Kodak Moments !

There are certain moments in life, which remain on the canvas of your mind for a long looooong time.

They are not always the moments to cherish; neither are they always spectacular or grand; but still, they stay, as everlasting memories.
These memories aren't always very elaborate or detailed, but they do assume a distinct picture frame, with poingant colors and boundaries.
They aren't like a film being played in your mind, but more like a slide-show.
They are frozen potraits or painitngs in time, but very much alive with their scents, sounds and colors.

And the 'pointers' to these memories aren't always visual.
I mean a certain memory floods into your mind by a familiar smell, by a familiar feeeling, by a familiar sound....

The smell of earth, just before it rains, always triggers memories of summer holidays.
So does the smell of mogra flowers. During summer, these flower vendors would stroll into our lanes after sunset, and the entire lane would be fragrant with that intoxicating smell. We kids would be allowed to be up till late night, and watch the ladies of the house make gajras [small streams of flowers needled into threads] .
The smell of new textbooks reminds me of some 7th or 8th std history textbook with sepia colored picture of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose [why him of all other leaders that we studied? dunno..]
The sound of cow-bells always reminds me of the mobile-sugarcane-juice-vendors who passed by our lanes selling the cool n sweet juice. The juicer had these bells hooked at one end of its handle.
When ever I get butterflies in my tummy, it reminds me of the first reluctant plunge in water during my swimming classes. [i wonder how many times these swimming classes are going to figure in my blogs! :-D ]
Any mention of the movie, Broken Arrow [John Travolata] triggers a memory-avalanche of my Engg days, esp the submission night-outs, coz during 1 such night out we all had watched this movie on HBO. :-D

I believe that each one of us has his/her own copy of an album; tucked away in some corner of the mind, which treasures such Kodak Moments.
They mean much to us, and invariably surface when the "pointers" pop up!
The best thing is , this album keeps on growing with us, and I believe a time will come when every thing we see, every thing we smell, every thing we touch, evry thing we feel will have its own special memory attached with it, and life will become one beautiful collage of Kodak Moments! :-)