If you suddenly remember some old memory or
incidents with someone special-feel like some special bonding or some feeling
continuously pulling down the memory lane seems someone calling with eagerness
-some dreams come true in mind. Feel great sitting with this dreamy sequence
for the time being and never wish to break that dream -sit and sit feel and
feel -never to end or break that moment, But if that dreamy feeling hit the
present moment of raw and reality having most busiest life then what ? As if
riding a jam packed bus on busiest roads honking -millions of different sounds
exaggerating to huge explosion and dreaming of some old childhood memory
sitting in the corner seat -so uncomfortable situation. So unequal so
mismatching.
So was Anil thinking like this sitting on
the window of the train -so many memory so many nostalgic moment suddenly
gripped the mind of Anil. Thinking is the train -memories are stations coming
one after another -vanishing appearing again appearing and vanishing -some like
cool vacuum someone with the sound of the busy roads with high explosive sound.
It was as if just few days ago Anil left past childhoods and become big and
gentleman -a thinking man -a busy moment always. Mind is so fast thinking is so
expressive. Out of so many memories two of such suddenly appeared distinctly.
One of that is when he was 13 years sub young boy having thought of adulthood
but cannot reach there but to settle as child only -complex situation -you
cannot leave childhood but want to catch adulthood. In this complex situation
for the first time Anil went to kalimpang a Himalayan beauty with elders of
family and stayed there for over one month in a beautiful Guest House near to
famous Tagore house and met that similar no child no adult a beautiful eye -bubbling
like butterfly looking like morning dew in two green leafs -majestic marmoreal
beautiful two eyes -one eye attracting admirer and other attracting dreamer
like Anil. One month of friendship Anil could never asked her name but calling
only signed language. It was memorable moment of one month walking together
hand in hand miles after miles on hilly roads watching magnificent hills of
Himalaya together feeling like two free birds lazily flying for some uncertain
destinations -no direction no other thinking -just fly and fly ,One month of
holiday over Anil had to return -could not tell the moment even could not
express anything to that charming girl. One day silently left the place and
when the Zeep was leaving with Anil passing through some zip zap hilly roads
saw that charming face standing in upper hills of that bending road waving
hands till the Zeep got vanished in a foggy roads.A painful departure for both
and more on such when Anil could not ask the name and address of that beautiful
face perhaps for the first time he felt that he has come off child hood and
reached to adult hood.
The second incident during school life Anil
once got tremendous punishment from Head Master ( Principal ) doing some
mischievous adventure game playing with the moving fan to stop with betting of
just 4 anas with fellow friends in a class. nil failed to stop but could not
stop Teacher beating him with stick nonstop till tears rolled out but the next
day Principal patted him softly without any words. It touched his soul completely
and loves to Principal forever. Anil came out of School college and started his
career as Medical Representative job in a Multinational Company. Time passed
for a pretty period. Everything forgotten -life is busy like moving Buses daily
having trips to carry passengers. One day after returning from a long tour Anil
was sitting in a bus and saw suddenly a dead body was moving by the side of the
bus and curiously looked to the old man covered with a Chaddar -flowers on both
sides but the face only was exposed and Anil saw that Head Master was reaching
for last action of life to burning ghat.
Since then 10 years passed and Anil became
busy Company Executive with lots of responsibility moving with car -plane and
other comforts of life and today while travelling by train sitting on the
window some flashes memories came out again suddenly and made him nostalgic.
But these two incidents of memory will always hunt Anil for the rest of life.
This train daily crosses the same station
with same building same two lines but the stations of Memory suddenly comes and
suddenly vanishes -When it comes when will come No one knows. Anil also do not
know ,Perhaps this is the magic of life
[ASIM BORAL]
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