A moment in time...

Chennai , 07th March, 2008
At a busy pedestrian crossing on the busy Mount road.
Scores of people stood watching the cars and busses drive fast on the busy road...watching and waiting for the traffic to ease; each busy in their own life, each going to an individual destination. Traffic and especially reckless drivers on these perenially busy roads worry me. Out of habit I placed myself in the middle of the waiting crowd :-) .

So many people and no words exchanged, not even a glance of acknowledging of each others presence. What mattered was just to reach the destination each one headed to.

Suddenly I noticed a diminuitive man next to me, checking out the space in front of him with a stick. I looked at him and knew instantly that he was blind. My hand reached out for the stranger's arm and urged him to walk along. My mind reasoned, he knows his way, why shud I? I counter question -why not! and shut out the thoughts and revelled in my natural instinctive behavior. My hand pressed his arm when I wanted him to stop. And urged again to walk on, till we crossed the road. As spontaneously it happened, so spontaneously we separated and went onwards to our destination.

The honking of the autos, the sounds of human activity were faint in the background .I cannot fully express what it was. As I walked on, alone, rolled down. It was joy, a moment was lifted out of time.