He
was standing at the edge of cliff. The whiff of cold air that blew chilled his
bone marrow and straightened up his tiny hairs. The entire city was visible to
him from there. “I want to capture this moment once and forever”, he
said to himself. He hadn’t imagined he was that brave to take such a decision.
Now, he stood there, with both his arms stretched out, breathing in heavily,
cherishing the moments in his heart and soul. The hawks that flew made sounds
that were too shrill.
The
city looked serene and beautiful in this view, totally concealing the
pollution, industrialization, urbanization and many other –tions. The
buildings seemed to be built like the staircases of a neatly carved out temple,
with some skyscrapers tolling over other ordinary constructions. He was
surprised to find umpteen mobile towers. “How the hell then is the network
not fine at my place?”, thought he, as the day’s incidents flashed through
his mind.
The
morning had started off in the most disastrous way possible. He had received a
call from his office, stating he would be suspended indefinitely with immediate
effect because a Facebook status, which he posted, ‘tarnished’ the image and
reputation of the organization where he worked, according to the higher authorities.
“Oh, gosh! Bloody people, even I love my firm. How can one FB post decide my
future?” In desperation, he had just broken a beautiful frame gifted by his
mom on his previous birthday.
As if
to multiply his sufferings, his girlfriend had called him. “I’m not
interested in this anymore. What do you think you are? You either read, take
photographs or blog. Or go to that shitty monotonous office. You are very
grumpy seldom cheerful. You don’t even fascinate a girl. Go and have your
nuptial with your blog posts.” And, he disconnected the line. When someone
spoke shit about his blogs, he didn’t take it just like that. Writing, music
and she were the triumvirs of his life. He couldn’t bear she had spoken those
words. “Fuck off!” he yelled, and stood there transfixed. Suddenly,
tears started flowing down his cheeks and he repeated, “What’s so wrong with
me that don’t interest you, dear?”
Flurry
of emotions raced through his body. He wanted a reservoir to share his
feelings. Of course, moms are there. No matter if he was 22, she still fed him
his favorite Stuffed Aloo Chapathi whenever he went home, she still
called him ‘Child’; she still kissed and hugged him as if he was in his
kindergarten. “The customer you are trying to reach is currently not
reachable”, said the automated lady voice and he shouted, “Rot in the bogs,
you bitch. Don’t you feel ashamed to speak to all the males around the world
through phone?” And in an instant, there remained broken pieces of his
mobile, one of his proudest possessions, with the components jutting out in an
awkward fashion.
In an
impulse, he took the car key, dashed out of his rented apartment and drove away
like a blitz. And now, standing on a steep slope that separated life and death,
he wiped his tears and…..
And,
fixed his tripod there in order to take a photograph in the Hawk Eye View.
Mom had said, “When you are at crossroads, call me. If I don’t pick up, do
something that interests you.” Scared?? :P :P
Moral: When life presents you difficulties and
hardships, Just Keep Calm and say, “Aahaan…”
