- You miss the bus
Have you ever rushed in the last few minutes to catch a bus? A daily activity for the author since time immemorial, I noticed a woman having the run of her life for nearly 4 minutes to finally catch the bus. She was all smiles and her happiness was comparable to winning the Olympic gold for a 400 m dash. Then there is the other set of people, which finds great pleasure in being seated in the bus for a boring 10-15 min, before the actual departure time. This can be extended to trains and airplanes. It merits mention that the author doesn't discriminate between any of the forms of public transport.
- Hairstyles
I happened to glance at the hairstyles of 20 people around me in one of the bus rides. I was surprised to find that no two ones were similar. Both men and women, sport a totally unique hairstyle that adds to their personal recognition, charm, appeal or whatever. This reminds me of the temple at Belur, Karnataka, India where 2000+ hairstyles are vividly sculpted as one of the greatest memorial to the beauty in women. Not to forget the string of jasmine flowers on the long braids of Indian women.
- Victoria's Secret
While I am at it, let me write about this too. There happens to be a Victoria's Secret "show"room in the Mall of America, supposedly the biggest mall in the US. Fat ladies eye the models on display with 100% admiration, mostly bordering on envy though. Then, there are these young 17+ couples, so excited for obvious reasons. One universal phenomenon, is the unbounded lust in the men, of all ages and all types. How the same concept of a lingerie showroom, can evoke different moods and reactions in people, is astounding.
- Feminine colors
Then, there is the choice of certain colors of clothing and accessories that could be called "cute", using the girlish expression. Cyan, pink, lemon yellow, light orange, you name it. I happened to watch a family of four, with the dad sporting a different color, clearly outnumbered by the female species of his family that was proudly endorsing pink. And barring Govinda, an Indian "actor", any guy sporting colors such as these would be branded gay. What makes these colors so feminine?
- Sadness and grief
How does it feel to look at a stranger'e eye, and find that person totally lost in prolonged spells of sadness and pain? I happened to see a lady staring outside the window on the train, and I sensed her sadness and grief. She didn't notice me. All of us have those spells of sadness, suffering and pain. The unavoidable embraces all of us, at different points of time in our lives. But then, we are all veritably alone. Can anyone share our pain? No, right?
4 comments:
Very very well written... ranga, keep it up.
well...next time, when you see a lady...who is sooo sad enough for you to notice, try to talk to her. if you help them, they might attribute it to god...if they repel you, you got nothing to lose...except learning. ;)
People watching is definitely the single most interesting activity! :-)
Victoria's Secrets sells more catalogues for sure! ;-)
I would love to visit this place, Belur. This is indeed such an interesting piece of info. I hadn't known about it.
Now why do those colours go as feminine? I suppose bright colours are considered alluring by women. Women prefer such shades in order to appear more appealing (or so research says). If you notice, dark shades or plain whites are worn during mourning. Wonder why? I think its a matter of one of the facets in the mating game. Observe what women wear in various phases of their lives and you will have an idea of what they are thinking/feeling etc.
Abhi: Thanks for the comments.
Maharaj: :)
Eroteme: Welcome, back! Interesting comments on feminine colors.
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