Thursday, December 31, 2009

Paradise

PARADISE

The joy on her face was palpable. Everyone who saw her knew that she had made it there after a lifelong struggle. Hiding and fighting everything that stood on her way to reach the zenith…So there was a paradise after all.

She was in a trance like state. Her subtle smile and the wonder and joy as she looked and absorbed every title, every detail, in every color and design. Tears ran down her face. Her escape from a small town in Korea to the biggest wonder in her “world”. Yes, she had stepped into Technicolor from a mundane black and white world. She read the sign haltingly with her perceptible accent in a whisper…It said “Welcome to Wal-Mart-The largest supermarket in the US”.