Beaches! THE ultimate as far as life begins. Oh, no, the spelling should nullify your naughty homophonic associations, right? Though beauties prance by the beaches, thus amplifying the naughty quotient, actually our blog is absolutely innocent. It is talking of BEACHES because it is the World Ocean Day!
Actually, at least 95 per cent of our earth is really the ocean. True, that saline water, though now getting harnessed for alternative energy sources, is not worth a drink. Even when the huge water (re)source is not exactly potable, life began in the ocean. But for the ocean, we, the human beings, would not be possible!
Actually, we know so little about the huge and deep oceans. It has been said that we know more about the space than we know of the oceans, that like the omni-present God, surround us everywhere, and across all eons and ages. We may might build bridges below or across the creeks. Yet we hardly know the huge hidden secrets deep down the ocean.
Rather like the complex and colourful human minds, the oceans, too, are most unpredictable. My shippie brother never told us about the storms his ships weathered. I have seen a few videos though, which show the demonic ferocity of the oceans, and the fact adds hugely to my appreciation of the unique specialness of my sibling.
Despite the ills and the cruelties and the crudities of the colonial context, i cannot but absolutely admire Columbus for crossing the Atlantic on board a wind-tossed ship. Sure, beaches have borders, but not the human quest!
Pratima@ "The sea, once it casts its spell, it holds one in its net of wonders forever," says Jacques Custeau!
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