it wasnt love at first sight.... it wasnt infatuation either... it was intricate and complex... it intrigued me ..... i was attracted yet had no idea why... it wasnt beautiful at first as they say... yet he kept me engrossed and confused until i unraveled every little web he had woven ... the first touch was magical... it transported me to a whole new world... i felt like alice in wonderland... i looked around .. everything amazed me .. yet i could make very little of what i saw... the dynamics of this new world confused me... i came out of the hole to the comfort of my old world... but the sensation of that first magical touch remained with me... i once again entered the hole .. and with my whole being outstretched.. i let myself fall... i landed with a thud on the hard ground.. ouchh .. i was hurt.. but i was determined .. i looked around and took this path which was like a roller coaster.. every time i tried to tread carefully and walk straight, the path played tricks on me and catapulted me to a totally different place... i was tired and lost and longed to return to the certainty of my old world... i returned ... never to return again... but ever since i returned i was rearing to go.. i wanted to fight this monster.... strange since this had started with the sweetest feeling ... the most tender touch .. well this time i went all out ... i looked into the hole... it was dark and seemed abysmal... i let myself fall... fall as freely as i could.. i refused to acknowledge the presence of the ground under ... i landed in his arms (cheesy, i know) .. he showed me around... the roller coaster ride became a walk along the beach where we looked beyond the horizon seeking the difference (perhaps the similarity) between the sea and its mirror image ... the sky ... i was in love.. its been an year and i have seen it in everything around me ... the hole has simply ceased to exist and both my worlds have become one ...
its been an year since i read The Shadow Lines and its been an year since I fell in love with Amitav Ghosh ..
