I sit
here and type this knowing that I really should be searching or preparing for job/interview
knowing that i have less than 24 hours to get in. However, have you ever
gotten something on your mind and you just can't focus on anything else until
you express your feelings on said subject to someone? That is what is
going on with me right now.
Make yourself perfectly easy about
this trip...... A trip to the traditions of India. People in general look for
the end of the week; they feel as if it will all end soon just because the end
of the section of a six days in which they can hangout to get refreshed. So the
turn of the week is a hot bed of fertility if you wish to start a trip. But in
my case the trip started in the mid of the week and ended on the last day of
the week.
It is interesting to note the
postmodernist accretions of this particular mutation of the strain which we all
posses during the tiring week: the strain vanished by seeing the disarming
overlay of a casual, regular beautiful......; the fast-and-loose references to
the culture; But the thing that really caused me to write was the notion,
embedded in the minds of four of us, the feeling , that just can't even begin
to communicate meaningfully because our intents and purposes. I do not
deny that this can be a very compelling response when confronted with someone
with an outlook which is fundamentally divergent from one's own. I just don
know what i wrote above.....bear with me..... the story is very simple..so here
it goes...
I had two sleepless nights considering
the fact that i have to meet her and the most difficult thing was buying a gift.
I couldn’t do any work. Earlier I had planned of buying the gift on Saturday,
and that’s why i have kept the whole day free for this piece of work.
On
Saturday morning i left my room and travelled first to Commercial street (advised
by a c0-passenger when i was coming back from home). The place famous
for........ well...after reaching there i went to many shops, showrooms but
couldn’t find anything suitable.....
After
searching for many areas, I finally landed up at C Krishnaiah Chetty & Sons, probably the biggest and the best jewellery
shop in Bangalore. I finally asked the sales man to show some good works.... He
then replied “Sir...What you want exactly...necklace, ring, choori”. Now an current
passed through me...i had no idea about what I want....What woud suit her. My
face turned pale.... Seeing this a lady aging around 40 came near me. She was
purchasing some jewellery for her daughter. She asked why uou look pale and
confused. I had no idea what to answer. But any how i gathered some courage and
told that i needed something to gift....and then i stopped......She asked for
whom... and now it is the most difficult question.... A no
touch attitude is a term I use to describe at this stage.......shutting out the
outside world as much as possible while in the beginning and mid stages of the
pursuit of happiness. It's like putting yourself under construction just for
the time being while you repair your outlook for the positive and happiness.
I told her every
bit...everything...she then smiled and told take this...it would suit
her....She selected a golden bracelet....it was very beautiful... something i
really had to admire and thanked her.... While i was leaving after making the
purchase she called me and gave me a “Ganda Brunda”-- a two headed mythical bird
representing royalty, craftsmanship and uniqueness—as its symbol . It
is the identity associated with the shop. She told that gift this also.....from
Me. I again thanked her and left.
Finally the day arrived. I do
not know how to tell With just THAT HABLARTE, still I am trying to
give a small description gathering all my senses.......... I have a habit of
reaching late on the very first day....be it anything.... so i prepared myself
way before the time and reached the destination by 9 30 am. I went inside the
temple and sat on the pendal and started listening to music with my earphones
on. After few minutes i got a message from her that she has reached and asking
where was I. I went to the gate to receive her. The entrance was crowdy and in
that crowd stood a beautiful young girl... she was in modified traditional Indian
dress.. (I thought she would be in jeans as she was a bit Hi-fi type....but I
was proved wrong). I went to her and wished her Happy Birthday and gave her the
gift. She thanked me....it was the first time i heard her voice...it was so
sweet..so serene.... we stayed there for around 30 minutes....and then she told
me to lets have something and then she took me to the food plaza that was in
Bangalore Central. We had food together and then she took me to the men’s
section and bought me a Van Heusen shirt and then a PEPE Jeans. Huh!!!. That
was so sweet of her. She got my taste in just few minutes. Now i was feeling
the inferiority complex infront of an IITian. I did all the weird things that i
can so that she will reject me.....but mere bad luck itna acha tha ki it
impressed her...she was finding it funny and humorous. She told i was different
from the crowd that she used to live in...she enjoyed my company...... She gave
a nice compliment....My jaw dropped open..... Gathering all my courage....i
came back to my normal life and then we had a casual conversation.... Add to
this the sideshows the smile, the way she conversed was just awesome.... which
made it even more profitable with its strange phenomena constantly being
"proven" right before your eyes, and why not? The end was near,
anything could happen, so it did.
Then she bid adieu and while leaving see told
Let’s meet next week which i nodded and then she left. I wanted to get rejected
but at the same time i was enjoying her company. I don’t know why i was feeling
in such an awkward manner. I was happy for the time being that the date finally
ended and sad at the same time that she left. In the end it was a booming and very profitable for both of us.
Atleast the time flew by... Mind you, I kept this clearly in mind when I
decided to write this...........................
While leaving she
said the following line which swept me from the floor and the respect for her
grew more....
"We
are those who stand out because everything comes together.”
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