You might have come across a tradition from Ireland! Yes, the one from Leap Year!!! Yes yes where a girl can propose a boy and the boy cannot say a no according to the customs! Now one might look forward to the authentication of such a custom and would like to go forth for one such plan with a leap year knocking at our doorstep but the ultimate scenic state would be to delve into the inner sweetness which instigated us in doing so.
We surely have come a long way from the days of Romeo and Paro!!! oopss..... Juliet..... Now taking into account the Indology edition of this Irish tradition, whats better than to look for the mighty Devdas. If the character of "Devdas", in the great novel could have accepted Paro's wish against his parent's will, the story would have been different. To be realistic, there wouldn't have been any story for Sarat Chandra Chattopadhdyay at all. Now, keeping aside the funnier note, we really have come a lot far from those days and it is no more about the parental advice which affects a relationship status to turn against its own presence. The common question for every friend whom we meet after a long time would intersect at the same point and its nothing other than the sweet little column from the "About" section of every Facebook profile. Well lets be frank, I have heard the same from three different people today, and all of whom according to me were missing from my life till yesterday!! With due respect, the theory behind this remains unsolved.
Without diverting much, lets dive down the tradition which has so much to say on its own. Anyway it is the job of a guy to put forward the stepping stone nowadays with ample instances with a different story altogether. If this hints at the stepping stone, then the availability or necessity of a follow up becomes important and many have suggested that the depth of any relationship can be measured by a kiss, if not a slow start with a few dates resulting in the same. Life seems all easy peasy japanesey with a touch of a butter marmalade. It's all silky smooth and we certainly wish to carry it on for a mere period of 25-30 years before taking the heavenly express. A world of wonderland at our feet.
"We often wake up at the stroke of an hour, wake up from a beautiful dream and curse our luck." These exact words reflected from many of the old timers when the grandfathers' clock would sound a big dong every hour affecting their nice little break from reality. With time, those huge wall clocks are gone. People have a sound sleep without a distraction but time has indeed found its way of waking us up with some kind of an upheaval in human civilization. The wonderland is a boring place to visit if we tend to travel the same routes everyday. Happiness limits its reach and somewhere time has made the dong for us again. The blame game is the last step for the story and 29th february isn't the most appreciated day any further.
Moving on, we are content and believe in being ourselves. The four letter word is a bitter thing now and the wait for the next leap year sounds worthless with the mightiest of fears of following another blind alley. Trust signifies bonds but trust lost on one self is a different context altogether. The world itself seems to be a wonderland being alone. Time passes by and the old wounds heal leaving the concept of "Forever Alone" pretty far from visibility. A different 29th february seems convenient and before one can actually realize, the seeds of a new wonderland have already been planted and the leap on any non-leap year day has already been made by the leaper of the leaped generation.
