Monday, August 10, 2009

Impressions of a Sunrise

Have you ever woken up before the crack of dawn and sat in the dark listening to the sounds of silence envelopping you in their silvery embrace?
Have you ever heard the adhan from the neighbouring masjid or the crowing of the roosters announcing the dawn of a new day?
Have you ever seen the fiery rays of the rising sun streak across the sky and set it aflame? Or watched as stars twinkling against the inky blackness of the night slowly fade as the sky became progressively lighter?
Have you ever started your day with nothing for company but a mug of tea/coffee, your myriad thoughts and the strains of the santoor strummed by none other than the great maestro Shiv Kumar Sharma?

If you haven't, you must, for I have mere words which don't even come close to describing the pleasure of these experiences.


Claude Monet - Impression du Soleil Levant (1873)

4 comments:

pranabk said...

You post made me -- usually a late riser -- want to wake up at the crack of dawn.

G Shrivastava said...

:) If I succeed in inspiring the same desire in all the readers, I'll achieve my objective!

Step Ahead said...

Does waking up early to study for exams count?!!!!

Ajay said...

If I wake to the crack of dawn with a mug of coffee and listening to Shiv Kumar Sharma, I will consider my greatest ambition achieved already. Till then, I look forward to that waking up.