Monday, September 14, 2009

Purani Jeans...

The moment he saw them, he knew he had to have them. It was love at first sight. He made his move. And walked out with a new pair of size 34 jeans. He felt jubilant. Lucky. Satisfied.

It soon became his favourite pair. He wore them everywhere. With everything. Always. The jeans moulded themselves to his frame. They looked good. He marvelled. As did his friends. He took care of the jeans. It was the best thing he owned. It was perfect.

Things were fine. Then he had an accident. And the jeans had a tear. He was careless. He patched them up. They were still size 34. He still loved 'em. He just wore 'em less. Because they didn't look good any more. But it was the same pair of jeans. He grew older. And larger around the middle. The jeans stretched. As much as they could. But they were still the same (with a patch).

And one fine day... the jeans went out and a new one came in. Shinier. Bigger. Suddenly, these were the "old ones". They didn't look good. They didn't fit. They got dumped. Replaced. By a new "better" pair.

The jeans were still the same. Size 34. They never changed.

But something did.

8 comments:

  1. i concur with ur thoughts. nicely written pawan :)

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  2. Pawanism at its best. Planning to write a book one day ? Bio of Rooney may be :)

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  3. Goodness! it is definite foolishness to compare one thing that evolves and the other that is stagnant and write wiht a certain sense of 'oh how fickle we are'! Get real!!
    strange logic- wish you had compared two species of the same level.
    Dont compare apples and organes--the post is a pure low lying pandering to your emotions!

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  4. @Medusa: I agree. It's my fault that you don't like YOUR interpretation of the blog ;-)

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  5. Well with a blog that direct, you have not even attempted to tingle the reader's imagination (howsoever limited it might be) thereby ensuring no room for individual interpretations.

    Sad! i love individual interpretations but I guess that is a higher talent...

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  6. @Medusa: Oh shock-horror! The critic's "imagination" didn't give her satisfaction! ;-)

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  7. Nice one :)

    Reminded me a bit of the Toy Story movies.

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