“The waves were
lashing out at me as I walked forward, as if to remind me of my limits. But
there I was, walking across the sea, defying all rules, looking the setting sun
in the eye, reaching out for the horizontal limit – the zenith in the sky.”
What was meant to be a short fun filled trip to Diu, turned
into one of those rare occasions when you get much more than what you bargained
for.
The frozen night: Well,
okay may be a few things went here and there. The journey to Diu for one wasn't
that pleasing. With Sona Mahapatra singing tantalizing songs one after the
other, it was very difficult to pull yourselves out from the venue and leave
for the trip. By the time we did manage to get over the awe-inspiring songs and
make our way out of the venue, I had just fifteen minutes to run to my room
pack some essentials and rush to catch the bus. As a result, I, actually not
only me but all the three boys (Raj and Ajay Inclusive) missed out on any
warmer. “Bas fir kya tha, raat to kaali
honi hi thi.” Such was the pathetic freezing breeze that ultimately I had
to approach the bus driver to find out if he had any blanket, but, in vain.
The beautiful day:
Thankfully everything went uphill from there. A splendid beach, some awesome
friends, a bright sunny day and an infinite sea staring at your face, what more
does it take to make your day. Jet skiing was fun, more so the fact that Akriti
fell downJ.
But in the end it is always the quality time that you spend with friends that
are most enticing so the best part were the hours we spend splashing in the
water. Ajay, the “scared” one, had to be first dragged into the sea and finally
had to be repeatedly pulled out of it too. That’s what nature can do to you, this time it
was the sea, I have seen snow, even mountains have similar effect on people;
you just don’t want to leave. Amongst the other highlights, Akriti made
something that she said was a snowman (made of wet sand) but trust me our
interpretation of what it seemed to be wasn't very pleasant. And we found a
small “dhaba”, actually it doesn’t qualify to be a”dhaba” but still, where the
food was finger-licking-ly tasty.
The best part: Fun
and frolic apart, a short interaction like this with the nature does help a lot
to clear your mind. The vastness of the water body ahead reminded me of the freedom
that we all inherently have in our lives. No bounds what so ever. Needless to
say, there shall always be some tides to push you back but that doesn't mean
you are restrained from reaching out to the never ending scope of “living” that
lies ahead of you. As I allowed my body to float in the water, it felt like the
receding waves were soaking all the negativity out of me.
I can keep going a lot about that, but the point is,
everyone who has ever hit the road just for the sake of moving ahead, or
trekked a mountain because that seemed to be the best thing that he could have
done or just given nature, in any form possible, an opportunity to take control
of him/her, would know that that inner peace is something which is priceless.
So if haven’t yet tried that out please do so.
P.S. Since this is the public version, so I might have
missed out on a few facts that helped propel these outright emotions.
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