The activity was lost after I left that place, grew up and changed so may places. But sometimes when I walk in the evening or the sky peeps at me, I look for those friends from the past. Orion is the easiest to spot with its belt.
Orion (pronounced /ɒˈraɪən/), a constellation often referred to as The Hunter, is a prominent constellation, one of the largest and perhaps the best-known and most conspicuous in the sky. Its brilliant stars are found on the celestial equator and are visible throughout the world. Its three prominent "belt" stars - three stars of medium brightness in the mid-section of this constellation - make this constellation easy to spot and globally recognized.
Greek mythology has several versions of the history of Orion, the gigantic hunter of primordial times.These end in different versions of his death: He challenged the gods, by claiming that he could kill every wild animal on Earth. Some versions then say Artemis shot him with her arrows; but others say that Artemis or Earth produced a great Scorpion whom he could not defeat and which killed him. The gods raised him and the Scorpion to the skies, as Scorpio/Scorpius [Taken from Wikipedia]
There are times when I am in an unknown place, with no one I know. On such days, when I look up to find Orion, it gives me a sense of familiarity. That how far, I am from home, it is the same sky, the same stars, that comes here as well as there. It gives me feeling that someone is watching over. Even in some unknown place, after all, not all in unknown. :)
Happy Diwali to all of you.
I am not going home this time.
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