Only once in a lifetime do we get a chance to be swept off our feet and made to fall head over heels in love. I know what you’re thinking: Oh no, not another post about love! 😀
Well, in my defense, of late, there’s nothing more exciting happening in my life that is worth writing about – last night, I was stranded in the middle of the road when my bike ran out of fuel and this morning, a download I had kept in progress overnight, crashed and I had to restart the process again, but all this is quite normal and I can only say that God was in an awfully playful mood the past week. But more than this, the terror-child Cupid has been pulling at my heart strings for a very long time, and has been forcing me to write this post. 😀
I’ve been reading this fascinating book by Salman Rushdie called “The Enchantress Of Florence,” a book that was gifted to me by this very very special woman and I don’t want to be a clichè over and over again about her, but the heart rules the mind these days and I don’t want my logical brain to come in the way. 😀
In the book, Rushdie talks about the relationship between Akbar and his beloved Jodha, and she is portrayed as an imaginary woman, a Phantom Queen who pleases the emperor in all aspects and makes him ignore all his other queens, thus making them jealous of this figment of Akbar’s imagination.
She remains elusive and intangible throughout, at times lovely and at times frustrating because of her inability to be seen. Jodha has been portrayed as the product of the emperor’s fertile imagination, and remains the unseen whiff of wind, the unheard laugh, the untasteable kiss, the unfeeling yet-so-warm touch and the fragrance that isn’t. She resides in his head and yet roams around the vast palace, she resides in his heart and yet sleeps next to him at night, she plagues his mind and yet keeps him healthy, she feels sad about not being alive and yet she’s so full of life, she’s the only woman the emperor ever loved and ironically, being unreal, she’s his only anchor to reality.
The only difference between the Jodha in the book and my Jodha is that the woman I love is as real as you and me and she is a hundred times more beautiful than the Moghul Queen. She’s my anchor to reality just as much as the figment of Akbar’s imagination.
I’m just a hopeless, pathetic, over-optimistic romantic! 😀
Awwwwwwwww look at you!!! so lovey dovey!!! 😉
you are forcing me to that book again .. hmmm let me finish reading those I have with me now …… plzzzz 😛
Oh boy I can give you only one advice :
DONT FUCK UP.
Its quite easy to.
// he’s my anchor to reality //
I thought, “she is anchor of a reality show”
😀 😀
come on don’t blame me. ..
he he …
u are always welome with ur love posts…
they are interesting 😀
i will read the book surely 😉
@Nova
Hehehe… Thanks! 🙂
@Dinu
Hhahaha! Go ahead… finish them and then read this! 😀
Dude… I haven’t said “he’s my anchor” anywhere! 😛
@Che
Thanks for the advice! 😀
I shall abide by it! 😀
@Arvind
Haha! thanks man! 😀
And yes, please read it! 🙂
Awww… not again! 😛 😛 U still see her on net? or now atleast you have met in person? 😛 😛 And why did you kill that cupid-child in the post… poor cupid!!! and see what happened, you are now a hopeless romantic 😀 🙂
I am roaming around with the book since so long that its pages are getting torn and i cant get beyond a few pages!! Damn work and busy schedule!!!
And what do you think, am i past my commenter’s block, now? 😀 😛
LOL this is such a hopelessly romantic post! Can you get any more romantic?
@Sakhi
Hehe… I’d say you’re out of the blocks.. .Good going! 😀
I was ruing the fact that I killed the damn thing, but I didn’t know the bastard child had more than one life! Hehehe… he’s back with a vengeance! 😀
@Lively
I don’t know! 😀
She should tell me that! Hehe…
Ahhaaa macha ..
U r switching the cards now .. U tend to become more funnier and wittier with few of ur last posts, but today u broke the trend .. and I could see ur new Avtaar .. “A romantic Nikhil” .. and I m loving that Avtaar for sure ..
Fight on Macha !! .. be it funny Nikhil or Hopelessly romantic Nikhil, we like him lot !!
As u suggested I read Life of PI 🙂 writing review now 🙂
Now one more 😀
And ur love posts are always cool, so keep them coming.
‘The only difference between the Jodha in the book and my Jodha is that the woman I love is as real as you and me and she is a hundred times more beautiful than the Moghul Queen.’
That sounded suspiciously like something Akbar would say…. (She’s real, I tell you, real. Ask Birbal!) 😉
Cheers,
Quirky Indian
http://quirkyindian.wordpress.com
Gagagagagag…I am totally confused, so u dating some one or is it a figament of ur imagination..gagagaga….
who’s the lucky girl? how about a picture for us readers? 😀
@Nikhil
*She’s my anchor to reality just as much as the figment of Akbar’s imagination.*
Whoa…you (or anyone for that matter) cannot get any more hopeless than this 😀
@Suda
Yea right! Now yu go thank Nikhil for making you read Life of Pi 😦 😦
It’s misdirected gratitude, i’m telling yu 😀
@Soham
Hehehe… Thanks man! 🙂
@Suda
You did?? Nice! 😀
Told you so! And thanks man… 🙂
@Quirky Indian
Hahaha! Yes now that you mention it! 😉
@Mystique Dew
gagagagaga…. i’m confused too! 😀
@Sulz
Pic?? Hmmm… Lemme ask her! 😀
@Scorpria
You of all people should not call me hopeless!! 😀
Bah! So much for trying tu guide you to sense! I shud’ve stopped it looooooong bac 😀 😀
What better ode to a loved one than “My Jodha!” Very romantic.
@Scorpria
Well, you didn’t and now you’ve opened the floodgates! 😀
Obviously, I’m a decent guy and I do not intend any puns when I say that!! 😛
a real jodha? hmm…who ????? and hmmm…you have put things very politely abt what happens in the book 😛
@Nita
Haha! Thanks! 😀
@Vishesh
Hahahahaa!!! I am a decent guy, dude! 😀
Nikhil,
What’s your net speed like?
And Get your Jodha!
Have you been walking in your sleep?! 😮
Or wait….were you drunk when you posted this?! 😮
haha.. what do i say! 🙂
enjoy 😉
“I know what you’re thinking: Oh no, not another post about love! ” Absolutely correct! another post by love struck romeo. Sheesshhhh!
@Katya
Yeah! I have to! 😀
And I have a pretty slow connection! BSNL..!!
@Priya
I have not been doing either!! 😛
@Sandeep
LOL… Thanks macha… 😀
@Reema
Bah! You’re just jealous! 😛
Wow! This is sweet! Your Jodha is lucky 🙂
Awww!!!
Your Jodha is lucky 🙂
Love struck You,
I cannot blame You,
Love Loves You!
That’s a haiku comment 🙂
U already at it.. whatta man… !!! u know what I mean na?
Love the love struck posts dude.. keep ’em coming
one question though, does ur jodha know that u r her akbar?
my my my ! u r truly hopelessly romantic 😛
excuse me!!!!!! me and jealous?? Pray tell me why???
Wah, the wheel is turning. Once you were trying to kill the cupid, now the cupid is chasing you !
I think to you, Love is like friction.
A necessary evil. 🙂
lol!! if ur so hopelessly in luv….n getting all sappy abt it, y dont u just tell her? simple, kno? 🙂
I am so itching to reveal some secrets here 😉
@Apar
Thanks!! 🙂
@Smita
Hehehe! Thanks!! 😀
@Dinesh
Hehehe!!! And its very nice! Thanks! 😀
@Oxy
LOL… Yeah! 😀
@Perx
Yeah, yeah… She does! 😀
@Meghana
Yes, I am!! 😀
@Reema
Go figure! 😛
@Xylene
LOL… Yeah man… The vagaries of life! 😀
@Po
Perhaps the sanest explanation I’ve heard! Thanks! 😀
@Shefaly
Nooo! You’ll do nothing of that sort! 😀
Please..!?
you have to say again and again that you are a decent guy!! I mean, how bad can that get!! 😛 😛
@ Reems
jealous? yeh sahi mein pagal ho gaya hai!!! 😀 😀
Hiiii ..
This is my first visit to your blog and I hv started liking it from the first post itself. You seem to be a funny guy. Let me read all other posts. I am adding you to my blogroll.
By the way, your Jodha is surely very lucky to hv a soulmate like you.
lol you hopeless romantic :P. . .good one 🙂 .. I bet jodha will be very happy. . .
@ Nikhil:
Of course, I won’t but saying it is worth it for a priceless response from you 😉
I think everybody to some extent is hopeless, pathetic, over-optimistic romantic !!! lol
@Sakhi
LOL… Save me now! 😀
@Trojan
Welcome to MirrorCracked! 😀
Glad you liked it here… And yes, Jodha should realize how lucky she is! 😀
@Priya
HEhehe… Thanks! 😀
@Shefaly
Ah, I thought so! For a second there, I thought you were gonna spill the beans! 😀
@Jemal
Hahahaha!!! Yes yes… That’s true… 😀
chehra hain yaa chaand khila hain…
Zulf ghaneri shaam hain kya?
Saagar jaisi aankhon waali…
Yeh tho batha uska naam hain kya?
I will beat you heads on in romanticism dude. And folks, I have a lot of pictures of my love on my blog! 😉
Nice post!
i’ll add on to the awwww-o-meter and awww as well! so, awww.
Oh, how I loved reading this. So happy for you 🙂
@Su
Oh wow! Amazing, maga! You’re a veritable poet! 😀
@Kris Bass
Hehehe… Ok Ok, you win! 😛
@Roop Rai
Awwww.. thanks! 🙂
@Agnesbarton
Welcome to MirrorCracked! 😀
Thanks, I’m glad you liked it! 😀
oh coool nik…………i think u r making a lot of grl fans here
maga… that was an old hindi song… i’m no poet at all b4 ppl like those who wrote tht song… in the same way as i’m no love guru b4 u… 😛
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww So darrn cute 🙂
AAAAAAAAHHHH love struck—why is everyone so romantic…..these days????????..???????
Macha don’t forget you’re god’s Yo-Yo…so what will happend when yu do meet your jodhaa is–hmmmppph-one things for sure-your bike will give you problems,it will rain and someone will curse you on the MG Road- HAHAHAH
😀 😀 😀
Sweet post. 🙂
You have a really nice blog here!
@Aravind
LOL… Yeah, so it seems! 😀
@Su
Oh, howda? Damn! 😀
@Deeps
Hehehe… 😀
@Frooty
Hehehe… I can never forget being the yo-yo… It’s become my identity! 😀
@Sindhu
Welcome to MirrorCracked! 😀
Thanks! 😀
you are a decent guy! indeed! more decent than than than……i can’t find anyone…rascal!
I have read Enchantress of Florence, I liked it. It has less of Rushdie crap that he often puts in his book. Tell me how you like it when you finish it.
And unlike Akbar, I hope you are more lucky with your Jodha. You could try that “we” and “i” experiment with her.
through this post, you broke so many hearts of your secret female fans 😉 wont you tell us who that lucky woman is? 😀
@Vishesh
😛
😛
@Poonam
Hahaha! Yes, that experiment… I’ll try it out… 🙂
And i’m yet to finish the book.. Will tell you once I’m done.. 🙂
@Nikita
Welcome to MirrorCracked! 😀
Hahaha! I’m sorry I did that… 😀 her name, huh? hmmm.. Well.. 😀
Oh wow .. well, just don’t screw up ..
🙂 thatz sweet n lovely..When in love,every drop of rain,especially the ones that fall on your palm,feel like the touch of your loved one..Every rain drop tells us a story-of love,pain,anticipation and much more..
lol..what rubbish did i say..sorry for that..I love rain..
awwwwwwww