And hence has the powers to bring forth the most beautiful or gory face of life forward.
The nature, the buildings, the roads the people are washed off all the paint, layers of dust and grit, or that warm cocoon of lies. The world and its people in their true self, without any pretense without any layer of mis-belief unknowingly or unknowingly worn over their skin.
Rains symbolize an “unleash” – of thoughts and emotions, desires and aspirations, and expression. That maybe is the beauty of it, that maybe is the reason why thoughts find a word and emotions find an expression in this season of water pouring from skies.
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“You don’t have to wear a badge on your arm to have honor.”
Lt.Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) in A Few Good Men
(Another of my favorite movies, almost by hearted now… )
But that is not easy, to stand for what one believes in and give it all. Still I ll give it a shot in this lifetime.
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And life's full of ugly surprises. It's a different thing to read or hear about them , another to come face-to-face with them.
On that hot afternoon in Delhi, when the mercury would have easily shot above 45 degree Celsius, there was this one rickshaw driver bargaining for Rs.25 (from metro station to a certain DU campus), each inch of which he had to plough with his own sweat and life blood.
It was only when we got down that we got to know he was a double M.A. in Hindi and Political Science, and had come to Delhi a few days ago looking for a job.
He was still awaiting his promised interview with a media company and was pulling that rickshaw to earn himself do-waqt-ki-roti.
I almost hated every kilo of my weight and my suitcase weight he might have had to pull all through.
My uncle gave him an address and mobile number to try his luck with a construction company, coz he still had the spirit to ‘earn’ his livelihood. There was an honor yet a helplessness, a spark yet a threat of disillusion lurking in his eyes.
Been a few weeks, but I still wonder if that man got a job, is his life any better off than what I had last witnessed . . .
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All that you wish for, doesn't happen when you wish for. Most things have a large (now this can be a subject of discussion) waiting period before they are realized.
And in times like those we console ourselves saying "the right time" is yet to come.....
Nevermind all that philosophizing, sometimes its sheer luck (of divine conspiracy) or laziness that keeps pushing things off.
I finally finished reading this book, and I think it is a beautiful - worthy or every word of praise that has been written about it.
And if you ask me why it took me so long to finally get to it . . . I'de say the universe conspired such!
3 comments:
Sometimes fate makes us feel so indignant abt life!
Thats a touching tale of that auto man... Am sure he must have landed the right job by now!
naresh not an auto... autos are pulled by m/c power. it was an old style rickshaw, pulled by human power.
Hi,Deez..whew..that's quite a story-the hand-rickshaw puller...hope he did get a job,finally.Makes me wonder,again,with so many career options and opportunities,why do some people still not get a job?Is it their personality?LOL at the universe conspiring to not let u read Roy's book...what did u mean?:)
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