LOVE IS STILL IN THE AIR ;)

The best evening it is. I won't mind if it ends up on the sight, right here. I am so happy, so content, afraid of not dropping a tear or two out of happiness. Boy! My boy! I love him so much. " You like it?", he asked as he turned me towards him. "Like? You gotta be kidding me! I love this and I love you!" I hugged him and he hugged me back, hard :) I could feel his heart slamming hard under my fingers as we parted back. So, I wasn't the only one with a thumping heart here ;P We walked towards the small round table, kicking the balloons which danced on the floor with the slow wind( Ah! how much I love balloons). The terrace was very spacious with our table, covered with rose petals and a candle, in the middle. Leaves, flowers, climbers tangled together covered the circumference. Lampshades of different but soft colours were mounted with the ravel greenery. The whole scene was no less than the chimera for me. I loved the arrangements. I loved the personal space ( basically the very idea of it!) I forgot those heels, the struggle to carry myself and the clumsiness, I don't know why and how! And it was another thing making me happy. Just to quadruple my happiness, he smiled at me and said, " I knew, it would have been very difficult for you to digest the special evening thing among those crowded heads", he draped his hands across my waist pulled me closer, narrowed his eyes "and wasn't it all you were looking for? A space for just you and me!", he completed with a peck on my cheeks. I was so lost in him, his smile, his eyes that I stared at him mesmerized by his love, frozen in his arms until he jolted me with his laugh. His laugh rang in my ears like the chimes by the winds. "Are you gonna spend the entire time like this?", he said slowly. "I won't mind as long as you're in", I uttered breathlessly. "No, the night has a lot more in store, love!". I had butterflies in my belly at the thought of what else surprise is there. I was already overwhelmed with joy. " Umm... I am trying to make it special for us, don't know how it all would fare", he said in his low and husky voice and just the way I like it. Just as I opened my mouth to tell him how I am already head over heels, I stopped(read I was made to stop). "Shall we dance?", he asked approaching his hand towards me. My eyes popped, jaw dropped. DANCE?! AND ME?! "Err.. you know I can't..can't dance!" I said in despair with eyes questioning him how could he even ask this. " Oh! But I had been training for a month or so just for this day" he narrowed his eyes in a way I knew something witty with full sarcasm is coming :p " As if I can dance!" he sputtered just the way I knew he would :p And I burst into laughter followed by a smile, I know him so much, he knows me that much AND I LOVE HIM SO VERY MUCH ;)
Until we started moving seamlessly(and hopelessly), I had paid no attention to the light slow music playing in the background. Am I deaf in love? Close enough to drive me crazy, my eyes pinned on his face just to admire his lovely- in a brooding and manly sort of way- face. His eyes hypnotized me, his smile made me drool, the curves of his lips would make a perfect kiss, the masculine jawline that defines his face was something best accentuated with his laugh, his sweet warm breath would be enough to turn me on- he is the best thing happened to me and i would never loose such a beautiful part of my life. He is mine, this moment is ours and the time needs to be eternal. He hugged me again in those slow dance moves, I couldn't dance but I wouldn't want it to end ever, "I love you, babe" his words melted like honey in my ears. "And you have no idea how much I love you." He pulled apart, I frowned. I have to show you something. "Now what?", i sighed, that moment was perfect I don't ask for anything more, I would never. He held my hand and pulled me towards the very end.The wind was not that slow now it started tossing my hair instead of playing with them, the balloons moved wildly with the wind now, the moon was high, the night was younger. We stood there in silence, I was looking at him, he stole my gaze only to look somewhere, I don't know, I was so lost in him. "You know, this is the best view one can have from this restaurant", he said as he pointed in the direction of his gaze. It is hard to move my eyes from him, really hard ;) "Wow!!!" was all i could say. The breath taking view was more precious than my previous moment. Those light waves of the sea kissing the sparkling white sand under the bright moon, the trees in full swing danced their way to celebrate the kiss of love, the kiss of togetherness; the wind adding the background music to the joy. That perfect romantic moment, the perfect night for us. Awestruck with this beauty of nature, I didn't realize when it all happened. When in the name of love, a step further was decided to be taken. How was it planned and how was it ending, I wasn't in my senses. No one could ever be. I could feel my legs trembling, I am gonna fall right here. I was cold as ice, trembling like a fool and why wouldn't I? It was happening, he was on his knees with a ring in his hands (everything done from beginning till now in a gentleman's way). " I don't know how to do it" he scratched his head innocently. His eyes were soft, cheeks flushed. "Would you like to be the love of my life, an inseparable part of me?" he popped the question, finally. "Too formal? okay, would you like to have more of such dates", he winked at me with his cutest smile and sputtered the words so quickly and innocently like a child, "MARRY ME, BABE. I LOVE YOU SO VERY MUCH!". I stood like a frozen statue, dizzily blinked my eyes trying to find my voice. "YE-SS..YES!" I managed to say after a long pause with tears rolling down my cheeks. And just as I lost the existence of gravitational force, he held me in his arms, tight. Pulled me closer, real close, swept my tears with his fingers, ran them across my cheek, held my face firm and then the moon, the wind, the night, the stars, the whole aura celebrated our kiss of love, our kiss of togetherness, our perfect moment, our perfect night and the perfect love <3

LOVE IS IN THE AIR ;)

My heart started pounding as he stopped the engine. It was the umpteenth time I was telling myself to calm down, " It's not the first time. Stop thumping." I knew, we knew it wasn't the first time but that little anxiety was all clear on our faces. May be it is the 'special evening effect' :p

He held the car's door open for me like a gentleman. I couldn't help staring at him, why was he charming like a prince tonight! We made our way into the restaurant and in no matter of time I started feeling uneasy seeing the crowd and repeating the thought, " how is it gonna be the 'special' evening." :\ Everything, everyone at their best in front of me, and my clumsiness at its peak. Will it be a candle lit dinner on a corner table? How am I going to pass all those eyes? What if I trip? I am already having a hard time dealing with these heels- all thanks to my friends! With all these cobwebbed thoughts in my head, I felt the whispers of that melodious voice, "this way" he pointed in a direction away from the swarm. He held my hand as we walked through the hallway ( thank god, he did, now my chances of tripping down are a bit reduced :p ) We stopped near the lift only to be accompanied by a steward to take us to somewhere, I didn't know. The way both the lads exchanged smiles, I can sense that everything was pre-planned. I was trying my best to be in composure. I was struggling for everything- first the date effect, the high heels, LBD, my hair, yes everything. I wish I could fit in my good ol' jeans and my sneakers. Heels are not my thing. But when you have fashion oriented friends plus you are apparently on a date, then be ready to carry yourself up. " The place is all yours, sir. Enjoy the night.", the handsome steward said with a smile way too before we even reached our destination. And finally the gate opens, I could feel the wind making way through my styled(read tangled, by now) tresses. "Thank you!", my boy said to the steward with a smile, the smile for which I would give up on the world. No, seriously I would ;) Yet again, he held my hand, this time his fingers gripped mine while my heart slammed against my ribs. We stepped into darkness with a sudden switching of the lights. I was bewitched, lost, amused, surprised that it took me a full minute or more to assimilate what all laid before my eyes. With slow, cool wind playing with my hair, how couldn't I understand. Damn! the place is literally ours, away from the crowded swarm, away from the clumsiness, away from the whole city; a very personal space i could have thought of! A personalized terrace restaurant - just for the two of us! <3
to be continued... ;)

A question I was pondering on

SHOULD EXCESSIVE EXPOSURE OF FEMALE ANATOMY BE BANNED IN ADVERTISEMENTS? What do you feel about it? Should female exposure in advertisements be banned? A few of you must be wondering why should it be while prodigious number must be feeling ofcourse it should be, afterol its all about females' image, their safety.

I may sound anomalous in this discussion but I feel the term exposure is not much relevant over here, the term which must be heeded on is excessive.  Ok what if I ask u what do you mean by excessive exposure. M sure everyone must definitely not be sharing unanimous views. Yeah! actually.. definition for excessive exposure changes with geography, with time and with age as well. Let me exemplify- envisage a woman standing beside you in saree what do you think of her? Is she exposing herself? Well I feel most of yours answer must be "obviously no". But what if the same women amids Saudi Arabian people? She will be opposed for the way she is being dressed up in. Women there are not allowed to unveil any part of her's except her eyes and hand portion below wrist.
In fact within the same country say India two places may have different arena. A girl dressed up in shorts in village or in a city mall is seen via different eyes and different minds. Therefore the definition for excessive changes with geography.
Not just with geography the definition changes with time too. Usually our elder ones i.e our parents or grandparents have contradicting views than we have. So I would say it's people vision toward anything.
I would say exposure in artful manner may be good like in those of british paintings. We are compelled to look through the depth and beauty of what is being painted rather than the naked female body. Its how the exposure may be beautiful too.
If you are still thinking that exposure is bad then let me ask you a question! What about that hogwash "THE AXE EFFECT" advertisement in which all the girls run after the guy who apply the axe deo to his body. Doesnt it shows objectification of women? Doesnt it demean women? Doesnt the add treat women as sexual desire? Yeah it does! The nutshell is an add mayb bad even if it doesnt reveal any of the body part of women, its just how it is presented. I think society needs to supersede anti-exposure thinking with anti-vulgarity.

Many of us are comfortable watching the pictures in magazines or newpapers, or reading those details on internet or in a novel or any article but thinks adds would undermine our culture, is this acceptable?
Narrow minded people think that it may impart a bad impact on their children, but remember RESISTING ONLY CREATES INSATIABLE CUROSITY. So kids must not be resisted from watching such adds but must be given ounch of sexual education.

If u actually think exposure is bad then it must be completely eliminated whether it b on newspaper or a magazine or anywhere. But practically speaking it is very near to impossible as maybe the one working for these adds have these as the only earning way. Not just it is a money deal it is also important in spreading awareness, the adds are also knowledgeable like that of breast cancer which is one of the most common form of cancer amongst women. Also India is a liberal country anyone is free to do whatever s/he wants. No one can enforce any kind of restrictions on anybody.

But yes no matter what the issue is, everyone never agree with the same conclusion. So one thing can be done, the timings for such advertisrments can be changed so that it leads to a magnanimous solution for everyone. :)
By:SaKsHi JAiN