Sunday, December 12, 2010

A Girl...


A 20 year old girl staring at the aquarium without any movement, even in her eye lashes.. it was in a 24hrs emergency hospital reception (lobby).. aquarium is 10*10 feet long located at the centre of the ground floor built with bricks having glasses on all four sides.. there is a open stair case just behind the aquarium.. a boy saw this girl staring at the fish tank while he was getting discharged.. he has to wait in the reception as they need to close the discharge formalities.. he was stunned to see this girl standing like a statue for more than 15 mins.. she was in the same posture even when he moved out of the hospital.. she was thin and fair wearing white + yellow salwar.. it seemed no one else in the hospital took interest in noticing that girl as they are busy with their own work.. in between this boy pinged his mom to see that girl.. after seeing his mom just commented with a smile that she looks like a statue.. but he couldn't take that lightly might be because the way she was staring at the aquarium.. she doesn't seem to enjoy the scenery, instead she looked like thinking about something else.. what was running in her mind?, what she is thinking about? thats what this boy was trying to understand.. she was definitely not enjoying the scenery of the fish tank as there was no sign of happiness in her face.. was she thinking about her friend / relative who was under critical condition in the hospital.. was she praying for that person.. might be.. but not sure.. this scene of 'girl staring the fish tank standing like a statue' became like a snap/picture to this boy.. something similar to the above one.. he could see that pic anytime.. even in dream and strikes him like anything.. its not because he was impressed by the appearance of the girl, its because he was curious to know / understand what was running on her mind during that time, what made her to stand like that... there was even some sleepless nights for him.. three days after when he went to the hospital again for changing the dressing on the stitches, he found time to stand in the same place where that girl was standing while his dad was getting medicine from pharmacy.. he was not able to admire the beauty of the aquarium.. instead he could only think about that girl.. he stood there for 10 mins, to see if he could realize whats going on that girls mind.. bhagawat gita, kuraan and bible were placed in front of that aquarium, seeing that he thought this might be a place for peace and the girl should have stood there for the same, but again he started thinking for what reason that girl was seeking for peace.. he stood there atleast for couple of mins once in three days when he went to the hospital for changing the dressing, he dint see that girl on any of those days.. he wanted to ask someone about that girl and the reason why she came to that hospital but he don't know whom to ask and how to ask.. so his thoughts and dreams about that girl never came to an end.

becos he had no clue whether the girl left the hospital happily or not, did her prayer / wishes came true ?