A Thing Called Love

Nahin saamne yeh alag baat hai

Mere paas hai tu mere paas hai

Mere saath hai mere saath hai..

It was 11:50 in the night. She was going to be nineteen in ten minutes now. She was waiting for the call. His call. It was a festive night. Outside the window, beside her bed, she could see her city decked up with lights for the occasion. She received the call at 11:54. He couldn’t let anybody else wish her before him of course. With a grin plastered on her face she heard him sing to her at the stroke of midnight. The crackers outside her house seemed to be controlled by him. What perfect timing! It just had to be the best birthday of her life. She knew it already..

Thirty years later, he woke up from his sleep. It was 11:54 in the night. Her birthday was in minutes. He’d sing to her again just like he’s been doing for so many years now. As he sang she smiled back at him, the way she’d always done, from the dog-eared photograph he’d preserved for so long now. It was raining outside. None of the festive spirit was to be seen tonight. The rain came down in pellets. He opened the creaking window. Warm droplets of water trickled down his face to meet the icy cold droplets of rainwater. The wind felt crisp and fresh against his skin. He sensed it immediately. She was very happy. Just as happy as he was with her. She was still alive. In all his senses. A freak accident couldn’t separate them. Never. He wiped his tears away.

P.S.: This is my first attempt at fiction writing for the blog. I started on this on a sudden whim today after reading some Twitter-sized-fiction on Twitter. Well, this wasn't exactly 140 characters. So it found a place in my ever dying blog. :P

Conflicting Feelings

I can’t stand up straight what with my head spinning like hell. But I still suddenly feel very happy. And sad.

A distant neighbour has chosen to play some beautiful Rabindrasangeet. I don’t understand why but these songs seem so pujo-like at the moment. Maybe it’s just in my mind. Because for all I know, it isn’t in the song. But the point is that I feel happy all of a sudden. A feeling I have only fleetingly known for quite a few weeks now. Images of chokkhudan are flashing across my mind. It’s amazing how even the thoughts of pujo cheer me up like this. In spite of the fact that I don’t believe in worshipping the Gods..

The weather though is extremely depressing. Foul winds and rain. I might have appreciated it at other times but I really can’t right now. It somehow, in some convoluted manner, reminds me that I can’t possibly be with the person closest to my heart, right now. Every disease would have become much less nagging if only I could talk to the person for a while. Mindless blabber would even suffice. Really.