My definitions of the essence of life

• The fulfilment in a silent, wordless prayer.

  The knot in the throat at the moment of separation from someone you
  love.

  The sweetness of a date after a day’s fasting.

  The lingering humility after giving alms.

  Watching the love of your life sleeping.

  Sitting on top of the tallest buliding in town on a starlit night.

  Holding your six month-old nephew and seeing his fingers curl around
  yours.

  Sitting up whole days and nights, for years, for the triumph in declaring,
  “Eureka!”

KISHORE KUMAR