On Destiny!

On destiny

Me, My Guru

10 o’clock. Yes, it was just 10 o’ clock and yet the heat was unbearable. We all were sweating profusely. The only sound heard was ‘oohs’ and ‘shshsh’ that everyone was making because of temperature and sweating. And to add to our woes was this wonderful power cut. All our attention was centered on the discomfort that we were experiencing and so didn’t notice ‘her’ come and sit in her place. She closed her eyes and went into meditation the moment she sat down. God! How could she? We wondered if she was not sharing the same space as us.

She opened her eyes after say 1/2an hour or so. We were fanning ourselves with papers, kerchiefs and what ever we laid our hands on with. She was calm. She was her usual self!

“So, shall we start?” she asked innocently.

“How can you start now? Let’s wait for power” suggested someone.

“Why, what’s the problem?” she asked as if it wasn’t obvious.

“Oh, this power cut and to add to our woes this high temp”

“It’s all because of business houses. They out of greed have felled our forests and we today are paying price for their greed”

“Well said but don’t forget the politicians. They are the main culprits always filling their coffers”

“True. True. These European countries with their emissions have created hold in ozone layer and see the effect of their industrialization and growth”

Each one was giving vent to his anger and expressing it in his way. They blamed the entire parties involved one after the other. The voices raised and blended into one another. When everyone’s accusations, complaints, pent-up anger stopped ‘she’ simply asked “and what are you doing about it?”

…contd…..