Platinum...Love forever.....

Short Story for 'PLATINUM DAY OF LOVE'-Indiblogger.in

 

‘Bangalore’ AHA!!

I landed in this city at last, with ‘should I’ or ‘should I not’ fight with myself I finally decided ok I will go. With a thought that, that incident that made me hate the city was just a part of life not the life itself.

Since I got the job offer from this city, I was in constant dilemma weather to accept it and go for it or just give it a pass and wait for another opportunity.

“Are you nuts?”

This was the reaction of my friends when I told them about the offer. But it was not possible for me to make them understand why I don’t want to go.

“See! The point is if you want to go-ahead in your life, then you have to forget about little things and move on” was the statement of my dear best friend. Think about this you are getting a chance to move ahead and grow professionally, now it is up to you, weather you want to grab the opportunity and move on or you still just want to hang up there with those phases of your life which have no identity. Think with your mind and let the heart go to rest for a while.”

 I thought about what he said and decided to let go the past and move ahead. Next day I booked the tickets and I was off to Bangalore. Delhi to Bangalore flight takes approximately two and half hours. Before boarding the flight, I promised my friend that I will not think about what happened with me in Bangalore long back, but I could not stop my mind wandering back to the thoughts of Adih and all the time I spent with Adih.

Adih proposed me for marriage on the eleventh day from the day we met.

“Here this is for you”

“What’s this? Are you proposing me…ha ha ha?”

“Yes” he said and gave me little red box, the box contained the bright white bands, the two identical bands.

“Is it Platinum, it’s awesome?”

“No, it’s not Platinum, just a replica, the day I will present Platinum ring to you will be the day I will marry you, this is just a reminder of that day” and he was smiling all over.

 “But! why do we need to have props in our life, it’s our life, we Love each other, we are and will always be there for each other then why do we need these props or show off of love”

“No! it’s not show off, the platinum bands are bright moon like circles on our fingers that will be reminder of the fact that we belong to each other and will always be no matter what, look at that moon it has aura of its own and an identity of its own, so the ring on our finger will have identity of its own that we belong to each other and are always there for each other no matter what, I Love you my dear”

“I Love you too” I smiled and with the assurance for life in our eyes and heart we went for a walk in the moon light night hand in hand. Love was in the air and made an aura around both of us; we were together till death does us apart.

But maybe the time was not right for us, Adih and I got apart and I moved to Delhi.

Sitting in the reception area and waiting for my turn for interview for me was like waiting for something good to happen for years and years. I promised to myself that I will work in this only if the and salary was appealing to me.

My name was called and I went inside, there were three chairs of interviewers. I took my seat and the session of question and answers started. After almost one and half hour they said they have short-listed me and I have to wait for another ten min as their senior person will take the interview and will make the final decision. My name was called up and I went inside, he offered me chair, I could only hear the voice there was no one and then I heard someone talking on the mobile.

I was busy arranging my papers but I did not look at him. He came and sat on the chair and he asked me my name, we looked at each other and next moment I got up from my chair and ran as fast as I can out of the that cabin and then that office. I knew he was following me, “Anika! Stop please stop, please listen to me, just once listen to me”

“Adih, there is nothing left to talk about, you and I have separate lives now, Please leave me alone”

“No! You have to listen to me, just give me”.

And he held my hand tightly and said,” that day I said dad suggested to meet a girl, but that does not mean I was definite about seeing a girl for marriage, I wanted to give you surprise about my job but you did not give me time and surprised me with just eloping out of my life. Did not even gave me time to keep my point.”

“Anika, I Love you how I can think about anyone else”.

“I was scared about you leaving me and good buys so I decided to move on” I said.

“But what about Love, ok done is done”.

He dropped to his knees and took a little box out of his pocket,” Anika will you marry me, and please don’t say no as I have waited for too long for this”.

 And as he promised he gave me Platinum ring with a promise to be with me always.

Love is forever and today Adih proved that. And Platinum Ring was like as he said ‘reminder of us belonging to each other.

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Diwali 2013.....

Living Root Bridges of Meghalaya....

Since I was kid I so wanted to visit the place that is hidden from the world and have an identity of its own. And I was so into finding and visiting that place that I became super finicky to go to some place that I started reading, Goggling and asking everything about the place from anyone or everyone that knows about that place.

Then one day I came to listen about my dream place from a friend of mine. Lush green valley, covered in clouds and an unknown kind of place. ‘People with flare of adventure go there as that place is far away from the real world’. After listening to this I became more and more eager every second to visit that place.

After reaching the nearest town we started our journey next day early morning. Although it was pitch dark but I could smell the freshness of the lush green mountains in the air. Slowly-slowly the darkness of the night started getting lost into the brightness of the morning sun and the view that was coming out was amazing and beyond from any description anyone can give.

Lush green valley, mountains and mountains as far as the eyes can see, and drizzling weather, it was all in all beyond that anyone can imagine in a dream also. After a drive of almost an hour we reached the hotel, the small hotel was on the top of the hill. Standing near the fence one can see far-far away in the valley. There was beautiful village with beautifully painted Church down there.

“It’s beautiful, beyond imagination”

“Yes, but there is something much more beautiful than this”

“Ok I want to see that”

And the owner of the hotel told me that magical thing is behind the hotel down approximately two hundred and fifty stairs. With just this little information and a trust I started my journey, without knowing what I was going to.

And I just ran down the stairs, I reached in an hour and when I reached there I could not believe what I saw, it was like dream come true, beautiful swing like bridge was in front one my eyes. It’s called ‘Living root bridge’ and the bridge is made by joining roots of two trees across the river so that people can go across easily. But now the bridge can even take the weight of a small car too. Cycle, people and bikes the bridge can take the weight of anything. It’s called “Living root bridge” as the two trees that it has been made of are still alive and still growing. The bridge was made by a single person who himself joined two tree roots and did this everyday and spend year after year to get the final result. It’s in lush green valley and is must see for everyone.

 The Meghalaya in North-east India have beautiful valleys, mountain ranges, water-falls and breath taking views but the “Living root Bridges are the must see. And it’s in Cherapunji town of Meghalaya, North-East India.

With this my thirst to see the most beautiful place before I die was somewhat quenched. 

I am proud of my India. 

Two shades of Life....

DON’T THINK TO GIVE-UP LIVING LIFE......

My name is……!

Whatever it does not matter what my name is but I am just a simple human like any human who’ just wants to be happy’, happy as in just happy. Sometimes it’s better to just take the meaning as words are framed in the sentence and words in that sentence should not be meant to read between the lines. So, I mean by my sentence is that ‘I want to be happy’ and just happy nothing else.

Its life no matter how old or young one is one has to take the chance or say risks in one’s life end number of times to live his own life” Irony”  indeed it is, it’s my life and I need to fight with all the evens and odds of live my life myself only .  And then its life so one feels like giving-up end number of times but the one who pass this phase of his life without giving-up is meant to be the one who lived the life.

Life is not only to grow old and become a known or the most read out on Google personality. Life is life and it’s just life, each and every human has his story to tell and a story of his survival and also thinks he the one who has made it so far in his life, if it was someone else on his place could not have made it so far, but one is wrong here only, it’s not only you it’s about each and every one in their own perspective that they made it to the present point of their life to this far without giving-up.

Giving-up or dying is really easy, shoot yourself or get-up on the building and jump from it or ok! There are end number of ways but the living the life is difficult, And off course we are humans, We are suppose to be the most intelligent animal on this earth. So, taking the difficult life is the way that we should always take.

So, I come to my point that ‘I want to be happy’,’ just happy ‘that’s it. I did many mistakes in my life and I am still doing them and learning from them and, and forgetting that lesson, making the mistake again and learning the lesson again but the end result is I have not given-up, no matter what I every time come out of the situation and got into another situation and once again came out of that situation. Interesting! While writing all this I came to realize how adventures and how interesting is my life and I am just crying all the time that nothing is happening in my life. Ok! I will not complain or cry but little cribbing is ok and I have all the right to do that as I am simple human being ‘who wants to be just happy’.

And while going through this learning lessons and forgetting them and again learning them and little cursing myself and again making myself to stand on my feet to fight another battle of the present day I made fool out of myself end number of times:

Ø  I trusted people and people broke my trust.

Ø  I made the cob-web of my thoughts and got myself entangled into it myself only and off-course came out of it to be ready to entangle myself again.

Ø  I did not wait for Plan A to get fail so that I can work on Plan B,C and D. But I get Plan A, B, C and D to work together side by side and shoulder to shoulder and made fool out of myself.

Ø  I learnt the lesson that if I think that I am making fool of someone the end result will be that I will be the one who will be fooled and that too by myself. Great.

So, please be always ready to make mistakes, blunders and learn from them and forget the lesson and make the mistakes again and learn the lesson again. So, this way life will be always interesting and adventures to the end point of the life.

Please believe me on this.

We are Humans and we are the ones who are meant to make mistakes and learn from them.

 

BUT AT ANY POINT OF THE LIFE DON’T THINK TO GIVE-UP LIVING LIFE.

If you want adventures life follow your heart, make mistakes, learn the lesson and repeat the mistakes and learn again from them.

 Hail to the Mother and Father of all the Animals- HUMAN.