Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Stand Fan

It was hot. It was humid. I was irritated. I was angry. Suddenly a woman came over and put a stand fan where the patients were waiting for their call from the doctor. As soon as the fan was switched on it started swinging from left to right. I relaxed feeling the air but soon the fan turned away to my locked-jaw chagrin.

A little boy, who was sitting next to me, kept shifting from left to right in accordance to the fan’s face. And I soon surmised he was the happiest and the least sweaty amongst all the visitors. For unlike him we all were only waiting for the fan to turn towards us.


By: NovoneeL ChakrabortY

15 comments:

rimi said...

BRILLIANT!!!your stories have the capability to let other think wen they finish reading...great msg conveyed excelently.

Novoneel Chakraborty said...

:) thank u!

Anonymous said...

To gain fans in life, you've gotta move with the fan. ;-)

Nethra said...

Wow! That was awesome. :)
It made me think, which i don't do otherwise.

lakshmi said...

kids sure have it in them....

Minakshi said...

sumthing people around can hardly realize....lovely msg dear

Riya said...

very thoughtful...you have a great ability to put forward complicated thoughts in a simple way...

Novoneel Chakraborty said...

@ Nethra, lakshmi, Minakshi and Riya: thanks u all for pouring in !!!

deepak said...

gr8........ u have got an ability to tell something big in short articles....

Unknown said...

LOVE the way you put things. :)

Gaurav Verma said...

Great...It is what I'm feeling just now... sitting in the college lounge with my girlfriend around two feet away...we had a trivial fight over something two days back and are just waiting for the other fan to turn and face me... no courage to move myself and feel the air...wish I too were that little happy kid who could keep his ego aside...and just move and say 'Hey! Come on, I'm sorry... '

Moon said...

"For unlike him we all were only waiting for the fan to turn towards us."

Great moral in a simple story... brilliant! Thanks for the post.

Novoneel Chakraborty said...

Thank you.

Anonymous said...

hey novo,
sumi here..1st a big congo 2 u..jus finishd readng da book 2 days ago..but cudnt cum out of its outstandng n amazng emotnal atmosphere..how can u pour out such true feelings in such a nice way..!da book is wrapd with gliters n sparkles of ur innovatv touch..thnx a lot 4 gftng such a nice bk..i did learn a lot bout my own life 4m it..it tought many real facts of life,helpd me 2 cum out of many dilema nd inspired me 2 tak sum tough decisns..hope we get 2 read ur 3rd novl soon..vl u plz keep me on updates??
Lastly a qustn peepng out 4m mind..where 4m did u get such inspiratn 2 write such an awesm bk..??

Novoneel Chakraborty said...

Thank you Sumi!