Dark is Beautiful

Darkness is often abhorred as being evil or one that brings plight. But could it be subject to human bias and fear that he treats darkness with utter disgust and hatred.

Looking out from the huge window of the 17th floor of a residential tower at Thane, near Mumbai, I could see the place was in midst of chaotic urbanization. With tall buildings sprucing up from all over, the landscape was also dotted with a lot of old ramshackle buildings and temporary structures ready to be demolished, All in all it was not a very pretty sight with not much greenery in sight. The place appeared dusty and concretized. Scorching summer heat made it even more intense.

But behold your senses as the  evening rolled into night. The buildings were all lit up and one could see millions of lighted dots. The darkness had hidden all the ugliness of the town and the place appeared breathtakingly beautiful. As if on a dark velvet someone had pinched in millions of shining stars of all colours. Red, pink, yellow, golden, white - the twinkling lights did nothing less than amazement.

Most will credit the neon and bright electric for the superb canvas but it was actually darkness that had wrapped within itself all the ugliness of human misdoings and neglect, Not a word of complain and with no appreciation from any 'being' it quietly suffered its philanthropic deed.

Dark is beautiful, It gives light background and a chance to shine and bring hope. Dark is imperfect but its imperfection is its' beauty.

Dark is not ugly; the human tendency to take advantage of the unseen is!

So next time you see light and feel hopeful, do not forget that behind all this shine is the selfless dedication of the dark, the 'unsung'.