He sat there on as trains rushed by. On the platform of a busy Jamshedpur station. His craft at his feet. His rustic look keeping him company long after the train had left!
He stared a vacant stare. He didn’t speak much as my eyes met his.
As I looked at what he had to sell, crafted stone, I realised he spoke more with his hands.
(at Tatanagar)
They come in all shapes and sizes. Boxes.
Some going far. Some just next door. They all sit shoulder to shoulder as the postmen gather and sort them at a train station. Perhaps with little idea of what’s in them.
The boxes themselves sit pretty. They have their own story to tell. A former Indian Prime Minister wrote a poem titles “Envelope” which went something like this
“The letter inside is yours
The address on the cover is his
Between the two of you
I get ripped open”
What’s inside us is far precious. When we keep ripping ourselves apart and let newer versions of us emerge, the address on the boxes keeps changing.
We see many new lands. We go places, as they say.
Rip yourself apart. Let the new you emerge from the boxes!
(at Jamshedpur, Jharkhand)
Poetry. You have just written a poem. It’s simple. All it takes is a piece of paper, a pen that barely writes and a flutter in the mind.
And a poem stares at you.
A few days later you come face to face with a giant factory. Where machines melt metal and products emerge. You talk to some energetic engineers and try going beneath their safety helmets.
You seek answers to several questions in your mind. How did they think up these things? How can brown pieces of metal and a melange of pipes excite the daily day’s arrival? What keeps light in the eyes glowing?
You survey the monstrosity of what they call ‘office’. The scale sends a shiver and creates a flutter.
The flutter brings a realisation : Engineering is poetry with a different name.
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