It was my another day in metro today. Like any other
day of the week, I had boarded the metro to Mandi House Station, near which my
office is located. Contrary to the sweat-breaking and noisy crowd of everyday,
there were not too many people in the coach I had got into. It was a ladies’
coach full of all kinds of women, young & old, beautiful & ordinary,
fashionable & simple. Before me, was seated a lady preferably in her mid
30s, ordinary looking with a mole just above her left eyelid, wearing a black printed
dress with cobalt blue polka dots. Ordinary as her looks were, her clothes were
simpler with no extra frills or laces adorning her dress as opposed to the
unnecessary cuts and laces we find in dresses today. The first impression I
gathered, from her dress and looks, about that lady was that she probably
worked in a lower management position in some private firm. Her dress, looks
and mannerisms were too ordinary to lend any grand impression about her.
But overhearing the conversation between her and the
girl sitting adjacently, I realised my folly of underestimating her
credentials. The lady gleefully informed the girl that she had completed her
PhD in Chemistry and that a book authored by her recently got published. The
conversation that continued further surprised me when she showed the book titled
‘Heterocyclic Compounds’ authored by her. While taking out the book from her
bag, she informed that the book has also found its place in the library shelves
of colleges and schools and that it took her two years to complete her research
on the subject she had written in. I saw the glint in her eyes that spoke of
achievement that could be attained only after years of hard work while the
smile on her lips spoke volumes of adulation she had received on account of
constant and consistent efforts. Her words revealed the great deal of knowledge
she has about her subject, though her simplicity had veiled the talent within.
I learned a lesson today, thankfully, not the hard
way – Simple looks veil the talent
within.
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