Sunil was clicking some shots of a green paddy field just
where on the Road Bus stopped due to some engine failure .Bus people are on the
job and Sunil is on his job of clicking with his camera always he carry. Dip
blue sky-patches of white clouds in different shapes moving slowly steadily
from one direction to others moving continuously one after another .suddenly
seen some horse moving and then after some elephants - Indian maps so many so
many of different shapes these white clouds ,background that same dip blue sky
.You can see feel watch these clouds sometimes a beautiful marmoreal two eyes
of an Apsara moving heaven -Birds are lazily flying someone dozing someone
attacking others -flying dozing flying and if you look to one will see flying
and flying only to vanish suddenly in the sky. Can’t fix your watching .Just
watch and watch .
On the bottom below sky lies magnificent green paddy
field -creating some gentle wave from thin air flowing gently on the paddy
field -in a straight line from one direction to others with some
mysterious swirling gentle sound of ripe paddy yellow brown ready to cut
to send to market .Exactly on the center of the field two Palm tree standing
tall cross legged as if will dance now holding sky in one hand and green below
on other hand as if to remind the child hood memory of dancing with fellow
Ratna, Gaytri -and so many exactly on the same sequence Sunil was thinking
standing near that paddy field taking snaps of that magnificent scenes once he
used to take when he was 18 years old young bubbling boy . Two lazy white stork
suddenly appear from nowhere flipping the wings slowly lazily and sat on the
top of that paddy tree creating again some wave of a straight line moving one
to other directions with same swirling gentle sound of ripe paddy as if on the
dancing paddy field as if calling two storks come come here hey storks
.gentle call only no urgency -just waiting and waiting for the birds to come
other directions of paddy field
Camera now turn to nearby village lovely muddy roads
-thatched houses inline -tree shaded muddy roads -Village dogs barking -covered
by green trees looking to us as if little child awaken from dip sleep looking
directionless .What is there in the village? Can’t see from distance so no
point on clicking shutter but if at all you visit invariably you will see near
by a small pond -some ducks and ducklings swimming --8/9 naked little children
taking bath swimming dancing and creating some kind of sound which no one can
understand what they are saying -A beauty with beautiful two eyes standing on
the edge of the pond carrying pot full of water in her lap - half of pallu
fallen on the eyes trying to look who the hell is here in their village with a
camera with some kind of suspicion but the point where that beauty is standing
where two long legged coconut trees standing as if kissing the pond crossed
legged -Chirping of birds giving some music to ear on the back drop of a silent
village .With a peculiar sound of "HAI "the naked children came out
of pond and started running on the tree shaded muddy road zigzag way .Bamboo
forest nearby .some birds chirping continuously creating an atmosphere of a
heaven on earth .Truly truly .of you are not visiting a village you are missing
something in life .Sunil was thinking standing near the bus still under repair
.Suddenly sun rays fallen to evening sound .Far off the paddy field Farmers
started packing of their daily work -about to return -Bullock cart getting
ready --Village beauty came again to pond for last pot of water she needed
for night in her room to cook sip .Her husband will return from
city at about 11 pm . Sound of Local trains creating some magic moment in the
village with that Rhythmic sound of Ticky tick ticky tick with conch like sound
coming every one hour from a long distance of the village .Again in far off the
paddy field some group white storks lazily flying above the green field
returning to nest color changes suddenly--mixer of 7 colors in the sky -Red and
yellow is prominent --Sun become a big red disc falling exactly in
between two Palm trees standing far crossed legged in the beautiful green field
.Mind tossed to run endlessly in the paddy field to catch that falling red disc
and meet that place where sky and land meeting some illusion of nearby distance
.Want to catch but sky and land moves further .
A sudden feeling just refreshed the mind of Sunil who was
watching all these via his camera inside and outside
Bus repairing still going on .Good that still not
repaired Sunil felt otherwise he would have missed this marmoreal beauty of
nature and some painful city life reminding him pinching painful hole in his
mind .You can’t see every day such beauty of Nature .Good that Bus got
break down and his imagination got some good feeds of watching this beautiful
village .He changed the camera to 10 years back when he just passed out of
college and trying hard to find some jobs and finally got this travelling jobs
-one place to others city after city village after village .Enjoying life with
this jobs with his camera always with him -does not want to miss any situations
come in life .Sunil never miss past also whatever comes in life whether that
love life or job friends -people .Everything he shuttered in his camera lying
inside .
Suddenly the Bus repaired and started moving for his home
to reach and the big red disc fallen in between two palm trees .He clicked the
scene for the last time in the village .Bus left the village contour .Sunil
sitting on the window felt little bit dizzy and fallen asleep .But that village
-that beauty with pot full of water naked children and that awesome big red Sun
falling between two trees was also moving with him .The inside camera clicked
the shutter again for those scenes captured in memory forever and will keep in
an Album .
[ASIM BORAL]
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