Everlasting

He lifts her up in his arm and softly look into her eyes- “Where you keep going? I seem to lose you every now and then.”She smiles and says –“How can you lose me , when I am here with you?’.

He takes her in, lays her in the bed and caresses her face. The look on his face is contemplative, tender and his touch as if he is touching the most fragile porcelain in the world. He looks at every details of her face, touching her , holding her close as if never to let her go. He whispers –“I love you and will always”. She starts giggling and tries to run away. Her chatter disconcerts his thoughts. His love was deep and profound . Hers was ethereal and easy. She keeps chatting away until he says “you talk too much and kisses her to shut up”. That moment, time stood still to honor their love. “Promise me, you wont go away, promise me , you wont leave me?” – he asks. She looks soft and sad – “ I kept our promise. we took marriage vows to honor and love till death do us apart. I have gone beyond that to be with you, for my longing for you , knows no bound. I will exist as long as you exist. Till our souls drift into time, my love will always be for you, only you.” He closes his eye holding her close.
Next morning , he wakes up, looks at the photograph of his wife, smiling at him, love shining on her face, and puts on the wedding ring.
Its been a year since she died.Time to face another day.

The Game

Sometimes, I wonder if world would have been a better place if there were no religion. I wonder if Allah is any different than any God, whether sense of justice within him would be any different than us.
The match of India Pakistan reached unfathomable heights because of multiple dynamics of emotions between the two country. I read in a post - Allah will help Pakistan win . I wondered if Allah wont help Zaheer Khan or the Pathan brothers then !
Indians wanted vindication in this match. A few said , if not war , we would win this match. How I wonder those victims of Taj would get even this iota of peace by winning a match? I am not propagating war here but why have we kept Kasab alive? What did we do about 26/11?Or our memory is so feeble that we would want sweep that under the carpet and pretend nothing is wrong?
I used to be an idealist and prayed for peace between the two countries. Now I wonder if that will be ever the case. With enmity as high as these , one will kill the other in the long run.In the mean time, Pakistan is in chaos due to all civil wars within their communities. My heart goes out to the common people who faced the brunt.
Nothing is going to come out by campaigns. This issue has fallen into a vicious trap of religion, politics and emotions. Not sure within this lifetime, this will be sorted.
Till then, my prayers are with our brave soldiers in the border and their families who not know why lives of them are at stake. What farce is peace talks when fires are being shelled every now and then we losing our brothers in the border? They came , killed a few hundreds of us within the hub of our financial capital in the most prestigious hotel. Contrasted to this audacity , we are content that we won that match!