Crescents of Moon

We were walking down our usual lane after dinner, when one of my friends looked up and exclaimed,'The moon looks good tonight,sahi hai boss!'. I looked up, and indeed it was very beautiful. I smiled as those memories flowed past my mind. Images like these have the power to stir up memories and I am certainly not in shortage of sweet memories :)

28th Dec,2006
We were on the terrace of the Birla Temple, and the atmosphere was exhilarating. All of us seemed to be cleansed of all the eerie-weerie things we had inside us...and were consumed in what I call 'blissful silence'.
Then that conversation had followed. Right from the bottom of her heart, I knew. The three of us now stood in awkward silence.I was happy for her.She looked blessed, while he remained Mr. Calm, as always. My dada. The only person I cared for in my class, then.
Taking up my role as the mediator, I looked up, and said,'Isn't that waxing crescent?'
They both looked up. By her expression, I could guess she had no idea what it meant.We exchanged glances.
He nodded..
'Hmm'...
He donned his intellectual avatar, and continued,
'But didi, I guess that's the waning crescent'.

And we,like two great astronomers of the century, tried to view the moon in all possible ways. (stupid, I know)
I bit my lips and nodded in reply,
'Hmm...'

Silence.

She was looking at the two of us. Then she looked up.
'By the way, I don't know the difference between waxing and waning cresecents', I heard him say.
I gave him the 'poor-you' look, and replied,somewhat sheepishly,
'Neither do I'

And we laughed. And things were good again

I still don't know the difference between waxing and waning. Not that I care :)
Some things are best left unsaid, unknown.
The hyderabad camp was one of the best things ever happened in my life. And I cherish every moment of it.

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