Oh to be alive

Most coffee-time or living-room conversations begin or end on a note of complete frivolity today, what lies in between is not even worth a mention. Rare are the places where one would bump into energetic youth discussing a point heatedly or even for that matter any adults doing the same. At the outset it may seem like the days of yore, when discussions revolved around a cause; a cause that may or may not be of direct consequence to the person endorsing or opposing it. Yet it would churn up a debate of sorts, fire the neurons, and even pump enough adrenalin. But a closer look reveals a strange malaise that is afflicting everyone, not sparing anyone: a malady of decadence in one form or the other. What seems to be spreading like an uncontrollable virus is the increasing breed of well-toned, well heeled, clinically manicured unisex humans, whose only calling is indulgence. Not for them is any talk of what led to them being a free thinking group of people, not for them issues that wo...

A hiatus, a sojourn does help one discern. There’s more to the world beyond, among the valleys and ferns. Verdant meadows beneath the stark blue firmament. The sounds of ravenous birds, fill the air with fulfillment. A rush of water through a crevice churns. A breath of freshness embedded in the foliage hidden around a turn. To be alive amongst these heavenly trails, is close to being a chosen one… ©Copyright Suverchala Kashyap