Saturday afternoon. Battling, by now legendary Bangalore traffic, we reach where we set out to reach. The colourful canopy, the dust, blaring loudspeakers, the smell of elephant excreta. They were all there. Which was very reassuring to say the least. Though the high ticket price left me a little surprised. Yes, Ro and I were at the Circus. Jumbo Russian Circus, no less! As for Jumbo, there were a few pachyderms doing the usual tricks. As for the Russian there was Zarina. All blonde and lithe having an enticing way with multiple hoolahoop rings that spun around her at a will of their own. For Ro, this was his first taste of a ‘live’ show. He loved the Fire Breather, but wasn’t too impressed with the Trapeze.
What was missing though was the innocence. The midgets weren’t funny. The animals looked strained. The gymnasts were able yet dispassionate. The commentary at best boring. Left me with a strange feeling that it was me who lost something over the years.
8 comments:
I wanted to take my niece there.. looks not that good a show
i would ask u before this one, wen ws teh last time u went to a circus??
i went arnd to one on 29th dec, dats a lil more than a week back.. adn dat ws after abt a gap of more than a decade and a half i guess... and strangely enough i slept through part of teh show!! and there i had a few of my friends who simply whooped around taking it in as if they were kids... left me with the same feeling that you had!! its weird...
Rambler: I suggest you take your niece...she will love it...you may not...but for kids it's a fun experience!!!!
Sam: my last fling with Circus was a two decades back!!! the 'weird' feeling is called - 'jaded with age' hehehehehe!
darn!! am yet to see through a quarter of a century!!! sheesh!!!
sam: do u have to rub it in? lol
rub in wot???
the fact that you haven't yet seen a quarter century :)
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