Over the years I did came to know that this is means to be
part of memorable moments. I remember, when I was eight year old , I used to
whine before dad every day in quest to get my own board , the carrom board.
After initial reluctance dad had relented thanks to my over-zealous-incessant-demands.
To my delight , later on , I did manage to get a custom made board as well.
Then it seemed some sort of dream , now i can’t stop smiling thinking about
those demands and wonder how dad used to handle that .Even though cricket has
been my favorite game , carrom did command considerable interest and it
manifested in multiple special moments.
While initial association was to take a break, best carrom-moments
were to follow during college days. In college, people had almost endless-time
to kill and carrom room was prominent place for doing this. Soon all kind of
players were to assemble around the board. Some novice , other beginners , some
with their peculiar but efficient style of playing . One interesting part i was
missing earlier , it’s not all about playing , it’s also about speaking while
playing. I was privileged to meet people who could actually make people around
them go ROFL. Jokes flowed , taunts and counter taunts were hilarious to say
the least. Some used innovative expletives to show their disgust and anger on
themselves and their team members , when
critical shots did not bring desired results. One friend applied probabilistic
style of playing ,while other friend took really long time to execute his trademark
shot which tested patience of souls present around the board. Not to forget the
controversies about rules and expert opinions. In short , almost all basic and necessary
ingredients of memorable moments were present in carrom-moments. Just to add
,it was heartening to see novice players become good players in due course.
Life is some sort of quest to add happy chapters and one can
easily find means , people and places to create those chapters. Now , as I look
back , its slightly difficult for me to comprehend and replicate the excitement
which was associated with carrom-moments. What I can easily do is remember those vibrant faces and
smile for few minutes without any reason. All good things must come to an end
with one-dimensional flow of time ; may be this is how life has been designed
or maybe there are many more chapters to add , equally good , if not better.
The quest must goes on :)
