"Majboor hoon, isliye tum bahana banana band karo &.make up your mind. We don't have eternity at our disposal!"-the words kept on resounding in her mind. But she too was "majboor" in her own way. His compulsions are "majboori" and mine "bahana", she thought.
She continued to walk on by the seashore. The high tide was approaching. The waves left the sand very wet and soft. The sand got stuck between her toes as she was walking barefoot. As she stopped to wiggle her toes, her eyes fell on the row of twin footsteps that she had left behind on the "sands of time". The sight distracted her & also amused her. To some extent she was thrilled to see her undisturbed footsteps till as far as her eyes could see .yet she was very well aware that it needed only wind or water to wipe them away. How ironical she thought these were the two most important elements of nature that sustain life ! She waited for the waves to come and wipe away her footprints
At the far end were the still visible but somewhat blurred footsteps of a happy childhood ..a time when the only evils in the world were the "wicked witches" of the fairy tales who disappeared when the story book was shut and fairy godmothers seemed so comfortingly real and wounds never left any lasting impressions .why does growing-up has to be a process of losing the inherent sense of security one is born with? Why does knowledge bring with it a sense of fear? The guy who coined the phrase "ignorance is bliss" sure knew what he was talking about
She was comfortable with not having it all, but she did not have the courage to withstand any more emotional losses. if love was his majboori, fear was hers. They "understood" what the other wanted to say, but perhaps couldn't comprehend the meaning or the implications of each other’s thoughts .
The sound of a playful wave from the "sea of eternity" broke into her reverie she moved forward into the water to wash away the "sands of time" clinging to her feet as the wave receded, the feel of the sand slipping away from under her feet made he instinctively dig her toes into the sand . & wryly she thought that the very reason she was in the water was to wash the sand away from her feet!
The ringing of the cell phone brought her back into reality. Her "Hi" was answered by an impatient but concerned, "Where are you? " She replied with a giggle, "caught between the sea of eternity and the sands of time!"
#1 by sukhbeer2007
Very touching.Somewhere deep in my heart I can feel it. VERY NICE.
#2 by Manojkumar Nair
life goes on….despite all over majbooris and bahanas,,….
caught between the sea of eternity and the sands of time!..this phase is where we dont move anywhere…a nice post..
#3 by hina sharma
yes karthik is correct a very deep and thought provoking post, and i felt this is your new style of writing, is it so? ok whatever , but it’’s good for sure
#4 by snehal
what a beautiful script…!! very thoughtful story…….
#5 by Karthik - Dexter
Very Deep and thought provoking post Sarita, i could very well visualize the seashore, her footprints and her dilemma…
#6 by BABA SHERGiLL
ending of story is too gracious…. the waves of tide wipe away the soft footprint on sea shore but the hard footprint that was printed in heart was un wipe awayed……. so ,, lastly SAND OF TIME was disspeared….
#7 by TP KUMAR
a beautiful story…. thanks
#8 by TP KUMAR
a beautiful story…. thanks
#9 by TP KUMAR
a beautiful story…. thans
#10 by ranjit singh
quite gracious account……you have such a flare for writing ..your writing style justifies your name, ””Sarita””—””f”ree flowing and natural.””…best wishes friend….BTW i”m not getting any intimation of your posts now-a-days…….
#11 by Anonymous Poet
wonderful and a very theatrical post, felt as if i am watching this very thoughtful movie. you should seriously go for script writing buddy! keep this up…the depth of the post is greater than what one can imagine..specially the closing line..too gud!
#12 by Swati Garg
A wonder story.
#13 by Preethi Nair
Beautiful story… The depth of these words are indeed great… Time is something which keeps all of us wondering… Its the creator of biggest disaster and even the healer too…. Wonderful…….
#14 by Preethi Nair
Beautiful story… The depth of these words are indeed great… Time is something which keeps all of us wondering… Its the creator of biggest disaster and even the healer too…. Wonderful…….
#15 by diya bharadwaj
nice story.i think the girl is sweet and its a wonderful post i liked it.
#16 by anvesha
Caught between sand n sea of eternity,wndrful post saritha,sumtimz we need sum tym to watch over the beauty of nature which makes thngs clear n makes us undrstnd wats happnin,As fr her,she noticed concern in his voice coz she heard his voice wid a cool mind…beches do leave us in a gud mood…$
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#18 by ShivendraMohan Singh
after a long time a very nice story thanx 4 sharing
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#21 by Madhu Sunshine4eva
i feel this story is incomplete………… didnt get whatz his majboori and whatz her bahana! but overall its a wonderful post…… lykd it!
#22 by seema n
very realistic n intense post dear. hey but i didnt get the alert for this one
#23 by Rahul Malhotra
No words to say as it will be repititive in nature truly a nice painting of words by a gr8 maestro … HAPPY DEEPAWALI TO YOU AND YOURSSS…
#24 by Deepika
Sometime back I wrote about my experience on the sea shore,u once again reminded me of those memories.Walking on the sands of time caught between reality n imaginaton is indeed awesome.We all wish that every reality becomes pleasant as our imaginations,but always its not so in fact most of the time its not so but still we shall continue walking on the sands of time.Beautiful post!
#25 by snehal
hi…nice to see u after such a long time ….i also didnt get alert of this post…
honestly speaking i have no words to appreciate such a great script thanks for sahring …and please be regular ..
#26 by Shiny Vikas
Sarita…u knw..ur sweet..realistic story reminded me of many shortstories we read in our school days and college days…which were my chapters dear!we need to understand the hidden philosphy in that…i can proudly say uve got such depth,beauty,and warmth in ur writing ,simply loved reading it.Thanks
#27 by tanuj neogi
Howsoever powerful is the call of eternity, the sands of reality bring us down to earth..Wisdom is the only weapon by which the knot can be cut apart..In hundreds of years a few can achieve it..Others like us carry the dichotomy within our heart & torn ourselves into pieces all through our life..A beautifully written piece as usual..
#28 by RUDRA
unfolding reveries remain intense all the time.
#29 by Nilesh
First line of your post reminds me of this quote:
“Life is short. There is no time to leave important words unsaid.”
Good writers make their reader feel the same what they felt while writing. And to me you are the best writer on iland. Wonderful.
#30 by HariOm Chawla
How beautiful, Sarita! With your magic words, you can take us to sea shore, create foot prints on sands of time; the innocence of childhood and the complex realities of growing up …..being in water to wash away the sand, but instinctively digging her toes into the sand ….. Pl. write more and more with gap less and less. ….
#31 by nitin bhatnagar
Hi, how r u, after a long time u have posted a write-up, i came just incidentally thinking where r u, email alert isnt working,
ur post is really gr8, the best thing in ur writing is that you can make a person feel that he is not reading he is watching it happening in real.
#32 by rasheed
i felt like i was watching the climax of some deeply emotional movie, loved it, the way you compared the events of daily life with natural elements. and “ignorance is bliss” i dont know how true it is.. knowledge atleast buy us some time to think and react to the situations. and she made a great move by stepping in to the water to wash away the sand instead of rubbing it off all the way to your life journey….. i curse the moment the phone rang or else we would have also read what was the reasons and the fear that made her step into that sea….. lovely post, Ms Sydney Sheldon.
#33 by Laxmi
“why does growing-up has to be a process of losing the inherent sense of security one is born with? Why does knowledge bring with it a sense of fear?” …….u hv given words to my thoughts……………….overall post is very well written………..i cud almost live the moment…..wid so good narration
#34 by Pradeep
A post from you after a long long time
… kitna busy rahne lagin hain aap aajkal :)……. i agree with pkji’’s view you could be very good script writer…. post padh kar laga ki hit movie ka plot sequence padh raha hoon jaise …. good one …. thnx for the share
#35 by anamika r
Itni achhi thoughtful post par comment likhne ke liye bohot kuch sochna hoga ..Are sach keh rahi hu…Ye Bahana nahi hai… realy yaar kya likha hai…Itni gehri baat ko itni saralta se express kar diya .. hats of to you dear
#36 by Tarun Singh
Very nicely written … Yes, growing up definitely takes out the innocence and leaves us where in the world of taking decisions . As the situation described by u where - Majboori for one and bahana for other - Situations like these makes us relaize kii - why cant life be uncomplicated ? … Lekin yehi jeevan hai :)..
#37 by sharmila m
Wonderfully put …mind blowing yaar.could feel the gritty feeling of d sand particles between my toes and how dey evolve into d sands of time ….ooops no ,more words to express….lurved it
#38 by Gopi Goswami
wonderful! ……….Jai ho…aapka koi mukabla nahin hai yahan par!
#39 by Aameen Khan
Nice short story…… and it always happens……..apani majburi hoti hai aur dusaron ka bahana hota hai.
#40 by Pradeep
A post from you after a long long time…kitna busy rahtin hain aap aajkal
…… I agree with pkji’’s view ….. you could be a very good script writer …. saach main post padh kar aisa laga kisi hit movie ka plot sequence padh raha hoon jaise 
….. too good sarita…..and the ending lines ““caught between the sea of eternity and the sands of time” were simply superb….
#41 by venkata ramana
the giggle says it all…grin n bear it alll…nice one saritaji.
#42 by p k
wow…what a post…what a post…aisa lag raha ai ki gulzaar saahab likh rahe hain aur background mein gaana baj raha hai…katra katra milti hai…katra katra jeene do…god bless u…seriously think about script writing.