Demystifying mysteries

Demystifying Mysteries

Mysteries have always enthralled us. It has always been the suspense in a story that makes a book unputdownable. Similarly, the mysterious climax of a movie is what enchants cine-goers.

Mystery is a preferred genre of most of the bookworms or film-goers. Perhaps it is the element of curiosity in fictional works that gets us excited. Since mysteries provide us a break from our daily mundane activities, many of us get attracted to it. Or, maybe because many readers love to solve a mystery.

It is difficult to pinpoint any particular reason.

But I do understand that hadn’t mystery been an aspect of our lives, life would have been plain boring. Mysteries are a rollercoaster in our lives as they fill us with thrill. We do not know when the plot will take a twist and throw the readers to the side.

This fascinating, attention-grabbing world of mystery isn’t limited to just fiction. Our universe too is full of mysteries. 

There have been strange incidents that keep boggling our mind. Many questions often pester us. Are UFOs real? Are ghosts a reality?

Mystery fictions pique our curiosity, while we rarely pay much attention to the non-fictional mysteries. How many of us have Googled the Bermuda Triangle, the Taos Hum or even about the Voynich Manuscript?

Though we fancy being surrounded with mysteries and love finding solutions to them, we do not prefer pondering on the mysteries of the world.

And, that remains a mystery to me.

(Published in The Gulf Today on October 8, 2016)