Did you know, mirages can be seen and felt too!

I didn’t know the physics behind it nor its name. But I have seen it- the Mirage. I peddled through the NH4, the national highway connecting Kashmir to Kanyakumari. The four kilometres of a black long road with huge tamarind trees on both sides was my routine route to school. I had the freedom of wheels very early in life. I have been an observer of nature and the world through my own eyes and mind.

On very hot days, I have seen something like a puddle of water in the road. The first few times it excited me and made me peddle so fast ignoring the heat, to see what it was. As I got near, it wasn’t there. I used to wonder if I had seen it or it was my imagination. On a road trip once with my family, my dad told me and my brother about Mirage. So I got the name in my head and also one relief that it wasn’t imagination. Later I also learned the physics behind it at school.

I still see Mirage every now and then, but not in the literal terms. The child in me still gets excited and goes the extra mile, to see if it is true. But never it is. Mirage can only be a mirage, that is its truth. A few deep breaths, a tear or two, sometimes more. The philosophy of mirage makes sense and life moves on.

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