Wednesday, May 13, 2009

DIL SE...




00:01 am, 12th May 2009

The bus was gliding through the silhouette of hills and trees. A white ray of light from the moon- highlighting the roads ahead- the moon followed me, wherever I went. ‘E-Ajnabi’ from ‘Dil Se’, filled my heart with joy of unknown happiness while the moon filled my eyes with dreams. I like dreams. The song always made me dream. But today, it was special.

I was in the ‘middle of nowhere’- with only the moon above me, and ‘E-Ajnabi’, inside me. I didn’t remember, what happened the day before. Not that I should. Not that I would. And I didn’t care about what lay ahead. The moon was there, as ever and so would be- ‘E-Ajnabi’. So many things, flashed through my mind. Yes. I would be voting for the first time in my life! I would be home, in few hours time. But now, I was- in the ‘middle of nowhere’- with the moon and ‘E-Ajnabi’.

‘Ghost of the smile’ that I had smiled, earlier that day, had stayed back. I didn’t want that to leave me. I needed all the happiness that I could get- to carry along- into the day ahead. It had already become, my best birthday, ever with 'the ghost of my smile’ aftermath my birthday celebrations, the moon, the place somewhere at the ‘middle of nowhere’ and ‘E-Ajnabi’



29 comments:

Mon.Esprit said...

wonderful piece, really a nice read ...

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Unknown said...

Ya good one:)
I,for one,have been waiting for your this post for quite sometime now!!

Sashu... said...

ah nice :)

Anonymous said...

nice! :)

Arv said...

I can so imagine that trip :)

Hope you had a lovely birthday...

take care... cheers...

Ratzzz said...

oi..

belated birthday wishes... :-)

"aftermath smile" :-) i can so understand chubby chipmunk

Amber Light said...

Hey many happy returns of your day! Lovely piece of writing.

Preeti said...

may you get the best of best always.. cheersmatey :) loved your work as usual :):)

Arnab Majumdar said...

Beautiful imagery in this post. Especially the way you merged it with that song...

Cheers, keep blogging...

Phoenix said...

long time... :)


really nice thought..sometimes the time and place are just perfect and what with a perfect song...the whole experience is a bliss :)

Matangi Mawley said...

@ abhra..

thnk u!

Matangi Mawley said...

@ fearbond..

:) thnk u!

Matangi Mawley said...

@ sashu..

thnk u!

Matangi Mawley said...

@ leo..

thnk u!

Matangi Mawley said...

@ arv..

thnk u! :)

Matangi Mawley said...

@ rat..

:) :D thnk u!!!

Matangi Mawley said...

@ amber light..

thnk u!!

Matangi Mawley said...

@ preeti..

thnk u!

Matangi Mawley said...

@ arnab..

:) thnk u!.. n the song needed no merging... it was always there...!

Matangi Mawley said...

@ phoenix..

:) thnk u! i wish tht all people in their lives get such experience at least once in their lifetime!

I'll try 2 be truthful said...

happy belated birthday :) may u write forever . :)

E ajnabi i sone of my favorite songs too , it stirs up something inside .

Matangi Mawley said...

@ i ll b truthful...

thnk u! :)

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Matangi Mawley said...

@ dreamer..

thnk u!!! loved to know tht i m one of u'r favs. :)

vanilla sky said...

Though late, happy belated birthday :)
I too voted for the first time, and the song is awesome.
And you're like poetry in motion, transforming a simple subject like this to a wonderful read.

Matangi Mawley said...

@ vannila sky...

:) thnk u! esp for the expression "poetry in motion".. i usually relate tht expression with roger fed! ;)

A said...

Wonderfully written... I'm back after a long time, and I certainly see some honey added to your writing.. You know, same moon, same song, and same travel brings out a plethora of emotions in me. I might write a post on this. Thank you for letting me copy your idea... ;) Keep Writing!!

Matangi Mawley said...

@mani..

Welcome bck! copy! :P