Tuesday, February 22, 2011

That stranger we meet.

Some people call it dangerous, some call it a waste of time, some people call it fate, some people call it co-incidence. Haven't we all heard that about meeting strangers?
A child is taught among the first few rules of his life that just started, to never talk to a stranger, to never eat the candy he gives, to never give out your world to someone who seems strangely curious about your being.. Haven't we all been too cautious? Cause no matter how old we grow, that conscience of ours takes us back to being the same 10 year old who sees his mommy's face when a stranger smiles at him.

But perhaps after a couple of encounters, I've been intrigued to think that maybe we've been missing out on a tiny niche on a wall by closing in a nutshell every time an alien face meets ours.
All these encounters haven't been pleasant, no. But most have been.. I've somehow always been amused to deduce things. The mystery behind every character that passes by is something I like to reach the conclusion of. It's a silent hobby, and I like it that way.

When I think about it, a couple of strangers that I've met over the years are today, few of my closest friends. And some thing that I pride myself even more with, is that few strangers remain strangers even today, and yet changed my vision about a destiny I was so sure of.
They still remain anonymous, they still remain from a land I don't know of, and they still remain in my memories of strange but beautiful knowledge.
A knowledge that a printed book or Google can never impart :)

Cause somewhere, that stranger we meet moves us just enough to realize that every face on this Earth is a stranger in the beginning to the other, and that we are just another face among those billions, who've woven friendship, love, hate, and all other relations with people who were strangers on the first day, too.

I'm not saying every face in the crowd is going to be a part of our life's mosaic, I'm not saying it's going to make your life beautiful or ugly..
All I'm saying is, we all meet that one stranger and it's never too bad to hear them out and just maybe find another story that speaks along with yours, or a story that you'd like to echo somewhere in your atlas of experiences :)

And that's why I say;  "It never is a cake walk, Judie. You just gotta hope you hang in to the icing"



-Nil.

38 comments:

  1. Some strangers just come in for a special reason, and when its gone, they fade away too, some leave only sweet imprints, yet others, bitter sweet. :)
    Yet, some come and just stay, like they were meant to be.
    Nice read.

    :)
    Blasphemous Aesthete

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  2. Good likhecho bondhu or should I say stranger ? !!! :-)
    Liked it and agree with you ...... some strangers turn out to be the best of friends.

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  3. agree totally. its the only way that i can make sense of feeling a connect with fellow bloggers, so many of whom i have built a "strange" virtual friendship with..

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  4. @Blasphemous: Exactly as your words said.. I agree :-)
    And thank you!


    @Priyanka: Nobody, it's just a line I came up with!

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  5. @Didi: haha thanks so much didi! and thanks for the correction, am on it!
    much loveeeee!


    @hAAThi: I know right! Blogger is perhaps one of the best examples for this post :-)

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  6. A very nice read. I fully endorse your views.
    We must move away from the hand brakes - that have been put in our minds - that are our hurdles for an open mind.
    Most encounters with strangers are pleasant and leave good experiences and memories. In fact the ones that are otherwise - our 'genie' within does manage to caution us on those.
    As a matter of record - I met my wife in a chance meeting in a train, we got married in about 4 years after the first meeting. You can read about that in my blogposts at http://tnagpal.blogspot.com/ in 3 posts under the head of "Episode"

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  7. @PinkPatiyalaSis: haina! :)

    @Triloki: Thrilled to hear about your story! wow must have been a milestone :-)
    will be sure to read it.
    Hope you visit again!
    :-)

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  8. everyone is a straneger till you dont know them ..

    once you know them they r no more strangers :)


    Bikram's

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  9. Especially so true in this blog world.. when you just randomly come across a blog or a post that reflects your state of mind, or makes you feel nostalgic..

    Makes complete sense! :)

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  10. gotfor (as my 5 year old says) to mention, like the picture too.

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  11. Oh.Em.Effin'Geeee.
    IT WAS HEAVEN TALKIN' TO YOU AFTER SOO FRIGGIN' LONG OMGG OMG OMG AND I FEEL SO EFFING BAACCKKK!

    Ily SOOOOOOO MUCH MUCH MUCHHHH OMTG =*

    AND. the post as always slaughtered all of us always cherrrrryyy. Omg this was beautiful like how do you do snaz like that?!
    =O

    COME OL I MISS YOU ALREADY.
    =*******

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  12. and OMG the pictureeeeeeeee is just ommggggggg.
    cherr, come ol =(

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  13. @Bikram: Yeap.. yeap.. absolutely.. :-)


    @S: Exactly! Bloggerville is thee best example to this ever.
    haha thanks!
    cheers :D

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  14. @didi: Thank you! My friend and I had gone diary shopping for her.. so I clicked this photograph and edited it to maintain some anonymity :-)


    @Mrill: Am online as ever! gmail baby!
    and aww thanks my love :*

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  15. I CAN'T SEE YOUR SCREEN NAME AT ALL


    DJDJUIDHOIWJDM#IX SMZQOJS(@US(E@U!!!!!!!!

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  16. Mary, this better be a dream.



    @Cherr: NO I CAN'T.

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  17. Oh god, this is happening after sucha long time! feels like ages :P :O

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  18. right, i know right cherr! i haven't killed her brain cells enough in such an era!

    oh wait, they're been murdered by GUCCI already =)

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  19. ROHAAN STOP OVER LAPPING MY COMMENTS.

    AND not here, you two. We spoke about this! Gtalk!

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  20. Just so you know babyshitface brother, GUCCI happens to look much better than your striped uniform of Nerd Kingdom =)

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  21. Aww that's such a bulldozer of a come back from my lil barbie, awwww i think i'm gonna cry =')

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  22. No it's not! get off my page and come on chat.

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  23. OKAY YOU BOTH. OFF MY PAGE AND ON CHAT.

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  24. aww come on hey, insultin' her on a forum so grand's so much fun yo!
    please? so lets chat AND do this? =]

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  25. Very, very well written.
    I love the way you've ended it. That last line makes me realize that nothing was ever meant to be a cake walk. As a matter of fact, the only thing we all hoped, was that we could cope with things.

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  26. Thanks my love :)

    Yeap, nothing is a cake walk.. but maybe the icing's tastier ;)

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  27. your post triggered my next blog post kiddo.. :) http://rovingthroughlife.blogspot.com/2011/02/strange-thoughts.html

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