'Paranormal Activity'

These two words that have been in existence since 1920, but irrespective of that people have shied away from accepting what it really is. And, what it really means. 

illiteracy could be one major inference why, not to forget fear being a prominent one.

Compared to the discovery of the word, it was really late until people started talking and discussing about it and holding the possibility of it being true and not just someone's hallucination or an illusion.

To start with, the word 'Paranormal' is made up of two words.. 'Para' and 'Normal'.  In most definitions of the word paranormal, it is described as anything that is beyond or contrary to what is deemed scientifically possible. To put it in a layman's language, it is anything beyond the realm of normal.
Now, the question arises as to who gets to decide what is 'Normal or not?
 

Not, digressing from the topic, centuries ago, there was this folklore in Rajasthan about a Rani being killed by her own husband at her own palace in her bed.  Her husband, the Raja, was reported to die in the exact same condition. And, since then sightings have been seen at that deserted place of a woman crying away.
Different people have had different versions of this story, but this is supposed to be one of the very first paranormal sightings that have been spotted in India.

As, I finished reading the last sentence, The clock struck 2 am. I heard Dad snoring away. THAT was my cue to make as little noise as possible even though my mind has some other plans. The gasps just couldn't stop. And, chills ran down my spine, again. Half an hour before, if anyone would have come up to me and talked to me about any sort of Paranormal activity, I would have snorted and made fun of the poor soul even if it happened to be the guy I had an immortal fire of love for. But, this was something else.

Half an hour back : 1.30 am

Stretching around my legs on the bed with the laptop on my lap, I had reached new heights of boredom, heights which I believed no one could surpass. Yeah, Facebook could do that to you. And, I knew the fact, that inspite of complaining about how pointless Facebook is, I would still go back stalking people's photos and lame status updates after some time. But, this time, I'd explore more of the internet, I'd decided.
And, that is how I ended up on youtube, It all started then.
A video clip, on the right hand side managed to catch my attention, mainly 'cos of the no of views it had garnered. I mean, 1.2 million views is not a mean task, right?
Clicking on the video clip which enlarged it to make it more accessible to me, I'd read that the video was titled as ' Simran possessed'
Laughing to myself, I thought maybe this was some teenage kid's lame attempt at scaring people. I almost didnt play it. But, something changed my mind. Maybe, the 1.2 million views? Curiosity took the better of me as I clicked on the 'Play' option after it took his own time to stream. And, what I saw was something that I could never forget. Something that questioned and changed my whole perception bout paranormal activities.

'Could it be possible?' ' Can it be that all this is true'
These were the only two questions running through my mind the entire time, I decided to google up about it and find more informal on paranormal activities.

And, I haven't been able to stop since.

-          Poulomi Das