her to turn around, and as if in reply to his prayers she turned…Amidst the fading echoes, one word resonated higher than any other…Unintentionally and involuntarily Ron leaped and tripped as he shrieked “Angel”…The next thing he realizes is that he was in the centre of embarrassment!!! Lying flat on the ground, his knee bleeding and stares of irony all around him…Feeling totally mortified, with a shy smile, he slowly pulled himself up!! He looked up at the stage with a feel of indignity teeming on his face; to find a very sweet smile flashing at him…If smiles were graded in flowers, she was the spring among all…The contact of the eyes remained only for a jiff, with a slight shake of her head, her hair wobbling along; and still beaming she left the stage…Ron couldn’t believe what was happening…It all appeared a dream, it was as if he was living a fairytale… Two characters that had so invisibly absorbed him in distinct ways turned out to be one and the same…He found it hard to digest the fact that Destiny had played a weird and wonderful game with him…

To Be Continued......
"God Was Here"

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Living The Afterglow !!~2~!!

6th June 6 PM

He was still visualizing himself in front of the Library; time had frozen for him; and whatever that had happened after that was his cataleptic mind at work…The virtual image of the “Angel” was flirting with his eyes!!! His left hand brushed thru his hair; which was messy as ever; while his right hand crumpled the bus ticket he was having!! The sole thought that bothered him the most was whether he will ever see her again!!

Finding it hard to keep her eyes open; struggling to keep her hair from unsettling against the winds; her mind was raising thru all the work that she had to do!!! The thought of the pages of scribbling that was to be done brought soreness to her wrist!! The ticket was safe in her hands; she was skimming through the numbers that made no sense; but yet grabbing her attention!! She always had a craze for numbers and for tickets!! “that would make the tally 73”; she told her mind!! Then came the Sneeze!!! And this time…Little did she know that the person who was thinking of her at this hour; was just a whisper from her!!!


Two rows separated two distinct individuals; poles apart in nature; total strangers; but destiny had different plans!!!...little were they aware of what TIME had in store for them!!!

9th September

Drops of the first rain were spattering against the umbrella that Ron was holding to keep his much loved white shirt from getting soaked…He was relishing the smell of the wet earth that was flooding his eager nostrils…He loved the smell of fresh earth!!! Making sure his precious swatch was covered by his full sleeves; he made his way thru the stony path to the deserted church that was flanked on one side by the mammoth, rusted church bell and on the other side was somewhat like a vertical cliff!!! He was so amused by the location of the church; that in spite of the warnings that he got about the spiritual insecure ness of the place; he always cherished visiting it from his childhood… The church always had something wrong about it; ever since he remembered… But the aesthetical beauty of the place kept him at home whenever he wished to be alone… His favorite seat atop the chest-shaped rock had the perfect picturesque view down the cliff into dimness!! He always imagined the weightlessness sensation that one would feel falling into total nothing!!!

Taking the deep left turn towards the cliff; his unconscious mind twisted his neck to the right and as always he had already visualized the lone red rose before even seeing it…There it was…On top of the unsoiled gravestone that read “In Loving Memory of Albert Locksley; 1923 to 1991” lay the striking deep red tinted rose that was silhouetting against the dull surroundings…The only signs of color amidst the pale dry leaves that filled the entire graveyard… He had seen the red rose as fresh and scent full as it was this day ever since he remembered!! He had read the name “Albert Locksley” a hundred times over and it had got so recognizable; that he had a picture of him carved in his mind… He was perplexed at the thought of who was so dear enough to Mr. Locksley to be taking the pain of coming time and again to place that token of love amidst the other forgotten souls…

He wished every time he would meet the only other visitor of the church; that person who had so smoothly escaped his eyes all the time…Just as this thought was getting wiped out; he saw a dazzling red dyed scarf waving in the distance…The thought of seeing such a sign of life bewildered Ron for a moment or two; and by the time he had got over it; the scarf was gone…He ran over the quiescent souls; hopping past the tombstones; to the rear side of the church from where he had seen the scarf fade away…He scrutinized all directions but there was no sign of even a leaf moving; the topography seemed undisturbed!!! He proclaimed that his Wild mind's eye was playing tricks with his vision…But somewhere in his heart he knew he might have just got a glimpse of the very person he was craving to meet for a long time…he desired he had been a bit more swift in making his voyage to the church…He just wished that ultimately someday he will meet this very esteemed stranger; who was so closely linked to him by an imperceptible yet so prominent twine; a twine made by destiny!!!
To be Continued......
"God Was Here"

Saturday, December 16, 2006

Living The Afterglow !!~1~!!

6th June 6 00 AM

TRrrrriNNNNgggggggg……. The alarm continued tringing, the hands dint move, the body remained senseless as it had been for past 8 hours…the only sign tat made him look alive was the frequent expansion and lowering of his chest!!

6 03 AM

The hands attain movement and it is leisurely raised to turn off the blaring alarm!! The movement seizes soon after….

7 15 AM

“Rrrooooonnnnnn!!!! Wake up…!!! Its time!! R u planning to miss ur bus again??” ; These shouts traveled past the kitchen, thru the living room; past the locked up door and piercing the ear drums of ronny like a sharp dagger ; and eventually woke him up!!!
“Holy shit!!…the alarm fools me again!!”…he exclaimed!!!...Ronny was always like tat; irresponsible; pampered ; careless were all his adjectives!!! Nevertheless, he was smart, unsophisticated, kiddish, lovable, and immature!! He had never been serious in life; or for tat matter he had never been confronted by any situation tat demanded him to be serious…he lived his life in a fairy land!!! He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth!!!

A few miles away !!!

6th June 6 00 AM

The wind blows past the fields; the chill is high!! As the sun starts changing its tinge from the flushed to the more fierce yellow; beauty wakes up!! Her eyes blink for a second; then she closes them tight, slowly getting up, she recites her morning prayer…!!!

6 30 AM

The water is boiling and awaiting the arrival of those flecks of “hojas de te’”;the intermingle of the two tat made the perfect beverage!! Her hair is still wet; she sneezes twice in a row; wondering who was thinking of her at such a time of the day; as she finished making her favourite drink…Two steps from the kitchen the lamp glows in front of the visual rendering of the Supreme!!! The only sound tat broke the hush; were the snores of her sleeping parents!!!
Renita was always like tat; Innocent; god-fearing; responsible; short tempered defined her perfectly!!! However she always felt insecure in life and she constantly looked up at god to point her north!!! Above all she was gorgeous; beautiful in looks and in mind!!! Just about the perfect girl who would win away hearts!!!


9 AM
The students are buzzing around…!!! The atmosphere is vibrant…just about the busiest hours in college!! Every spot in college is full of activity; people completing assignments and notes; preparing for seminars; birthday bumps being given in one corner; couples still flirting and being blind to time; everyone seemed overflowing with energy…everyone except Renita. She was as usual pre-occupied; lost in her own world…People termed her reserved; it was just tat she was silent and wearing a false image of being an introvert!!!

9 15 AM

Drenching in sweat; all shabby; having a perfect “bad hair day” ron rushes towards the college gates…He had got used to this…missing college bus…waiting in the scorching sun for that “special” bus tat had always been so hospitable to him…and then dashing nearly 2 kms; each time wishing he had retaliated to the alarm; and then finding himself missing the 1st hour attendance!!!

Ron takes his usual path sideways to the college canteen; jumping the “Lovers stones”; speeding thru the side stairs; past the College library and suddenly he stops…time was flying by; he was getting delayed than usual; but his legs were reluctant to budge…His eyeballs were not moving; his eyes were unwilling to blink; his line of vision was fixed on her…He wondered who she was…”Angel” his heart replied!!!...
Renita was finding it strenuous to carry the pile of books; she shifted the load from her left to right hand as she took a look at her watch…She then briskly walked past Ron; who was still mesmerized; not even having a glance at him!!!
The sense of time slapped Ron then!!!...He got his pace back and as he was getting into his block; he scanned the area with the corner of his eyes for any traces of her; but to no avail!!!

To Be Continued!!!

"God Was Here"

Thursday, December 14, 2006

Yet another way boyzz njoy!!!

After the laborious morning hours of neck twisting, toe touching, (close to) push ups, and so on…me and my frnds decided we had 2 do something interesting…life was getting all the more mechanical for us and we were thriving for something new…some innovative special element of enjoyment…we imagined all the potential things that we could do…and one word just popped out of all of us concurrently as if each had read each others mind…Cooking…the strangest and the most inappropriate thing tat can be associated with boys just out of the GYM!!! Maybe the continuous burning of fat had evoked in us the idea of food!!! We dint give it a second thought…or to be precise I dint allow them to have a rethought…I always had this lure for cooking and thus it was decided…cooking at sharans place…

I was all geared to go…My “not so big” bag had it all…from my invaluable PS2, the dvd games, all the sanjeev kapoor books tat I could get my hands upon and wat not…Rojesh was as usual late and our itinerary was behind schedule…As soon as he arrived at my place we set off towards our new kitchen!! Starting from the Palak paneers to the chopseuys, we had gone thru all the recipes and discarded each one by one…either cos the dish looked “less” exotic or we couldn’t make head or tail of the ingredients…finally the menu was ready >> “Chinese hakka noodles, tomato soup and sweet and sour veggie”>> now tat sounds good…

It was shopping time now…I made a list of the ingredients required…we pooled in money from each and me and sharan set off in the 4 stroke two wheeler of his…We walked in and out of the foul smelling markets…We checked the list one after the other still unsure on whether we will have use of nything tat we bought…we kept apart some money just in case our cooking dint turn out well!!! I know “just in case” was the height of optimism, but we remained positive nevertheless…Back at the kitchen…it was chopping time…With the blunt cook's knifes tat we could find…we started…Chopping them to indistinguishable, symmetrical, well proportioned, interchangeable pieces…The high precision chopping and thickness comparing took us some time…but we liked to be faultless…And to check tat we had rojesh…who just played the role of a sluggish overseer swapping positions from “in front of TV” playing PS2 to the chefs table!!! Oh I forgot the onions were cut by him!!!

It was lunchtime when we had finally finished dressing the vegetables…we now had to convert it into edible form!!! With silent prayers, and all ingredients in the near proximity; we started the ultimate experiment with our appetite!!! The aroma of sizzling ginger garlic paste filled the air and that got us motivated!! It was a good start we decided!! We emptied the plate of veggies into the welcoming frying pan!! Sharan was ready with the camera!! It was a special moment for us!! I don’t know whether it was the odor of cooking veggies or the camera that got rojesh out of his comfy couch and he was already ready posing to be caught on tape!! Memorizing all those artistic chefs; we tried to pull out a few stunts with the pan!! For a second we had the veggies swirling in air and then out of the pan…The browning of the vegetables and the blend of Soya and tomato sauces made the dish look at least like the pictures we had seen!!! This was pleasing!!!
The dish was ready!! Alongside we had the noodles cooking too!!! Now every tom dick n harry knows how tats done…so no elucidations…It was all hot and ready to be served…But served to whom?? LOLZ…we were the only souls around!! And we were ready to pounce upon the exotic “looking”, aroma generating dishes we had made!!!....Well the question is how it had tasted??...well…I have just one thing to say…All that starts well ends well!!!...now the doubt is “whether we had started well”???!!!

"God was here"

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

THE BLACK FRIDAY

It was the usual misty Friday evening…The plans of a wonderful weekend articulating in my mind…I was on my way 2 a new place…The last resort!!!!! …me and my frnds had named it so…Yes of course it was our last ray of hope to find glory in one of the most intricate cerebral battle ever…(CPP…it was an altogether new script for us)…As we were nearing our destination in the most racketing rickshaws I have ever been in…my mobile vibrated after a long time…I scanned the screen ; My mind raising through all the names that it could have been; but it was none I knew…a complete anonymous number…I picked up the call…to hear a very plain yet so distinct voice…and after tat…it was all a collection of illogical and irrational statements…tat left me baffled…he said it was a frnd of mine…but could frnds speak tat way…I knew there was somthin wrong from the very 1st hello I heard…He had a lot to say…and I had the least time to lend my ear…but still I reciprocated…it was then tat the horrifying reality struck me like a thunder bolt!!! He was threatening me…The most uncharacteristic thing tat I could associate myself with…It was a blend of thrill and panic tat flooded my emotions…I was thrilled at the fact tat some1 could even take the pain of threatening me…I could be a hero…at the same time…I could sense the chill down my spine…I don’t know which emotion was over powering the other…I tried hard to concentrate on wat he said and to work out the situation but I failed miserably…I couldn’t make out yin or yang of what he intended to say xcept tat he dint like me…the way I was…and commanded that I change…Now tell me…wat probably made him feel that I will amend just cos he said so…I asked him the same…but I got no answers…it was one sided conversation…he was deaf to whatever I had to say…I couldn’t stand it any longer…(I was already late…I had some1 waitin)…I cut the call…but he continued ringing…and the battle of words sustained…I finally did the ultimate…I switched of my mobile…the first occasion I have done tat ever since I procured it…Sitting on the battered couch; scribbling down all I heard; I was unable to register a sole word in my brain; how could I…my cerebrum was preoccupied with wat had happened…two hours seemed like two years for me…I frantically wanted 2 go home…I wanted to sleep!!!...I wanted to fall into darkness…I wanted it all 2 b a dream…and get up fresh next morning…I was supposed 2 have a wonderful weekend ahead…or was it more distress waiting for me…I dint know then…I just left it for the concealed 2morow 2 decide…!!!!!!
"God Was Here"

Monday, November 13, 2006

FiNaLlY GoD BrOuGhT mE hErE

Itzz been a long time..reading Blogs..marvelling them...wondering whether i will ever Blog...but here i am...Doin my 1st ever Blog...i am kind of bamboozled at what 2 blog...well..i guess with time i will comeover it...due 2 lack of topiczz..or u can call it startin trouble..I Start with an intro...Me...well..i alwayss loved 2 b mystical..(tats y i named the blog so)...but i am 1 such guy whose least complex (atleast tats wat mah frnds say).....i cant hide myself...i love makin frndzz,,,hangin out with themm..i get so close 2 themmm b4 i even meet them and i end up revealin mahself...With time...and my future Blogs...u will come 2 know more of me...Cya soon....

"God Was Here"