A swiss sunset

It was the dazzling brilliance of the sparkling sun that had transformed the simple clouds into brilliant jewellery on the shy bride for the sky.

The sun ran through the palette from the blazing orange to the stunning scarlet, bathing the sky with all its glory. Drawing paths on the sky, and illuminating it through the crevices that the white bundles of cotton provided.

Each time I looked up from the book, it was a different shade, a different stroke and a different beauty.

I realized that this was one of the most beautiful sunsets I had seen in this city.

And I am sure it had more to offer.

Only if I had the time to look up.

And realize that Chennai too has its "Swiss" sunsets !!!

It rained me hollow !!

As I prepared to disembark from my rather monotonous journey from the station to the office, it started pouring down as though it had been waiting for months to do so.

This wasn’t the first rain fall that I would be getting wet in, in the last year or so.

I’d had the “privilege” to play, walk even jog in the showers that I’ve encountered over the past 12 months or so. I even roamed an Italian city in rain. In fact the start of this blog was a poem written on a day of a thunderstorm.

Each of the last encounters with drizzles or downpours alike, had a feeling or thought associated with it. Elation, satisfaction, comfort, joy anguish.

But today was different.

Today as I scampered for cover, I wished I dint. I wished, I had allowed myself to actually get soaked and drenched, praying that hopefully, it would fill me whole again.

But it didn’t. It almost felt like the raindrops poured through me into the dark asphalt.

Today, it rained me hollow.

The kite runner...

When someone tells a story that is rooted in their hearts, it doesnt take much effort to tell it.

And Kite runner is one such poignant story.

I loved the book and recommend it to any adult.

Two of my favourite lines was "Perspective is a luxury when your mind is constantly buzzing with a swarm of demons" and "...lifting him from the certainty of turmoil and dropping him into the turmoil of uncertainty"

Kudos to Hosseini.

Mashallah !!!