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
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