Some moments just
get etched in your memory. Their empowering aesthetics or intimidating impulses
can still tickle the senses even a decade later. Such moments define life, make
it momentous. These moments stand as the real milestones notifying the flow of
invisible, unstoppable stream of time. Such moments stand out in two ways: a)
raising your hair, jolting your senses and giving scary Goosebumps; b)
massaging your aesthetic senses in a way that you retain the touch almost
throughout life. I can recall two such moments.
The
first one occurred a decade back at the start of the winters in Delhi. As the metro's
first ladies only coach eased its beautiful burden, I found myself walking down
the stairs among a fragrant swarm of few dozen beautiful ladies. Colorful
woolens…Deo and perfume...grace and beauty. Flowers. I felt like in a
perfumery...like a guilty black-bee in a garden. It was really overpowering. I
can still smell and see those moments as vividly as it happened a decade ago.
Some moments just refuse to fade from your mind’s horizon.
The second one still sees
me swathed with swirling emotions of scared ecstasy, awe, plain fear and
genuine appreciation. The moment stands erect almost a decade back on the
highway of time. I saw two snakes mating..and not on tv guys..in real. Surrendered
to slithery, coiled, hissing passion, their venomous stalking turned to
submission. The kiss of death morphed into the kiss of love. Their fangs and
poison took backseat. Horrified initially, my shaken self felt the coiled
fluidity of those two slithery bodies forming love loops…shocking majesty…ecstatic!
Those vivid images still crawl in my mind like it’s happening now itself.
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