I’m not an astronomer, however my affinity with stars dates again to childhood after I used to spend hours below the cover of the evening sky strewn with 1000's of them whereas sleeping out in our garden with my mom and grandparents in the course of the summer season trip.

My mom would sing to me concerning the man within the moon and angels within the stars, who stored a vigil to make sure that every youngster slept nicely at evening. I used to gaze ardently at these heavenly our bodies, anticipating to see one thing uncommon and fascinating within the sky earlier than falling asleep.

Some stars appeared to smile, whereas others winked at me. They even performed peek-a-boo with me on cloudy nights. I might typically skip the household TV time for a chronic tête-à-tête with the celebs. I might whisper my disappointments and failures and shout out my achievements to them they usually at all times appeared desirous to hearken to me.

Generally I might sing and dance and they might reply by twinkling merrily. It appeared as in the event that they needed to commune with me, however had been solely in search of an opportune second, that got here years after my son’s start. My boy, who's a young person now, too feels the pull of the celebs and rushes out to stare upon them as quickly as evening units in. Even the chilly winters of the North can not deter us from a chat with our nocturnal buddies.

On a winter evening after we had been returning house on a rickshaw after assembly one in all my buddies, we noticed some unusually vibrant stars adjoining to the total moon that shone in all its glory. They appeared to beckon us to cease and have a look at them. I requested the rickshaw-puller to tug up and as quickly as we stopped, these stars began twirling in gracefully synchronised actions that resembled a neatly choreographed ballet within the sky.

They got here collectively forming an enormous ball of sunshine that pirouetted vehemently and appeared to impishly problem the luminosity of the total moon. The sensible dance continued with the dancing stars all of a sudden seeming to attract nearer to the Earth, apparently bowing to their viewers earlier than vanishing into the evening sky.

The present lasted a number of minutes, leaving us spellbound. We waited for a number of extra minutes for the celebs to return, anticipating an encore, but it surely appeared that they had referred to as it a day. We too determined to return house discussing our expertise animatedly all the best way.

The subsequent morning, we checked the TV information and the newspapers for a proof of the phenomenon, however there was none. How might such an exceptional celestial occasion go unnoticed by area researchers?

The reply was fairly clear. The heavenly dance present was an unique occasion meant for a really particular viewers, comprising my son and me. We had been certainly honoured and blessed to have been part of it. shaheen.parshad@gmail.com

The author is an Amritsar-based freelance contributor