An Evening At Colva Beach, Goa
Madgaon is one of the prominent stations on Konkan Rail route. It is situated 437 kms from Mangalore. It is also an important commercial hub of Goa. About 11 kms from the station is located the famous beach called Colva, one of the several picturesque beaches, found in Goa. It is a great joy watching people strolling along the beach, and surfing in the sea, when the evening sky becomes the wide canvas of Master-artist. Couples display their best romantic moods, children enjoy the greatest fun of their lives, old people glow with enthusiasm and energy, women are flush with youthfulness and sprightliness, girls literally turn into social butterflies, and poets and artists derive their inspiration for renewed creative spurts, as they stroll along the glistening beach. Tall coconut palms do not lag behind in waltzing to the sound of the passing breeze and to express their excitement before the sea of humanity. I feel I am only an infinitesimal creature when I stand before the vastness of sea. I get a feeling that God’s stature and status to humans is more eloquently conveyed by the giant, surging waves than by the imperceptibly shaking blades of a grass in the countryside. Whatever the children or even adults scribble on the wet sands of the beach, expressing their feelings of joy, is not taken note of by God at these moments when the sun is beginning to dip into the sea, but a silent moment on the part of one thanking Him for allowing to witness that unfolding drama second by second is only recognized. I feel it requires a lifetime of effort to learn to remain still even for a moment, in the flux of happenings and occurrences being witnessed in the surroundings, when Colva is transforming itself into a paradise.
K.V.Venkataramana
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