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"Silence" - a fear


I was in Chail, Himachal Pradesh, near Shimla for a NGO Training workshop.

This is a hill station in HP but probably not as crowded as Shimla. Nice quiet place. Temperature about 23 deg. For 3 days that I was there, I went for an early morning walk on 2 of those days.

The 2nd day, I started walking uphill, past a gurudwara and further on. This was about 6.30 am. There were houses on the way but "sleepy". I went further on.

After about 30 minutes, I paused as I was panting. Suddenly it struck me that it was eerily quiet... few birds, funny croaking by hill crows.... and nothing else. The breeze was playing truant with the cedar trees... and no human sound at all.

I was frightened., frightened of the silence and that I was alone. I didn't have the guts to go further on. I started back.... to the noises.

I wonder why? Is it that for a hard-core Mumbaite like me, who is so used to sounds (high decibles), so used to voices and noise... this "silence" was terrifying.
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Manish Kumar Aggarwal said…
Ajit ji

Namaskar - Greetings !!!

Really silence is making a fear, fear of meeting myself with me. Although, I speak more with silent lips and see deep inside with my eyes closed.

regards
Manish Kumar Aggarwal
www.aggarwalsahib.blogspot.com
July 1, 2009 at 6:44 PM
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