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POWER OF NATURE
Each
morning as I walk up to the flowing rivulet near the small hillock that lies
above my picturesque hamlet I get to feel the power of silence. Looks like
everything around is trying to say something by remaining quiet. And on my way
up as my steps take to the natural rhythm. It gives me a supernatural feel as
if the hillock is the insurmountable head of Shiva. And the flora and fauna
around are his deep rooted jatas and the rivulet is the humble
adornment of Namami Gange. And where, both are in a stance to bless me and
perhaps, they are also saying something when you distinctly hear the dribble
upstream.
Everything
around is so very still. Is when, you get to feel, silence is the loudest
explosion on earth. Very faintly at a distance you can now hear the horn of
passing car that was not there earlier. Man has made mechanical inroads to most
hideouts of nature. There is a chirping shemozzle that sounds like music in the
bird’s camp that is only ratcheting as the dawn is broad banding. Some of them
really don’t know what to do except for fluttering here and there for want of
food. Few mongrels have just got up as the morning rays strike their eyes when
they start stretching themselves. The flying butterflies as if have started a
troupe dance to honour the morning rays of the sun. And one can indistinctly
hear the mooing of the cows from the barn that only tells you that the village
has woken up for the day.
I halt to
catch my breath is when I turn back. The hamlet looks much smaller than its
actual size. Sights at times change even when reality doesn’t. I continue with
my walk. There are no human beings here and so there is no ruckus. I’m all by
myself. This is how I came and this is how I’ll go, all alone.
I leisurely
reach the top from where I get the divine view of my beloved village down
below. I wonder what it must have taken Almighty to create this wonderful
settlement. Perhaps even exotic creations are a small thing for him. There is a
sudden drift in the direction of the breeze that only tells me to accept the
ensuing change and there is no reason to feel lonely. For there is enough in
nature to give you company when there is no human company around you. But you
need to explore it.
And like
every day I sit there for sometime interacting, with my mother, of all times,
that is mother earth. This is where she caresses me. The intensity of which is
equivalent to the intensity of the aromatic breeze that touches me all over.
The shrill calls of some mynahs that have just landed there, give me a feel as
if she’s trying to even say you are not alone and I’m there. I feel
rejuvenated. But it is time to head home now. I start the descent back. On the
way I come across a few goats and some cows as if giving me a standing ovation
to my victory over loneliness. When I start humming the evergreen song of
Kishore da … Zindagi ka safar, hai ya kaisa safar, koi
samjha nahi koi jana nahi.
(In today’s day and age
loneliness is a huge social problem. It is not always possible for parents to
be with children and children to be with parents. But you still need to live it
out and live it out grandly. So move out of your loneliness and explore the
nature. For it has a cure for every life situation)
By Kamlesh Tripathi
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