A Sighting

A group of children stop a couple from making “eternal markings” of their so called everlasting love on a historical monument. I suppose some of you would have come across this ad some time or the other. But how much do you reckon, has the message has gone down to the people by this initiative. I, for that matter, think it has not gone down one bit. The reason, here it is.

A month back, I was visiting the Golconda fort which is one of the historical monuments in Hyderabad.  After visiting the whole place we were walking past through the last aisle when my eyes set on this sight which could be claimed as a masterpiece, “etchings of eternal love of couples” on the security gate. I could do nothing other than to take some photographs of this wonderful sight.

At a time, when the nation’s security is questioned such a sight is highly discouraging for the common man. The security gate becoming the canvas for the couples’ drawing is something innovative and that is why, I suppose they had gone for it, a new way to declare their love. But haven’t we been taught that in order for something to happen the initiative is to be done by us. If we want the security to be better, then it is we who should take the first step by helping the concerned officials. Instead by showing total ignorance to all such things, we are ushering in trouble for ourselves.