Today was one of those rare days when I was able to reach a prospective (not for long I hope) client's office well ahead of the scheduled time - my meeting was supposed to commence at noon and my colleague and I reached there almost 30 minutes ahead of time. Tough luck, because, another colleague was on his way from another place and so, we were constrained to wait a while :(
Took time out to have a so-called SIFC (South Indian Filter Coffee, for the uninitiated) - at a so-called Udupi restaurant. Bad, over-priced, lousy coffee the kind that one usually gets at a Cafe Coffee Day or a Barista (so go ahead, sue me!)... anyway, after that coffee we came in to the lobby of this building. The ground floor was in shambles, one table and several chairs helter-skelter and loads of "stuff" lying all around.... and bags, hessian cloth as well as polythene bags, containing colour powder lots of it. Messy. On the ground faint outlines of circles arranged in a floral pattern.
Two people - a lady and a man - standing, surveying this mess. My colleague and I wondering whether to go up or to stand here and wait..... just then the lady took some purple colour powder in her hand and commenced to draw a "rangoli". A magical transformation as, before my eyes, an image began to take shape. Diwali, coming to life right in front of me. The sheer felicity of her fingers as she drew, free - hand, shapes with a fluidity that spoke of her talent.
Many times I have seen "rangoli" creations, the FINISHED product. Many, may years ago when I was a little child I remember seeing my neighbour drawing "kolam" (that's Tamil, by the way) figures but was too little to appreciate this.
Today, as I stood and watched, mesmerised at the beauty of the creation taking shape before me I realised - sometimes, the work in progress is more beautiful than the finished goods!!
Happy Diwali to all of you.
Sats
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