As times have passed by, I have cultivated a new habit of wandering
and watching colours and appreciating beauty (I know the different kinds of
beauty, that exists in the world, but I restrain myself to inanimate natural as
well as the artificial beauty).
During one of wanderings, I had an opportunity
to take my mother out to Delhi Haat and show her the lively place and in the
process delve myself into the amazing world of different shades prevalent at
this place. As I meandered, through the different set up shops of the ever
crowded Delhi haat, I had a few thoughts that flashed through my mind and so
this piece of literature originated in my cerebrum.
Life is full of colours and you need to see through it to feel the bliss – As I browsed through the stalls and the
shops, what made me contented was the vivacious colors displayed through the
different items, some hanging inside the shops, some outside. The colors inside
the shop would attract you to peep in and soothe your eyes; while the ones
outside ones would urge you to see through them, and realize that life is colorful
across all the ends with some shades of grey occasionally, testing your
patience and optimism.
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| A foreigner trying to bargain a good deal |
Is it a Noah’s Ark on earth? – As you walk across these distinct shops
inside the periphery of the “haat” you will sense that there multifarious
audience walking past you. They come in different shapes, shades and colors,
some haggling, cheerful, a few of them complaining and cursing the humid
weather. The place would urge you to ruminate, that whether the haat is a place,
where the different human species on the earth have been encapsulated at one
place. It would be as if it’s a Noah’s Ark stationed right at the heart of
Delhi.
Open your heart and mind – It is imperative,
that during the course of your visit you keep your heart and mind open. The
mind would enable you to peep in through the different layers existing in the
society, and their reaction, as well as response to their needs. You will learn
how individual diligently bargain to the astronomical figures quoted by the
shop keepers for their products and how others make a vulgar display of their
wealth. Your heart on the other hand, would sense the colors and would compel
you to appreciate the beauty around and encourage you to spread the optimism as
you walk past the shops.
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| Match your thought with the colour |
Colors to match your thoughts – Even amongst the colorful and the bright
atmosphere spread across the haat, there would be some colors which would
impact you to a great extent, some colors would be soothing, some would be
spirited, some would be enraging and some would be off course dull. Each colour
could be a metaphor for the life that you are living, the spirited colour would
make you feel rubicund, and the dull would sap your cheerful thoughts, the
mystique's ones would urge you to think about questions, which have gone
unanswered during the soliloquy that you carry out with yourself many a times.
Hangout and feel the difference – It’s a cool
place to hangout especially if you are wandering aficionado and one who
appreciates the dynamism and vivacity preserved in the in animate objects
created by humankind. Go there with an open mind and an open heart, who knows
you might feel as if you are in a Noah’s Ark as I felt during the course of my
visit.