Under the sky

It was my brother who first started the habit of going to the rabindra sarobar lake and jog. He was trying to improve his driving and going to the lake in the morning in his new car served the purpose well. Later on i joined him in the backseat and an old friend, from my badminton club used to join us there. It was winter time and the night was long. That morning started with the usual groaning, cursing, fighting with the rag to get out of the bed, opening the door silently so as not to wake up our parents, brushing, wearing the same old red pant, getting into the car, enjoying the drive specially when we were on the bridge at "manna'r khabar" towards the lake. Upon reaching the lake we found that we were a bit early and the morning was a bit late that day. People were just starting to come around. After taking a couple of steps we were attracted by a small no. of people in the field looking at something. It did not take us long to find out that there on the field a dead man was lying facing the open sky. He was wearing a "like those from the old films" kind of heavy brown spectacle under which the eyes were shut. His hands were not like that of "jesus christ" posture but they were under his head probably serving the purpose of a pillow.He was wearing a cheap, light blue t-shirt with color and a cotton pant. As he was lying at a corner of the field were the grasses grew long, half of him was haphazardly under the grass. Within minutes police came and we had to clear out. The man was probably high on alcohol the previous night. But the way he lay gave a peaceful image betraying all the pain of an odd death. Probably in one night he has seen more than what we long to see. Maybe the movements of the stars amazed him or the rotation of the earth made him dizzy. Probably that night he understood the complexities of the philosophical truths, in a very simple way. Maybe he found the presence of god with him, around him. Realized that "creators and creations cannot stay together." The funny thing is we know these quotes and surely he never knew them. Probably he realized it that night and had no intention to preach things and leave behind perhaps another religious order. Maybe that's why he went away with the night, the stars, the moon. Maybe those closed eyes that night saw too much that they refused to open anymore.


[picture @ advertisement on the bridge]