Well, 2013 is 31 days old and
this is the first time to click the ‘New Post’ button on Aphorisms. I’m free or
rather I have no commitments and apart from that there isn’t anyone waiting for
a new post on Aphorisms. So there isn’t much to worry when the ‘New Post’
button is left undisturbed for a while. Still, at times I do find it pretty
hard to moor my mind that scatters and races to each and every nook and corner
of my past, present, thoughts, dreams and senses in search of something to
write.
That was when I thought of a kind
of conventional diary entry. Just briefly explain my day. But for a lazy chap
like me that won’t roll for more than a week. Writing is perhaps an infection
to which I’m deeply addicted to.
That slothful thought was something
that motivated me elaborate the span to jot down from a day to a month. Now
let’s see how far and well is this going to roll down the unknown road that
2013 have for me.
~January~
New Year was born as I was
speaking to Amma over phone. Fireworks, greetings, hugs, shake hands, updating
FB status all happening with a slight sarcasm towards the poor old
misinterpreted Mayans and the too brilliant NASA spokespersons who came every
now and then on the Discovery channel advertising the “Doomsday”.
Happy that the New Year resolutions
remain solid even as a month sings off. A total distance of 100+ mi jogging was
done this month which proves that my leg has far past the ‘recovery state’
which also proclaims that I may be ready to kick start my Bullet when I reach
home this time. Happy!! Anxious!!!
Completed reading Paulo Coelho’s
Aleph. I was reading Paulo Coelho’s work for the first time. I really loved the
way he treated the mystical realism and the beauty of sentences that leave a
lasting impression on me. For example, there was a place where he explains a
hug.
“A
gesture as old as humanity itself, and which means far more than the meeting of
two bodies. An embrace means: I don’t feel threatened by you; I’m not afraid to
be this close; I can relax, feel at home, feel protected and in the presence of
someone who understands me. It is said that each time we embrace someone
warmly, we gain an extra day of life. So please, embrace me now.”
That brings about a better
definition, meaning, feel and a new dimension for that gesture… Hug.
January was a busy but
not-so-busy month work wise. Days went on quite smoothly despite some
negligible issues. On the 16th, that 23 year old girl from Delhi
kept flashing in my mind. It’s been a month since she left home. Ten days later
on 26th, India celebrated her 64th Republic day amid
protests. But most people who then yelled to boycott the Republic Day function
forgot all that a month later. Forgetting has become a national disease. She
doesn’t have to be our sister, daughter, niece or friend to feel so much for.
Issues are developing exponentially
in our country which are quite capable enough to wake the ‘Indian’ or ‘Anniyan’
in us. But Indians or Anniyans are fair only when Mr.Shanker narrates.
May God bless our country…
Another 8 days more and I’ll be
at home. Time often moves at snail’s pace as the number of days fall shorter.
Quite ridiculous...!!!
And that’s My January signing
off.
Welcome February…
