Can anyone explain the phrase “head over heels ‘ “?thundered my English Professor.Many a hand shot up. The Professor was delighted.Enthusiastically he bade his students to come out with teir interpretation.
There started the gibber and jitter. A romantic young man, came up with the most fascinating deal. His rendition of a meeting with a most beautiful girl in the town, was nostalgic. The portrayal of beauty was so exciting and dramatically he pulled in the phrase that he had fallen head over heels for the girl. He requested the Professor to negotiate the alliance for him.
The next scholar came up with portrait of a fantastic hills. He raved in rhetorical poesy, and delivered a rhapsodic description of the snow clad hills rising up,as though touching the clear blue sky. The colour concept was a fantasy aand concluded how he fell head over heels at the awe inspiring nature’s delicacy.
The teacher was revelling at his students erudition.He inimitably congratulated himself for his teaching skill’
Then came the most mundane of all the class . He was a lad, who eschewed imagery, imagination, allegory and metaphor. He learnt the language , not for literary pursuits, nor for the love of it. He wanted to acquire communication skill. he did succeed in his attempt. His effort in deciphering the meaning of the phrase,made us open our jaws, raise our eyebrows and frown our forehead, but it also pointed out to the most remote direction. He bluntly put forth, that sixteen banks have failed so far this year, in just two months . I feel ,that the economy has fallen head over heels.
It was a disturbing fact., The class was shocked. The splendid atmosphereprevalent so far, of beauty of a person and the grandeur of nature ,came to a sudden close. The gory economy has ruined the high ideals and lovely themes. The professor ,sat dumbfounded. The class was driven to a quick serious efficacy.
Meenas Poems 