Life without a phone
Weekends are always special. But the last
weekend was extra special. I got myself ready with my cameras early morning and
set out to capture the sight of the race boats participating in the Volvo Ocean
Race reaching Abu Dhabi. It was interesting as the non-favourable wind and
weather delayed the arrival. What was supposed to be a two-hour boat trip got
extended to more than five hours.
The experience was really good enough to
understand the difficulties of the sailors out in the sea. It was all the more
tough with limited facilities for those in the race boats participating in this
extreme sport.
Closely covering and photographing the
journey of the first three boats, I became friendly with the crew and wanted to
have some personal shots and thought of taking it using my mobile phone instead
of the professional camera. I was happy to pose with them and have some
personal memorabilia shots taken.
Someone else had other ideas. As I moved
along the crowd and got out to my car, I could not find my phone. I thought it
would have fallen down. Reaching home, I searched all over and rang my number.
It was ringing. In a few minutes it was giving a switched off mode and gone!
It took a few days for me to get a
replacement SIM and phone and reorganise myself. At the beginning, I was
feeling sad for the lost phone and the precious photos with the super heroes of
Volvo Ocean Race. After a while, I did surrender to the reality and changed it
to a blissful situation of absolute silence.
Life without a phone and calls. Unbelievable
and absolute peace. Should I thank whoever took my phone and made it possible!
Ramesh Menon
To read it in original, please visit Gulf Today Short Take - Dt -20-12-2014
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