Back to India after a 9 hr flight from London. Its coming up to 3
AM, but the connect is a must, even though I have to report to my office
by 7 AM !!
The hemisphere as you fly through is relatively calm at 36,000 ft,
though deep down below the cover of heavy white clouds prevents the
vision of the land as it goes by. Until … you reach Iran overhead !
Suddenly the skies clear up and the white snow capped mountains north of
Tehran, majestic and high and almost at arms length draw your breath
away, because its sunset and the remaining glow of the setting sun
washes the tops of the mountains in a pink light ! Absolutely amazing !
And then before you can hardly not have enough of it, the golden moon
ahead in the sky breaks through a gentle mist of cloud in the distance
and the marvel of nature mesmerizes you.
Some of the brightest ideas emotions and thoughts come to you at
35,000 ft ! Did I say this before somewhere ? Anyway I say it again. And
even though most of them seem improbable, they do leave one thinking.
Also, is it the air that you smell up there, or the relative speed of
the cabin within, that pushes the body to greater emotion. I wonder.
Every thought process though, runs along with the beneficial background
score as it were, in your mind. And as the imagination runs wild so does
the emotional chord inside. You find your eyes getting moist, at the
silliest of thoughts. And its not a most welcome sight to present to an
efficient cabin hostess that comes along to check if we are
comfortable !
The cabin crew still request for that photo op in the galley and some
of them still ask for the odd autograph. Its reassuring to know that
they do. Somewhere they still believe that I am an World Class Personality. Thank God for
that! The profession
and its unique demands keeps one alive and ticking. I will be in front
of the seminar's tomorrow and the anticipation and the nerves today, of
getting it all right for tomorrow, will I am certain, diminish the very
limited sleeping that remains for me tonight.
And before I make a hasty end to this short missive …
Do I really come across as a manipulative, selfish and arrogant, self
centered, good for nothing beast, that would bring distress and
discomfort to individuals. Am I really in right terms a bad man ? For
there are some who single minded believe and think so !!
Aahhhh !! Just forget about it. Idle musings of happenings that should not happen.
My love and more as ever before and after ..
Harish Nayak
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