Bangalore -Pub world - 21st June '08 approx 5ish in the evening... Ravi, a close friend of mine and I were sitting in a cozy corner.. munching away the spicy manchurian with Beer and breezer when we couldn't help but notice a couple... sitting right across us... gulping pint after pint and starters after starters and an expensive cigar smoke filling the air around us... happily talking about general everyday stuff and so happily engrossed in each other that I couldn't help but think aloud....
I want to be like this after 40 years of my marriage.....
Lo and behold... Ravi asked for a light... and the gentleman in a very welcoming manner offered him one... and it then began...
A striking conversation between 2 generations... The gentleman christened Ishwar (m. God) and his better half Kavita (m. a Poetry) aged 72 and 65 respectively.. with no heir to their heritage were 2 childhood neighbors married for over 42 years (I was so damn close :D )!!! still hale and hearty and Man.. he could drink.. gave the run for our money
How he as a person made his career... spend good years of his married life in Morocco; came back and are finally settled in bangalore.. for nice 10 long years... with just his hard earned money paying for his exuberant lifestyle now... and his well-wishers : If memory serves me well, the owners of the pub is kavita's brother and not to forget his friends, by his side....
How they as a married couple would have gone through the toughest phase of their life...surviving and living with the fact that they would never have kids of their own... still living life to the fullest. Kavita, with all the beaming beauty of a contented woman of her age.. Trust me.. that's an understatement... and Ishwar, a man at 72; would be an offence if I used the word old... because I don think they know what that term meant; was such an overwhelming personality that I could not help but think, why was I not born in the same colony as his...
He was generous enough to offer ravi his expensive cigar, invited us for a drink or two at his residence....enlightened us with his thoughts on Love and Life and left such an impeccable impression on us that we were left awed...
Not once did we feel out of place.. not once did we feel out of "league".. not once did we feel that there was a generation gap.. not once did we feel we were complete strangers...
They left.... but before they did... he blessed me... literally... and it was the most beautiful moment I will always cherish... and when I get married to the guy I love.. I will definitely pay my due visit to Ishwar and Kavita.. for teaching me what life is all about and how you never come off age..!
Friday, July 4, 2008
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
is it because.....
why does one have to feel bored and feel the need to find out ways and means to pull oneself out of it.... I never thought I would blog..ever.. but there you go... out of sheer boredom.. and after trying tested ways I still could'nt figure out what to do... and what is it that m getting bored of and feeling irritated about?
A sane mind sent me his blog to read... yeah 'the' smartest idea at that moment... and i thought what the heck... is it such a big deal to just utter sheer nonsense about anything and everything.. no offenses to the serious bloggers... but come to think about it...yeah this sure is keeping me occupied for the moment...
m so done with the gtalks and the msns and the yahoo's.. and the orkut's and the facebook's and the oh so ridiculous online games and the refreshing of mails and the constant stare at the laptop monitor just with the hope of some immaculate idea to pop up... I guess this is the best I could come up with..
the tv is on with all the world's attention to Abhishek and aishwarya's weight issues, shahid and vidya's coochi-cooing and the same songs running all over again as if there is a dearth of better things to show and play and all the sadistic reality shows.... let alone the nat geo's and the discoveries that peps me up... but for how long... haaaaaaaaoooooooooowwwwwwwwwwww llllloooooooooonnnnnnnnggggggggg... I don want to blink and change channels in my head...
reading.. ohh yes... Sword of God.. picked it up and kept it back again.. just could'nt focus..
cooking .. naaa.. not really.. but yeah kept on munching so that m 'occupied'..
Why is there a trance that a human gets into where there is so much running in the head.. yet nothing fruitful that comes out... is it because of desperation, depression, frustration, or plain overwhelming state of mind.... what is it because of..???????
A sane mind sent me his blog to read... yeah 'the' smartest idea at that moment... and i thought what the heck... is it such a big deal to just utter sheer nonsense about anything and everything.. no offenses to the serious bloggers... but come to think about it...yeah this sure is keeping me occupied for the moment...
m so done with the gtalks and the msns and the yahoo's.. and the orkut's and the facebook's and the oh so ridiculous online games and the refreshing of mails and the constant stare at the laptop monitor just with the hope of some immaculate idea to pop up... I guess this is the best I could come up with..
the tv is on with all the world's attention to Abhishek and aishwarya's weight issues, shahid and vidya's coochi-cooing and the same songs running all over again as if there is a dearth of better things to show and play and all the sadistic reality shows.... let alone the nat geo's and the discoveries that peps me up... but for how long... haaaaaaaaoooooooooowwwwwwwwwwww llllloooooooooonnnnnnnnggggggggg... I don want to blink and change channels in my head...
reading.. ohh yes... Sword of God.. picked it up and kept it back again.. just could'nt focus..
cooking .. naaa.. not really.. but yeah kept on munching so that m 'occupied'..
Why is there a trance that a human gets into where there is so much running in the head.. yet nothing fruitful that comes out... is it because of desperation, depression, frustration, or plain overwhelming state of mind.... what is it because of..???????
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