More than 18 months back, in a
quiet seaside beach on the Western fringes of India, I had sat down and wished
hard for miracles to happen. But first I needed to know that there exists magic
in this world. Because sometimes for miracles, you first need to believe in magic.
Magic demands pain, Magic needs patience but more than anything else Magic requires
sacrifice.
This Blog stopped after talking
about the western sentinel. The pain started. The harsh sun beat down on
everything beneath it. Mirages sprung up and vanished into thin air and yet there
was the belief in Magic.
Sometimes Magic can work in wonderful
ways. We do not comprehend fully how it works. At times it has form, at other
times it is just a thought. Sometimes it comes from the North East and is
called Ishaan.
Sometimes Magic makes a person
disappear. The third leg of a tripod gets broken. The other two wait for its
return. And in a world of 24X7 social media a person just vanishes. Miss you
Bro. Find your peace.
The Magic from North East is all
powerful. It drains away sorrow, bitterness and pain with toothless babbles.
And yet it can give me the most excruciating pain, never experienced before. It
demands attention, more importantly it demands what’s most precious – Time.
2017 was the year when Time became
the most valued commodity. Time even for ‘us’ was hard to come by. But then
when the tired traveller finds his pillar of strength, he knows that Magic
continues to weave its wonders.
When pressed into a corner, the
mind works in wonderous ways. For a brief period it went back years, nay decades
when sarcasm was considered the high priestess of wit. But then sense and sensibility
took over. But the joy, oh the joy of sarcastic wit!
Magic also makes you strong,
showing you what you are capable of, making you push your boundaries. Sometimes
there’s a battle for your soul and then you win. It’s majestic. It’s grand.
As the year passes on to the next,
John Updike tell me, “Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would
not incite us to have them.”
