Saturday, December 20, 2008

An extract from my next book

Recently I made the following addition to my next book . You're free to comment on the following thought.

Rohan was climbing up the stairs to enjoy the weather when he was insisted by his mother to change clothes if he had any plans to get wet in the rain. She knew that he loved to dance in the rain since he was three. She remembered the day when on one rainy day as she returned from shopping Rohan was missing from the house. She called all her relatives if they took him away, but had to face disappointment. After three hours of nervousness and clenching and unclenching of the fingers she saw the neighbours bringing Rohan back as he stepped on their terrace enjoying the weather. The servant was immediately fired for not taking care of Rohan. For several years she restricted him to go out in rain but her extreme love for him and seeing his disappointed face whenever it used to rain, she readily let her go when one day he cried craving to get wet. From then on she never restricted him to go to the terrace after repeated contestations from her husband if he would catch cold.She hurriedly opened his cupboard and pulled out an old rugged grey t-shirt and his childhood patent shorts. Rohan climbed down and changed his clothes and went up to the terrace in a hurry. He felt ecstatic and drew his hands to the drizzling drops and finally pulled his whole body out in rain to get wet. He danced, rocked back and forth and laughed. The raindrops glistened under the sun’s rays. He anticipated a rainbow in the sky that could add to the dazzling environment. For a second his eyes stoned at the corner under a shed. Ample amount of water had been deposited and the rain drops falling from the edge of the shed created ripple effect. Seeing a single drop of rain gently piercing the surface of water and creating different circumference circles gave him a mixed feel. He realized that everything in life has some effect on the surroundings. One act affects many and if that act goes wrong, the whole process goes in the dust. He realized why his poor academic performance affected his parents. Why they were so concerned when he got bad marks. Why his mother was off when he refused to eat anything one day. Why his friend Raman refuted when his thinking process was going in the wrong direction. He imagined what if he the drops didn’t create a ripple effect and could absorb all the tension, however, couldn’t really get an image in his mind maybe because it was the code and conduct of nature. Similarly, he thought that it was the code and conduct of nature that the people in one’s orbit are affected by one’s actions.

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