Raghu knew that Mallika was residing in the same street in which he was residing. But he had no acquaintance with her.
Raghu wanted to confirm that Mallika was, in fact, looking at him. He looked in another direction, as if he had not noticed her looking at him. Even when he was looking in another direction, he could sense Mallika looking at him.
After making sure that Mallika was looking at him, Raghu suddenly turned his face and looked straight at her. When his gaze fell on her, Mallika instantly lowered her head. After that moment, till the time he boarded a bus, she didn't look in his direction.
Raghu narrated this incident to his friend Gunasekaran, and asked him, "When I looked at her, she lowered her head. After that, she never looked at me. What is the meaning of this? Does she like me or not?"
'It is going to rain" said Gunasekaran. The moment he said this, rain drops began to fall on the earth, the intensity of the rain increasing within a few seconds.
Raghu said, with irritation, "I asked you a question, but you are talking about the rain!"
"Let us observe the rain for a while!"
"Are we children?'
"Look at that plant!" said Gunasekaran.
"What about it?"
"Do you see the leaves bowing down, when the rain drops fall on them?"
"Yes, I do!" said, controlling his irritation.
"When the leaves bow down, on the rain drops falling on them, the rain water flows down the plant and reaches its roots."
"When the leaves bow down, on the rain drops falling on them, the rain water flows down the plant and reaches its roots."
"So?" asked Rahu, perplexed.
"My dear stupid friend! If the girl bowed her head when you looked at her, it means that she was transferring the love conveyed through your gaze to her heart and fortifying the love she has for you!" said Gunasekaran.
Thirukkural
Section 3
Section 3
Love
Chapter 110
Reading the Cues
Reading the Cues
nOkkinAL nOkki iRainjinAL ahdhu avaL
yAppinuL attiya nIr.
Meaning:
She looked at me. Looking, she turned coy. That was how she watered the crop of our love.
(This is the English version of the Tamil story 'vErukku nIr' by the same author.)
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