Closer to Nature

The childhood days are gone.Gone are the days when i had tours in India atleast once a year with my parents.I have already visited various nice tourist spots all over India.The only thing that drags me is Nature.The magnificent beauty of the Kanchenjunga;the snow covered peaks of Himachal Pradesh(e.g.Rotang Pass);temples of Haridwar,Vrindavan which carries rich cultural heritage of our motherland;greenery of Munnar(Kerala) tea plantations,the confluence of three water bodies in Kanyakumari;and numerous other mesmerizing scneries are still captured in my mind and i can never forget them.Those are the memories i cherish in my leisure time and i feel that i am once again close to the Nature.
Now the scenario has changed.I am working in a MNC and life has turned into a brakeless vehicle.At every step i remember the movie title staring Tom hanks 'Catch Me If You Can'.I am leading a very busy life and i always crave for a holiday.No its not only a holiday i need a long vacation.Putting a heavy brick on my heart i had to say to my mom , "Ma,Please you and daddy go for the trip to Andaman coz i won't get time".
Its reality that i have to put my inner feelings in a shell and covet everything just for the sake of my job.So apparently i am detaching myself from the mother Nature.Corporate life is changing me a lot and we people have to mould ourselves according to the environments surrounding us.Its a real tragic when a person gets accustomed to the artificial corporate life and he or she eventually likes it.Damn!If you can't feel that becoming close to Nature can provide momentarily joy and a balm to the sore mind,then i must admit that you are no different than a machine.Yes, we must realise the fact that machines have turned humans into machines.
I don't care if people disagrees with me because i have pen down whatever came from my heart and i know i am right.I dream for the time and i have to wait for the time when i will put behind this materialistic,artificial corporate life and once again stand amidst the beautiful trees,mountains,lakes,rivers...I wish that once again i have a trip to a unknown place in India.All i can do is just dream right at this moment...

A Ray of Light

Life is all about cherishing old memories.Memories that lies hidden inside the deepest abyss of our brain but these memories are nothing but the manifestation of our daily incidents that we capture through our eyes.Yes "eyes", the greatest gift of god is the window to the world we see around...But what about a room where there are no windows open?A room which can hear the busy happenings of the outside world but can't see them.It can only link the outside world with the objects kept inside it - something to treasure , objects that belongs only to it and no one else. Eventually it loses all the lustre and brightness when the windows were open...
I hope the readers can get a hint of what i mean by the above words. The room symbolizes the 'blind' and we people can do nothing except sympathize for them.Pardon me if i say anything wrong.Or can we do anything for them?
I have been to a blind school which resides in our locality. It was on Christmas eve.As i stepped inside the premises my eyes were fascinated by the decorations - beautiful work of art made of simple earthy things like paper,etc. I started walking in the garden and i could see other passers-by who were also gazing.A few minutes walk drew me closer to the small artificial house depicting the birth of Jesus.I saw a small girl folding her hands as if she was saying a prayer. I told her that the people who decorated everything , the people who made the evening more shining which can even shadow the brightness of the day are the people whom we call 'blind' are actually the people who really opens our 'blind' eyes. Yes,they are the people who can do so many things without eyes and people like us have eyes but we don't care to do things that we ought to do. And then i asked the girl whether she can spot how many shepherds were around baby Jesus. She turned back to me and told me she couldn't see,she is blind.
I stood still for a moment, i can't really tell how long i stood still but the tears were not still,it came out silently as if it carries the witness of such harsh reality of life...