Oscar rewarded
“Hey, I’m going to be sick on Monday,” said my colleague in hushed tones.
“What’s up?” I asked.
“The Oscars. I haven’t missed out on a live streaming in about 10 years now.”
Oh, wow, isn’t that grand. To take a day off just to watch the Oscar awards!
And while it did seem to me then to be a petty reason to be absent from all-important work at office, the seed of desire to be able to do that one day was planted.
Watching the live streaming of the Oscars is a kind of luxury in our part of the world. It’s Monday morning here, a working day, and at the busiest hour of the day so there’s no way you could afford yourself even glimpses of the ceremony.
Years have passed by since that conversation with my colleague. The desire to watch the live streaming though pushed to a remote part of my mind would sometimes surface. I would then smile to myself and push it back to where it had come from.
This year, however, on the Monday morning when the Oscars would be going live, I found myself at home. And I thought, “Why not?”
So while my friends were getting ready for work, I luxuriated in the live telecast.
Not that the Oscars meant anything to me. I didn’t have any favourites even. I just enjoyed the show for what it was.
For me, being there in front of the TV on a Monday morning watching the live streaming was a desire come true.
But it also taught me a lesson - that irrespective of what anyone else might feel, it was OK to indulge in a bit of silliness if it was important to you.
Vidya Shankar
Published in The Gulf Today / Short Take, dt Mar 10, 2018)
http://gulftoday.ae/portal/c9aecb4c-80b5-4b87-8a00-362f5da7ff4f.aspx
Here's my first book! An ensemble of poetry and photographs.
Click the link below to watch a 30-second promo video.
https://youtu.be/5BhbjMaIwpk
You can buy it at this link:
https://notionpress.com/read/the-flautist-of-brindaranyamwww.facebook.com
“What’s up?” I asked.
“The Oscars. I haven’t missed out on a live streaming in about 10 years now.”
Oh, wow, isn’t that grand. To take a day off just to watch the Oscar awards!
And while it did seem to me then to be a petty reason to be absent from all-important work at office, the seed of desire to be able to do that one day was planted.
Watching the live streaming of the Oscars is a kind of luxury in our part of the world. It’s Monday morning here, a working day, and at the busiest hour of the day so there’s no way you could afford yourself even glimpses of the ceremony.
Years have passed by since that conversation with my colleague. The desire to watch the live streaming though pushed to a remote part of my mind would sometimes surface. I would then smile to myself and push it back to where it had come from.
This year, however, on the Monday morning when the Oscars would be going live, I found myself at home. And I thought, “Why not?”
So while my friends were getting ready for work, I luxuriated in the live telecast.
Not that the Oscars meant anything to me. I didn’t have any favourites even. I just enjoyed the show for what it was.
For me, being there in front of the TV on a Monday morning watching the live streaming was a desire come true.
But it also taught me a lesson - that irrespective of what anyone else might feel, it was OK to indulge in a bit of silliness if it was important to you.
Vidya Shankar
Published in The Gulf Today / Short Take, dt Mar 10, 2018)
http://gulftoday.ae/portal/c9aecb4c-80b5-4b87-8a00-362f5da7ff4f.aspx
Here's my first book! An ensemble of poetry and photographs.
Click the link below to watch a 30-second promo video.
https://youtu.be/5BhbjMaIwpk
You can buy it at this link:
https://notionpress.com/read/the-flautist-of-brindaranyamwww.facebook.com
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