E F F E C T S

A cool daybreak with soothing breeze,  a sudden shower with the peculiar smell of dirt and mud,  a blazing and warm sunlight in a cold winter,  a prevailing silence breached frequently by the tweets and chirps in a lonely terrace,  and a blue sky patched with snowy clouds of different sizes and shapes are enough to make my day....  And yes that prolonged protest at Shaheen Bagh by harmless but determined feminine,  that just rejuvenates me no bound and the levitating 24x7 apprehension just vanishes at least for some time.... And the larger peaceful crowd

A disposable tea cup carelessly hurled in the middle of work area,  a retort sandwiched with disrespect and battering,  the used and torn carry bags speckled in the road side grown Mysore Thorn shrubs in the highways,  a bench of dirty well fed snarling dogs in a deserted street,  the seated young spoiled brats ignoring a standing young pregnant woman  in a crowded bus are some who have the potential to devastate my day.... Yes.... They too... Yesterday's assault in JNU,  the going of Faiz's Hum Dekhenge to IIT  Kanpur for scrutiny and the fire in Australia.....

TK Rafeeq Ahmed, Vaniyambadi