One of my favourite lines of prayer in Tagore’s Gitanjali had been “Give me the strength to raise my mind high above daily trifles”. I always used to fancy leading a life least affected by routine trivialities, one which rises over the usual humdrums, venturing only those deeds that extends to ethereal horizons… But gradually enlightenment began to descend and I realised that it is not quite possible to circumvent the humdrum essentials of life. You can’t have extraordinary or life-changing or even barely amusing things going on in your life on a daily basis. If you did, it would have defeated the purpose of all popular sources of entertainment.

But what really bothers is when mundanity reminds its presence in weird ways- when the silliest and the most unlikely things ruin your life. After seeing the “Final Destination” trilogy, I was besotted by this idea of the most common things becoming fatal weapons. For instance, check the following sequence of events:

• An ordinary soul performs the routine chore of folding the laundered clothes
• The tip of one cloth on its way to attain a destined position, hits his eye
• He ignores the irritation and continues studying for the next day’s exam
• Wakes up next day, realises the seriousness of the matter with severe pain in a reddened eye and makes a complete mess of exam
• Diagnosed “Corneal Aberration”, prescribed rest but has to travel 30 hours on the train home (first trip home in 5 months)
• The wound in the eye gets healed in a few days, but the antibiotic he takes causes a blister inside his mouth
• Blister reigns unconquered and undiminished the whole week ensuring that he couldn’t get a good taste of the dearly-longed for home food.
• Add to this a physical condition, aptly referred to as ‘“common” cold’, the precious vacation was as close to heaven as it can be.

Now tell me, is any of the ‘causes’ in the above narration worth discussing with a slight degree of seriousness? Forget discussion; are they even worth mentioning in public? I mean, you will say “Come on! Billions of people fold clothes daily. How many have “corneal aberrations”?” or “Millions of people take antibiotics daily. How many have blisters inside their mouths?” Statistics will support your argument. But that doesn’t give me an exam and a vacation back…

I guess mundanity revolts against those who try to resist it. So, by accepting it, indulging in it wholeheartedly, I hope I’ll be entering into its good books…