True Love…eh…Fairy-tale or a reality?

No matter how far behind I try to leave my childhood yet the little girl within me refuses to accept that there are no “Happily ever Afters”, no such things as “true love” and fairy-tale endings. Why were the fairy-tales invented in the first place? Why are children raised to think that there will ever be a tooth-fairy, a fairy god-mother or a ‘Prince Charming'. This question lingers on in the mind of the grown-up within me. I wish I had a clearer answer.

Watching the movie Enchanted with my young cousin I could not resist the happiness and joy on her face. I was blown away into the world where true love was the ultimate happiness. It surely existed. Little cousin innocently asked me, "How did Giselle know Robert was her true love?" I wish I could give her a fair answer, since her big sister is as clueless as she is.

So what is the definition of this idea promoted and worshiped by the Little Mermaid, Cinderella, Snow-white, Sleeping Beauty and this new love-struck Giselle of Enchanted. I wish I knew…yet I continue to fall for it and tell myself, this is indeed a reality and it will happen sooner or later. What if it does happen but what is the guarantee that it will turn into a happily ever after?

There is nothing set in stone. Life is unpredictable. This doesn’t happen in real life. However, we still watch these fairy-tale movies and narrate them to the kids. Why? Since it cannot happen for real, so there should be a fabricated creation where we can project our unfulfilled dreams and desires. Despite of knowing the harsh truth behind these magically beautiful tales, I still cry and smile at the same time watching the Little Mermaid.

The little girl says it will come true. As a grown-up I pray that her beliefs remain intact and this does turn into a reality some time…somewhere… I begin to wonder,

“humari filmo ki tarah humari zindagi main bhi end tak sab theek hi ho jata hai, happys ending. Aur agar theek na ho, to woh the end nahin, picture abhi baaki hai!”

Another fabled concept “ kehte hain kissi cheez ko dil se chaho to poori quayanat tumko usse milane ki koshish main lag jaati hai”.

All this leaves me utterly confused. I want to live in the bliss of ignorance, in the hope that this is indeed coming true sooner or later....“umeed par to duniya kayam hai”…

Having read this you must be thinking she is lost somewhere between growing up and being a child. Sure enough as much as it seems true, the reality is, this state of ignorance is a sure bliss. So all you fairy-tale makers bring it on!