Thursday, January 30, 2020

A window with a view


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The other day I woke up to a beautiful and picturesque morning. As I shook off the winter coverings and sat up on the bed tolookout of my widebedroom window facing the beautiful Upper Lake a scene of extraordinary beauty was seemingly awaiting me.

A clear turquoise blue sky above with not a spec of cloud and beneath it the equally attractive sheet of blue water that I could see over the green tree-tops was breathtaking. And beyond the azure waters the undulating greens of Shamla Hills made for a beautiful setting. A young Sun was shooting its yellow rays down on to the houses hitting their white-washed walls that faced it that looked like blotches of yellow paint. These yellows stood out in the surrounding blues and the greens of the trees. What a marvelous sight! And to top it all, four enterprising young men, braving the cold, were out sailing with their white sails unfurled. The whites of their sails, the blues of the skies above and the Lake below, the yellows of the houses and the greens of the trees, their branches dancing in the breeze made an incredibly beautiful sight.

This is perhaps the best season for the town when the rain-washed skies are at their bluest, shorn off of all the muck and mist and the sun shining brightly has yellow in the morning rays and amber in those in the evenings. The evenings, in fact, are more dramatic as the sun prepares to go down in the Western skies. Fluffy cottony clouds acquire a golden hue reflecting the dying rays of the sun as it dips below the horizon. Within minutes the Western sky takes on a pinkish tinge, only to change over to purple and then crimson as the sun goes further down to light up the other Western lands.

It has been more than twenty years yet I, it seems, cannot get enough of the dramatic play of colours over the millennium old Lake. I have marvelled at its beauty in winters, summers and the monsoons and it hardly ever fails to amaze me. I cannot thank enough the legendary king who thoughtfully had it built  for his subjects.
















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