I didn't get what I had expected. Expectation ruined me again! Perhaps one thing that I am not sigh about is that this time it is not any of my friend that has not stood upto my expectation but just a canal unaware of the human complicacies. A canal with crystal clear water flowing just 3-4 km away from where I live. Most surprisingly this is my first ever visit to the beauty. The beauty that couldn't console my sobbing heart. I knew most of the time about its presence near the campus but I never came to greet it. May be I neglected its presence. Water has always fascinated me but it is the summers that manifolds the fascination of water to me. And today the piled up frustration of days plus the need to be alone ,-- necessity to come out of the jungle I live in --brought me here.
My childhood was spent at a place which is just 10 km away from the giant river Yamuna. But it is the city that is constantly killing it. I felt its presence quiet late when I started moving out of my house myself , alone . Don't be shocked ! It was of course not allowed for me to go out of the home on my own until the 11th standard . And I was kind of an obedient child who never retaliated for what was imposed on me. When I first saw Yamuna I didn't think of it as a river flowing through a city rather I took it as a "nala" - the sewer . People there call it a "nala", a canal with jet black polluted water flowing in it . The water of Yamuna is that much toxic that one can even observe the chemicals flowing on top surface , polythene scattered on the banks , white foams of chemical waste and the huge piles of sacred threads, diyas and red waste all over the banks of river . I hated this nala from then on and never dared to get close to it .
Dude! people are not supposed to throw wastes into this canal . It is crystal clear , it is for the crops , not for the spiritual entertainment of people! I fucking hate such people who throw the worshiping material into the rivers and never use their own mind on how would this would effect the nature and even themselves. It is the rivers and canals only that provide the drinking water , it is this water that is used for harvesting the crops that they take in lunch or dinner . Why don't such people understand that praying the rivers doesn't mean to pollute them .It is more about protecting them.
It the real beauty , the nature . Isn't it? When i get close to nature , it is as if I find the refresh button in my life. I no more think about the daily predicaments that I have to deal with. Nature or women what would you choose ? Is their even any comparison with between the two . Exceptionally apart , but both fulfills the desire of men.
I can hear the water rushing down from a few foots , the tractors full of load passing through the iron bridge right above the blue crystal . The soothing sound of pacing water that fills the heart with joy. The joy that even women sometimes fails to provide.I can feel the touch of cool breeze midst of a 30 degree celcius sunny day. This touch makes me realize the present that I had stopped living in a long time back. Yet somehow it makes me realize the importance of living in present without being occupied by the thoughts of past and future. It makes me realize how stupid I am for being nostalgic most of the times. Or for being living in the grip of future, always thinking about the consequences! Well, its not even me to be blamed for being such , sometimes destiny makes you follow the path that even you don't believe is the right path for you. . Still keep learning from your mistakes is all one can do and I am trying to do the same!
The touch of water that is no equal to the touch of the women . This might be a temporary thought but yes I just thought so .I think its my day to live with the nature keeping my distance from the women.
It's been nearly 1 hours 30 minutes since I am sitting here and my haunches are like really hurting now. I would prefer standing for sometime. The water is actually not that crystal clear now as it was 90 minutes ago. May be I was too excited in the beginning to spot the blue water as crystal clear . A no. of people have stopped their cars and bikes on the highway to throw the waste in the canal .One gentleman even threw a few coins to show his respect to the great canal . His family must have been benefited from the immense use of the canal water .Another gentleman threw the wheat flour " gehun da atta" . Punjab is a state where wheat is a major agricultural crop . So , using the water from the canal they , farmers , would have been able to harvest full crops this year and it is their way of thanking the almighty for providing them with the benefits of the canal water.holy shit! O innocent farmer , It is not the god who has sent you the sacred canal for all the honesty who did in ur life, but it is the government who has built it for you out of the money that pay to government in the form of tax .
The clarity of water , it is still comparable to the clarity of water in the river Ganges at Haridwar . I have been to that place nearly 6 times with family and friends . It is one of my favorites and river water there is good enough to swim in as I have done a no of times.
As I was there taking a walk around the bank , two men were getting naked to get into the canal . I observed them out of curiosity , as I had nothing else to do . I really can't judge their age . It is easy to judge people's age in the city but when you are in a village , it is as much as difficult . Both of them seems to be hard working people as I could see six pack abs and wide torso .Still they had the kind of lean bodies , might be the case of malnutrition. They could be son and father or two brothers . Could be anything . But definitely they were not poor , might belong to the lower middle class. As one of them was putting on the olive oil all over his body , another guy the old one, jumped into the water . I gaped , my mouth wide open because he disappeared as soon as he jumped into it. As if the water has swallowed him without any burp. I was shocked, and was about to shout when he emerged out of water from the other bank. I relaxed but seriously he took more than a minute! I would have shouted for help if he wouldn't have come out another second . He dipped into the water again and again , and then I realized he was searching something . Every time he emerged , his hand is full of coins or similar metal . At the end he managed to found nearly a mug full of metal with a lot of coins in it. After he came out , the other one dived into the water . And he gathered nearly twice as much as coins the older guy manged to found . Both of them then washed themselves with a soap and came out of it. So , look god works this way . A believer in god would have said so but it is the society that works this way . A guy who just thanked god and threw hand full of coins into the river is actually donating the amount to a poor unknowingly. Couldn't he just donated some money to the poor as his prayers to the god. This system sucks but well this is how it works and it will go on like this for ages to come. Most of the people consider spirituality a greater force than humanity , here is the difference. Even god, if any, would have wanted us to belive in humanity first !
