I am flying. 

 Yes, I know I  am fly-   meaning I am 'cool n' awesome' in the urban parlance of my hot fans. I am grateful for the boost: 'the wind beneath my wings'.   Thanks to Arjuna himself, I am learning to stay focussed, like he did on the eye of the bird, undistracted by accolades of Drona  or envy of Karna. 

I am flying on Garuda and the eagle-eye view is truly all-encompassing: serpentine silver threading through sun-kissed hills and vales, gliding smoothly over oceanic aquamarines.

I smile my gratitude to the apsara who serves me a glass of nectarous mango.

I sip and  soon slip into a blissful sleep, a bit of shut-eye before our plane lands in Jakarta. 

A firm hand on my shoulder...a soft but stern voice bidding me 'Arise, Awake!'  

I attempt to stand up but stagger a bit, startled by the landscape so far below.  

I am star-struck not just by the glittering gala of midnight,  but by those eyes hovering over me, copper-glinted  in the moonlight. 

It is Arjuna, the man himself, easing me back into what seems to a gilded gliding gandharva-chariot!  I am reassured by its seeming solidity and that it is not a...

''...magic carpet? Now if you had wailed 'Ola ho Uber,' may I could taxied you one. On second thoughts, you are no Arabian knight...or are you?'' The argent-armoured one chuckles as I catch his drift, maybe.

''I travelled far across the Maha lands of Bharat, quest and conquest in accordance with the times, akhand in union. Across the snowy mountains, through verdant valley , watching the unifying spirit sail the sanskriti across the seas,'' Gudakesha continued, gifting my bleary eyes with wondrous sights through times beyond sleep...towering temples, trade and treasures, graceful grandeur ...archipelagos adorned with art and architecture, 'Remember all this might be just history to you but when you arrive, dive deep and seek afresh its pearls of wisdom.''

I rub the sleep out of my eyes, a wayang wong performance graces my airline tv screen.

I am looking forward to seeing depictions of heroic Arjuna in the artistry of Indonesia!