"So long as you live,keep learning how to live"~Seneca
THE WARRIOR OF LIFE
Somewhere between Tigris and Euphrates, the so called warrior points his kalashnikov (popularly known as 'AK-47') towards a target not so vague.Hunger knows no language.It accentuates the idea of killing rather than being killed by it.Such is its power.The bloodiness of the war famished country provided the land as a lease for many such tenants of hunger, epidemic, robbery, a lavish flesh trade etc.War-an ignoble solution to an unsolvable conflict.What proceeds then will always be a skirmish of past history.The kalashnikov gets a recoil with the trigger pushed and the target, a man of 70, falls to the ground with a bag of gold held in his back.As the warrior approached the man,a wind,not so frequent and not so mild blows across the desert.So furious was its touch that the dead man gets covered by the desert sand and goes underneath a bog which just uncovered then.Gone with the wind was the gold.The warrior yells..."Why did you blow now?...I am hungry damn it"
THE CURIOSITY OF LIFE
A deep thought unfettered by emotions have often left the world shaken.A man in his late 30's sat under a tree in Westminister Abbey with one such thought.The gentle wind now blew across his wardrobe and his thoughts moved up to the spot where the apple came falling.So fortunate was his thought that till date despite inequalities GRAVITY keeps us grounded.The man,Newton,sits under the same tree and blows a feather upward.Now the wind gushes in and the feather was gone with the wind.Newton yells..."Will you stop blowing?".
The REFUGEE OF DESIRE
Somewhere in the middle of the Indian ocean, a boat overloaded with 40 passengers slowly tries approaching the peninsular land.The passengers know neither the path nor the destination.The travel began on May 19 and is nowhere near ending.The boat danced to the tune of the wind and the people prayed and prayed and prayed.A wise man's voice said,"Pray to God but row away from the rocks".The hymns of the passengers echoed in the sea but not in tune of the wind that blew.Now the passengers prayed but for the wind and asked..."Please stop blowing..."But the boat capsized.
THE LESSON OF LIFE
The scenic beauty of Aizwal was decorated by the milky flow of Tlwang. Dressed like an angel with white wings, the river Tlwang added beauty to the bamboos along its side.As the new millennium dawns,out of a million bamboos cleared, one bamboo travels along the river and reaches its destination finally.The destination- a flute maker's shop.Drenched and tired nearing death,the bamboo feels the heat when beaten to a near pulp.Days passed and it finally got a shape to stand.Being terrified with the hot air blown through its inner side, the flute now shouted.."Please leave me...".The magic thus happened for now it was picked up by a Bhansuri wala and the wind never stopped blowing through the dead bamboo's musical holes...
THE LOVE OF LIFE
United souls are not satisfied with embraces, but desire to be truly each other.The lady just felt the breath of her man on her cheeks.Tamed as it may be, sexuality remains one of the dominant forces in human consciousness.The twilight play ended at the dawn hours and she came out of the room only to feel the heavenly wind soothing her boiled blood.The hormonal rush slowed down with that blow and her loving soul whispered to the wind, "I love him and he is my man"..
THE GARDEN CALLED LIFE
The wind which thus passed the warrior's hunger, the scientist's curiosity, the refugee's prayer, the bamboo's hardship and the lady's love now enters the garden.The garden is clamoured as many flowers are debating over their beauty."I am the queen" said the sunflower with its bright face turned towards the sun."Don't be silly.I am unique and clean as I grow amidst water.I am the queen" said the lotus.Each flower had its own reason for it to be claimed the queen.As the flowers saw the wind entering the garden, the flowers decided the wind to be their judge.The wind now entered the garden and gathered speed as it approached.A sign board read "Don't pluck the flowers".The wind surpassed the signboard with a hush and uprooted all the plants leaving the flowers lick mud.The flowers died asking,"why did you do this? Did you not read the sign board?".Lily, the wisest among the flowers laughed heartily and died saying..."You fools!! THE WIND CANNOT READ"...
