HIDDEN HAPPINESS....

I remember the day when my sole happiness was taken away from me. Not by my parents, not by anyone else, but by mere fate. Let me recall the incident for you.

        It was the middle of the day of a summer week. Moisture ran it's chariot through the  gates of wind and sweat led its way down the necks. I was a content child at the mere age of five. The only worries of my life at that time was what I will get for my birthday which was only ten days after. I had a cute little puppy; of the breed Labrador. He was glittery black, the same as the colour of my eyes. He was the reason of my happiness. I named him 'Buddy'. Leaving the fact that I was the smallest one in the family and I was pampered a lot, that small piece of a living being gave me infinite pleasure. But who knew that happiness doesnt stay in your life for a long time...….

     Buddy was roaming outside, in the lawn while I was inside, taking a baby nap. I was, in short, unconscious and in my own world of dream or probably recalling the movie of 'Princess and the Pauper.

'BUDDY'

         Now everything happened so fast. I woke up and entered the nightmare called 'reality'. Everyone was there. The whole family. I never wondered what happened. Certainly, I didn't have that much of a sense. But I realised one thing- something was off. I never bothered to ask anyone. I just went to the lawn to get my pup and start playing with it. My mind got disturbed when I didn't find it in the lawn. Not in the bedroom, not under the dinning table, not anywhere in the house. I was going nuts; roaming in the whole house like a cub trying to find his mouse. Finally, I asked the where-is-the-thing expert of the family - my mom.

"Where's buddy?" I asked in a tone which made her expression sorrowful.

I didn't have the expression reading quality but I could say that it was bad news.

"He was stolen by someone, sweetie." As soon as she broke down the news to me, I was a small lump of flesh, crying at the corner of the room. I asked her a thousand questions which are still a mystery now. Perhaps all were shattered by it. I never forgot him. I never will.

It is fascinating isn't it? How something so small can lead to such a big space in our hearts. I did ask my parents for a dog again. But all I got was 'Nah, too much of a responsibility.' or 'Hmm, maybe we'll think about that." I did loose hope. But I promised myself to become someone in life and treat myself with a dog. Maybe most of us have that type of situations. And maybe most of us have the fortune to have that type of happiness.

What I have seen is that people tend to ignore their dogs or pets mostly. That is because it is normal human nature to NOT value what you have and crave for the ones you don't. That's why we tend to find our happiness in animals. They are not greedy, non-trustworthy and delusional. They are the perfect companions, perfect secret keepers and give unconditional love. What else do you need?

And still we are running after materialistic happiness- technology. We are neglecting the emotions and feelings and running for an unhealthy society. I see a grey society in the future. Full of blur UV rays and air screens and flying cars. But unfortunately, there won't be smiles of the faces of humans and that is not a just a mere prediction. That is the bitter fact which lies above us...….

                                         The Variable 'X'

From childhood, we used to see Professor X of the X-MEN saving the day with the assistance of his mutant students. When there came the civil wars or even a mutant-human war. Every time the mind controlling supernatural mind, saved the day. Even if we didn't realise it, that X entered our life, we kept on underestimating the variable...

Now, we know that teenage and X are directly relative terms. We solved hundreds of equations and made thousands of formulae and expressions. But still each time the answer is different. We used all the possible methods, but still, the value of the damn X remains variable.

This X is like millions of people in the world who do not know the actuality of their destiny. They wander, make equations and solve them. But then, again, they come around and they come upon the conclusion of absolute nothingness. Why does it happen? Why can't X have a certain value and life it's life independently, not harnessing the poor souls? This might be the question rising in your mind.

But people can be related to this mysterious being. As X changes its values, people change their colours. And thus, because of the greed of more satisfying answers, this equation of life again...FAILS.

- A.N.D