I was at the park. Fifteen rounds in twenty minutes. Ten
minutes of breathing exercise. While focusing on breathing, I heard the pebbles
being crushed under the jogging shoes of other people who had just come inside
the park. I heard various sounds of nature. Then I thought of hundred different
morning sounds that might inspire an artist/writer to begin a work:
1.
The murmur that rises from the breathing of your
kids or partner. Don’t call it snoring.
2.
An impatient flutter of a dove’s wing that wakes
up before the usual time.
3.
The weary whistling of a night watchman who has
just woken up from an ugly dream.
4.
Rustle of wings of those ghosts going back to
their nether abodes.
5.
Long mooing of a buffalo from a distant stable.
6.
A train rushing against time along the rails
made out of the parallel egos of people that never meet.
7.
The gurgling sound of the neighbour’s flush who
has just forced his bowels empty along with the nightmares.
8.
A long piercing sound of water cutting water as
your urine falls into the pot.
9.
A young boy practicing film songs with so much
sincerity.
10.
The twinkling of an anklet worn by that girl who
refuses to move out of your eyelashes even after your dreams have ended.
11.
The hissing sound of the refrigerator, as you
open it to see the stock, with a yawn.
12.
Moaning of a ceiling fan that has seen the
violence of familiar interiors.
13.
Chirping of birds.
14.
A long belching of an old man who has just woken
up, accompanied by an uncontrollable fart.
15.
Sizzling of steel as a cup of water boils in it
and receives a spoonful of tea powder.
16.
Whispering of two lizards involved in a kitchen
conspiracy.
17.
A creeping sound of a cockroach that goes back
into the dark secrets of a drain.
18.
The swan song of a moth.
19.
A dragon fly’s grizzly wings fighting against
the smooth whiteness of a tube light.
20.
A group of devotees hailing their gods in
aggressive mantras.
21.
Sound of a falling leaf.
22.
The sudden shiver of the tree.
23.
Bells of a neighbour’s devotion who had farted a
few minutes back.
24.
A muezzin’s call for prayer from a distant
mosque hiding from public view.
25.
A die hard jogger’s heaving foot falls.
26.
An old couple wobbling along the grey street.
27.
Ram naam saty hai, a procession leading to the cemetery.
28.
A dead man’s desires walking along with the pall
bearers.
29.
A shy sob from a veiled woman.
30.
The thud of a chilli fallen from the beak of a
parrot.
31.
Anxious and asthmatic sounds of water pumps
vying with each other to suck the last drop of water from the main waterline.
32.
Desire of a young kid to grow at a bus stop.
33.
Fluttering of the eye lashes of a young school
teacher.
34.
Zipping sound of a guy who has just urinated at
the wayside.
35.
Revving of an engine of an old car that refuses
to start on a cold day.
36.
Screaming of a mother at her children.
37.
Hush hush English of young mothers to their
young children ready for school.
38.
One last kiss of a young husband on the lips of
betrayal before he leaves for the job.
39.
One forced embracing of a wife who knows her
husband cheats on her.
40.
A bike that brings milk.
41.
The sound of an aeroplane looking for a space to
land.
42.
Blooming of a flower.
43.
Shy scalding of a layer from a sanitary napkin
by a young girl who has reached puberty recently.
44.
Desire of girl’s reflection on the mirror.
45.
A cat’s laughter.
46.
A dog’s philosophising.
47.
Love making of pigeons.
48.
Silhouetted sound of a pair of monkeys making
love against the rising sun.
49.
A muffled scream of a middle aged woman who has
made love with her husband after a long time.
50.
Rhythmic movement of a cot from a neighbour’s
house.
51.
Thud of a paper bundle thrown by the paper boy.
52.
Falling sound of a minister.
53.
Breaking sound of a party.
54.
Clashes on the streets.
55.
Shootouts.
56.
Raping of women.
57.
Bomb explosions.
58.
Hacking of limbs.
59.
Rumblings from the stomachs of starved farmers.
60.
Silky sounds of long legged girls walking on
runways.
61.
Arrogance of a film star.
62.
A favourite newscaster’s voice.
63.
Kishore Kumar.
64.
Kumar Sanu.
65.
Sonu Nigam.
66.
Shreya Ghoshal.
67.
Mika
68.
Innumerable Punjabi Mundas singing same songs in
same tunes.
69.
Two eggs breaking their heads on a hot plate.
70.
A pressure cooker imitating married couples.
71.
Footsteps of a woman keeping pace with her brisk
walking husband.
72.
School buses.
73.
School vans filled with dreams, desires and
anxiety of growing.
74.
Cycles with ancient memories.
75.
Laughter of a group of old people trying to gain
health through grinning.
76.
Two crickets laughing at the boys who play
cricket with rubber balls and plastic bat.
77.
Pranayama of people turning violent under a tele
guru.
78.
Flapping of flab.
79.
A dog’s breathing nearby.
80.
A bug telling stories to a dew, which is about
to fall.
81.
A group of ants marching towards a handful of
rice and sugar thrown by a nature lover.
82.
A wind brings the freshness of a young girl’s
humming.
83.
A sweeper’s anger turning into clean strokes.
84.
Heaving of the road.
85.
The tickling of a tree trunk by a cow’s neck.
86.
The falling of water drops on the silk blouse of
a girl who has washed her hairs a few minutes before.
87.
An evil eye who has just voiced its anger at the
girl’s beauty.
88.
Burning of chilli in gas burner by a mother who
just realized the presence of the evil eye on her daughter.
89.
Whistling of a young boy.
90.
The dart of a young girl’s long eyes.
91.
Flutter of butterfly wings.
92.
The fast beating of a boy’s heart.
93.
Quivering of wet lips.
94.
The panting of a dream frantically searching for
a beautiful sleep.
95.
Opening of Microsoft window.
96.
Various ringtones of mobiles.
97.
Wailing of a group of people on the death of an
invisible ideal.
98.
Turning of imaginary wheels.
99.
Admonitions of an old man.
100.
Sound of an ambulance, police van and a fire
engine.
Wow! these are actually so true and real!
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