Raaj main na Paat main,
Saare sukh Khaat main.
-Nani
Ancient wisdom couldn’t have been put in simpler words.
SLEEP. Don’t you just love it?? I do in fact I adore it. There are few things which meet there purpose as perfectly as sleep does. It is simple, never hard to get (except for poor insomniacs) and 100% unadulterated fun. The day may be tough, tiresome or simply hell but as soon as you are under the sheets, the senses give in, befuddling thoughts are laid to rest it simply happens and it is a different world altogether.
Now there may be a breed of people, who are questioning my sanity at the moment, they are the ones who consider it only a necessary evil, a liability, a blot on their seemingly perfect day, the ones who hardly get their fill of 6 hours a day and that too because experts say so. They would never understand the underlying intricacies but maybe you will. It is tough not to fall for it. It is attractive, addictive, charming, without any hint of attitude, faithful and most importantly readily available.
It comes in many types the important ones are as follows (Pardon the exam language, I just got over a bunch of them and the after effects linger for some time):
The Hard Earned Sleep: The most satisfying of the pack. The day was challenging, you fought hard it drained you, and now you are ready for the spoils. Instant and sound though hard to get at times, especially if you are the lazy and laid back type.
The Next day exam/work/presentation Sleep: This one is the hardest one to resist. When it strikes it is brutal and leaves little chances of a fight back. The closing eyelids won’t take any amount of reasoning, advices would go unheeded and it will always emerge as the eventual champion. The usual reverberations have an undertone of disaster within them. You deserve a medal and much acclaim if you are able to fight of a fit of this one!!!
The Power Nap: The flexible cousin of the fraternity. The paradigm being “at the time you want, for the time you want”. Effective and productive, if taken in measured doses.
The Drunkard Sleep: This one is exclusive and only a few elites have the capacity for it. You sleep and you sleep on and on.... Breakfast turns into lunch and eventually into dinner but you are that deep slumber. Someone knocks the door over, you sleep (personal one) and even if there is some minute interruption you can return and resume as if nothing happen. A tough trade. Welcome to the club if you can, losers try harder.
The Palesque Sleep: When you have the capacity to sleep without any regard for your body position then you have mastered the art of palesque sleep( based on Pal, a friend). It slashes the required prerequisite of the “relaxed position”. Happens mostly in awkward positions; twisted at unimaginable angles, hands dangling, body part out of their natural sync. In short more gauche more palesque.
The Summer Rooftop sleep: Again a rare one but a beautiful one. The irony lies in the fact that the most striking part of it is the one where you wake up. The beautiful sky , the crispy coolness of the summer morning makes this one a personal favourite of mine.
There are many other mostly self explanatory ones viz, The sleeper class winter sleep, The In-flight cramped sleep, The bed less sleep and many more , each unique yet equally satisfying. And as a reader you are encouraged to submit new interesting ones.
Though it may seem at times, but it is not just a mundane part of our day to day itinerary. It is a silent indicator, a metric on which life can be judged, compared. The best thing it does, at least for me, is the addition of a daily inspiration, no matter how gruelling the day may become I can always rest assured that there is a sanctuary waiting for me at the end of it, where I make the rules, where I decide my life’s course, where I play GOD, what if only for 8 hours or so.

P.S.-
1. Feel free to point out the grammatical errors as i am looking to chalk up the technical part of my writing.
2. Do some advertising as nothing soothes the eye then the soaring visitor count.

10 comments:

awesome post..

U know u r rite...sum of us here r actually doubting your sanity..;)
but have to say...n awesum post...simply hilarious..:)
n most of is true..(especially d exam sleep one:(..)

couldn't agree with u more...(for once em not doubting your sanity for obvious reasons!)...nothing can beat the delectation of a deep and sound slumber...the list of types seemed pretty much exhaustive...as always a good read and I thoroughly enjoyed it!!

eclectic writing..u r climbing up genres man..dats one hell of a post!
btw..i knw..i can't give an insider's perspective but i felt like giving in to some 'sleepy winks'..

hmmmmmm......i wonder tum engineers bhi kafi vele hote ho,yahan v r cravin 4 a much-desired slumber n u r dedicated odes to it.
on a serious note,mujhe pata nahi tha ki teri grey cells itni active hain ki tu itni daily-do par bhi pura page likh sakta hai.....

bravo man!!!!!

P.S.
kuch dhang ka kaam bhi kar liya kar;.

waise tht grammatical mistake ws intentional,taki tumhe pata chale ki i ws typin in slumber only(vich type i dunno,n i cant care,sori bro)
:)
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the 4th one is by raghav, who didn't wanted to login but had to submit the comment!!!

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haha...and the sleep during lectures...especially during DM lecture...its inevitable... :P :P :P

Masterpiece it is .... Sleep at nite showing how u spent ur day ..... Well thought and written .... Way to go !!!

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