"And this to you is not beautiful", said Asha pointing at the picture and looking at Aakash .
"Well I mean its a building at the end of a day, and if I can be a little more crude, its a tomb for god's sake", said aakash shrugging his shoulders.
"So , that's it , its just a tomb , nothing more, you are so emotion impaired! ,seriously." Asha looked up and as though speaking to god "This is what I have married, really?" she turned back to Aakash "Well you know what, I think its beautiful, godly. It mesmerizes me, It makes me believe that love can indeed be eternal.And I am sorry you don't feel that way"
"Well okay , so what , i mean what is really the big deal,Its white, its huge and its symbolizes a man crying out loud rather screaming out loud to the rest of the world about his love for his wife.I find it almost choking. I mean whats wrong with just a flower, why should the whole world know how much I love you" retorted Aakash.
"Oh yeah, here comes the logic and the thoughts. Why cant you just let go of yourself sometimes and just let you heart fill you with emotions. Why do question every emotion, every feeling that you have? Okay ,yeah the guy screams out loud but so what , that's his way. Whats so wrong about that anyways?"
"Well lets just say the way i look at it why would he want to quantify his feelings that way. Its like hey i love you so much and i will show it by building a great big tomb. Why does anything so material appeal to you people so much. I mean why does a huge solitaire ring mean "i love you more" than a gold ring. Is it not the emotion behind it that counts ?"
"Wait a minute, did you say emotion. Oh my god, so you do know the existence of the word" replied Asha with that sly smile that she generally has when she is trying to avoid a fight by introducing a little sarcasm and making the entire situation a little less tense.
"Very funny Asha, where is my answer by the way, come on don't shy away , accept it, you guys are materialistic" said Aakash smiling "And you expect all your hubbies to be Shah Jahan well FYI, A, we don't have that kind of money and B come on woman if i had so much you think i will waste it on a tomb!!!!"
"Ahh , there are certain things which we will never agree on.And please save your women-are-materialistic-speech. Cause if we were we would all be waiting for the tatas and birlas to get married.And FYI ever heard of women taking dowry to get married, look who's talking about materialism. " continued Asha
"Sir this is the place, from here on the car is not allowed, you need to walk " the driver said halting the car and hence cutting short their argument.
"Oh all right then, we will get down here, we should be back in an hour " said Aakash to the driver.
"Or, two" said Asha immediately.
They walked in silence.They were not fighting , it was just a difference of thought and they had thousands such. They were just mulling over what each of them had said.The 5 minute path had finally led them to entrance of the TAJ.
The moment they had the first glimpse of it, they froze, both of them did. Time seemed to have frozen. The world around them had stopped. They were just there , fastened to the ground below them, prevented from moving by a beauty so captivating that words escaped them both.
Tomb or no tomb it exuberated a beauty so pure and so innocent that Aakash was spellbound.Asha was right, it did symbolize eternity,it did symbolize purity. It was a tomb but then it evoked such positive and a happy feeling in him. How ironical was that? He felt as though all his senses were temporarily disabled.The only thing he realized was how much he treasured Asha and what they had.
At the same moment Asha realised what Aakash had said all along, it was not the monument that brought out all those emotions in her, but it was the thought, it was the thought of a man to build something as beautiful and as timeless as this one. Aakash was right ,a rose would have been just fine too . Because it would then be a rose from him,Aakash, not just a rose.What they had did not need a quantification. It need not be expressed out loud. She just knew it and that was enough. Enough for an entire eternity.
After 3 hours of just staring at TAJ ,Asha and Aakash were sitting at one of the benches overlooking TAJ and were just looking at it in silence. The silence really brought them closer.It whispered the importance of what they had to one another.
""And this to you is not beautiful" said Asha looking at AAkash.
"WEll u know , its like..." began Aakash
"Oh , forget it ...I am sorry i asked" said Asha sounding a little worn down.
"It is beautiful, but it does not stand a chance before YOU " said Aakash stroking her face and moving the single strand of hair that fell over her cheek.
"So where is my TAJ then jahapanah",asked Asha with a smile that made him go bonkers.
"Correction dear, You are my TAJ"
P.S :On the TAJ MAHAL being chosen as one of the new seven wonders. No picture can make justice to to TAJ. Its a sight to cherish. My first few moments were just spent being spell bound.
"Well I mean its a building at the end of a day, and if I can be a little more crude, its a tomb for god's sake", said aakash shrugging his shoulders.
"So , that's it , its just a tomb , nothing more, you are so emotion impaired! ,seriously." Asha looked up and as though speaking to god "This is what I have married, really?" she turned back to Aakash "Well you know what, I think its beautiful, godly. It mesmerizes me, It makes me believe that love can indeed be eternal.And I am sorry you don't feel that way"
"Well okay , so what , i mean what is really the big deal,Its white, its huge and its symbolizes a man crying out loud rather screaming out loud to the rest of the world about his love for his wife.I find it almost choking. I mean whats wrong with just a flower, why should the whole world know how much I love you" retorted Aakash.
"Oh yeah, here comes the logic and the thoughts. Why cant you just let go of yourself sometimes and just let you heart fill you with emotions. Why do question every emotion, every feeling that you have? Okay ,yeah the guy screams out loud but so what , that's his way. Whats so wrong about that anyways?"
"Well lets just say the way i look at it why would he want to quantify his feelings that way. Its like hey i love you so much and i will show it by building a great big tomb. Why does anything so material appeal to you people so much. I mean why does a huge solitaire ring mean "i love you more" than a gold ring. Is it not the emotion behind it that counts ?"
"Wait a minute, did you say emotion. Oh my god, so you do know the existence of the word" replied Asha with that sly smile that she generally has when she is trying to avoid a fight by introducing a little sarcasm and making the entire situation a little less tense.
"Very funny Asha, where is my answer by the way, come on don't shy away , accept it, you guys are materialistic" said Aakash smiling "And you expect all your hubbies to be Shah Jahan well FYI, A, we don't have that kind of money and B come on woman if i had so much you think i will waste it on a tomb!!!!"
"Ahh , there are certain things which we will never agree on.And please save your women-are-materialistic-speech. Cause if we were we would all be waiting for the tatas and birlas to get married.And FYI ever heard of women taking dowry to get married, look who's talking about materialism. " continued Asha
"Sir this is the place, from here on the car is not allowed, you need to walk " the driver said halting the car and hence cutting short their argument.
"Oh all right then, we will get down here, we should be back in an hour " said Aakash to the driver.
"Or, two" said Asha immediately.
They walked in silence.They were not fighting , it was just a difference of thought and they had thousands such. They were just mulling over what each of them had said.The 5 minute path had finally led them to entrance of the TAJ.
The moment they had the first glimpse of it, they froze, both of them did. Time seemed to have frozen. The world around them had stopped. They were just there , fastened to the ground below them, prevented from moving by a beauty so captivating that words escaped them both.
Tomb or no tomb it exuberated a beauty so pure and so innocent that Aakash was spellbound.Asha was right, it did symbolize eternity,it did symbolize purity. It was a tomb but then it evoked such positive and a happy feeling in him. How ironical was that? He felt as though all his senses were temporarily disabled.The only thing he realized was how much he treasured Asha and what they had.
At the same moment Asha realised what Aakash had said all along, it was not the monument that brought out all those emotions in her, but it was the thought, it was the thought of a man to build something as beautiful and as timeless as this one. Aakash was right ,a rose would have been just fine too . Because it would then be a rose from him,Aakash, not just a rose.What they had did not need a quantification. It need not be expressed out loud. She just knew it and that was enough. Enough for an entire eternity.
After 3 hours of just staring at TAJ ,Asha and Aakash were sitting at one of the benches overlooking TAJ and were just looking at it in silence. The silence really brought them closer.It whispered the importance of what they had to one another.
""And this to you is not beautiful" said Asha looking at AAkash.
"WEll u know , its like..." began Aakash
"Oh , forget it ...I am sorry i asked" said Asha sounding a little worn down.
"It is beautiful, but it does not stand a chance before YOU " said Aakash stroking her face and moving the single strand of hair that fell over her cheek.
"So where is my TAJ then jahapanah",asked Asha with a smile that made him go bonkers.
"Correction dear, You are my TAJ"
P.S :On the TAJ MAHAL being chosen as one of the new seven wonders. No picture can make justice to to TAJ. Its a sight to cherish. My first few moments were just spent being spell bound.
14 comments:
Absolutely fantastic!!!!!!
It was an amazing love story with the most enviable spot chosen as a backdrop. The banter between them was so natural and easy.
"Correction dear, You are my TAJ"
I love posts ending with punchlines...and gotta admit...that was an absolute master stroke.
The way U garlanded the whole post with ur words...I guess Mr Shahjahan would have been happy enough to walk out of his grave and thank you for eternity. :-)
what can i say????painted such a beautiful scene right before my eye first thing in the morning! :-)
Its so true that guys do look into the logistics involved in every emotion....very difficult for them to take things as they come. some things cannot be explained, it can only be experienced.... tomb or monument taj stands truly for "love"
beautifully dealt with yet again!
love story.. its a love story abt the taj... its a love story about the taj built by a man to make his love for his wife timeless..
romantic line - "you are my taj".. I will remember this.. might wanna use this sometime in my life..
good story.. creative.. might be a little too cheesy for me.. but I am sure the ladies are gonna love it..
very nively written....the part i likes most was when both of them agreed to the other's point of view, silently...it reminded me of one story where the husband sells his watch to get something for his wife's hair, who actually would have cut and sold it off to the wig maker to get him a platinum strap...
samma feelie ;-)....keep such posts comin...
P.S: i still cant relate a huge white tomb(monument) to "love"...
A.W.E.S.O.M.E does not do justification to this post :).. really really well written. To be brutally honest, even after I saw Taj I had the same expression as Aakash did before he saw the taj. "Well I mean its a building at the end of a day, and if I can be a little more crude, its a tomb for god's sake", said aakash”.. exactly my thoughts :). Ok before u go red … that was some ten years back. So after reading this post I am doubly sure I was wrong. Definitely. The masterpiece in this blog was the very way u slowly and very fluently moved from raising the Shahjahan’s beauty to Aakash’s beauty. That was superb buddy. Really tough to do that.
"Oh yeah, here comes the logic and the thoughts.Why do question every emotion, every feeling that you have? Okay ,yeah the guy screams out loud but so what , that's his way. Whats so wrong about that anyways?"… lol… very very true.. but I guess that just something wrong with half of us.. we try reasoning out and making judgements
Hey I loved that sentence where she avoided a fight with a little sarcasm.. ha ha… that does help eh? :).. Always have sarcasm and stop the fight that should be the motto :). And Nivi certain lines were just too moving .For instance asha’s realization “ It need not be expressed out loud. She just knew it and that was enough. Enough for an entire eternity.” Simply too good. And more importantly definitely the last line. WHAT A WAY TO END THE POST !!!!!!
Dude by far you easily earn the award for the best title , the best finishing and without doubt the best posts :)
Nice one there nivi!
Brilliant!
Well,,, from where shud i start my comment..d TAJ, or d way u showed d intimacy between Aakash n Asha or abt d pride of Indian culture ..u know wat... ur jus going places with posts like these. First up, James Cameron wanted to show the world what TITANIC was all about, he jus cant direct a film about a huge ship, so the characters Rose n Jack came into picture. And over here, Nivi wanted to write abt the TAJ and so did Asha n Aakash came in ;-) ;-)
a post after such a long time... u chose to write abt d TAJ and as always an IMMACULATE title.Well,,u know,, i have never read somethng like tis, never experienced tat a writer can portray the intimacy between d couple n such a BIG way. And when i say tat,,,since d relationshp s very indian... its sooo close to all of us and d lines where u try to come up like....its not a fight,,,,it was jus a differnce of opinion wich they love to argue about.... really BRILLIANT gal.
"It is beautiful, but it does not stand a chance before YOU " said Aakash stroking her face and moving the single strand of hair that fell over her cheek. Loved it more than "You are my Taj" line..... i just enjoyed reading tat line again n again. I really DID ;-)
p.s 1: as soon as i saw d taj pic....(TAJ=LOVE),, i thot tat tis was the complete romantic post wich PD was pestering u for ..... well i dont knw whether tis s d one or not... but am sure the latter part of the post jus sealed me totally. If tis one isnt the all romantic post... even then tis has all the qualifications to be nominated n tat cadre ;-) @ d end of d day ..u jus showed tat aakash n asha made up a Gr8888888 pair. A LoVeLyyyyy POST niviiiiii.
and tat titanic--taj waz jus 4 d fun part buddy ;-)
Brilliant!! Enjoyed d differences in their thoughts abt love n TAJ n d way u had framed it..
The end "Correction dear, You are my TAJ" was like right on d nose.Too good!!
Keep em coming!!
I love LOVE. Right. But y should a cemetery teach me what it is all about? Agreed it is a beautiful building, as in the shape and structure, but I for one have never been able to understand the so called 'emotion' behind it. There doesn't seem to be any reason for it.(P.S:I did vote for TAJ.)
@Bargavi
Welcome to my blog!
I can assure its not just a building and you just dont fall in love with the angles and corners. The structure has a mystic quality about it. It mesmarizes u .Cemetary or not, its the thought.I guess once u are done being enthralled looking at it( which to me was like never :)), u are blown away thinking someone actually did this for someone else.
Infact it is the structure that keeps me hooked to it, regarding it being built by someone for someone else, aint that true?? And what about cutting the thumbs of the architects of the mausoleum?? It sounds barbaric to me.
P.S:BHARGAVI Iam! H for Harry Potter! ;)
pretty well structured... naan unna yennavonnu nenachaen!
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