Beauty is an abstract idea. It simply means sense of proportion. Any organ out of shape and anything out of place is considered repugnant. However, proportion is the concept concocted by constant conditioning. Region specific stipulation renders chunky physique, chubby nose or bulky lips appealing or repulsive. Elegance lies in the eyes of the beholder. It emanates from the mind and not from the sight.

All of us were born charming and have grown vile. Beauty and ugliness have a marginal difference. A fluttering butterfly comes out with flying colours from a horrid pupa. A larva which feeds on disgusting milk weed matures into a marvellous monarch that probes the petals to ferret pollens of flowers.

Everything in the universe is glamourous and gorgeous. Nature gifted iron and man created handcuff. God gave hunger and man manipulated famine. Children are beautiful as they are not aware of their appearance. Even the babe of an ass captivates, as it does not bray to brag. Sparkling of diamond is the result of its willing gestation for millions of years. All the beautiful things are enthralling for they are not conscious of their countenance. As Tao teaches, when beauty is identified as beauty, ugliness arises. Angle of apprehension predates connoisseurship of a being. Admiration of a grasshopper is ominous and adoration of a bee advantageous to plants. One is a predator and the other, a facilitator.

Comeliness cannot be manufactured but manifested. When innocence shines in the eyes and serenity surfaces on the face, one glows with exquisiteness. Physical appearance becomes an ephemeral epithet. It can immortalise as eternal epitaph by virtue of actions, deeds and gestures. An appeasing behaviour and a comforting character are enshrined in memory with enhanced longevity. Exterior symmetry is matter of opinion. Every one has his own dictionary on beauty.

Stereotype makes things stale.

Beauty is not skin deep. Strong bones, sound heart, powerful lungs, active liver, sharp ears and luminous eyes are the real components that embellish an individual: lest one would be a bundle of bones and parcel of problems. Facial dimensions are due to chance and genes. Complexion need not be a reason for complex. Selling dreams is lucrative commerce. ‘Fairness business’ is not always fair business. Beauty is neither earned with effort nor achieved with diligence. It is not a degree or doctorate to be ostentatiously displayed. Arrogance moderates and modesty enriches loveliness.

Beauty is relative and not absolute. There is no grammar prescribed for it. It cannot be defined or delimited. Anything natural and spontaneous is pleasant. It should not be stage managed.  All beautiful things in the world were created by people who were disdained obnoxious. For some, a thing of beauty is headache forever. Nations with plethora of wealth and abundance of resources were plundered by invaders and devastated by aggressors. Their pages of history were smeared with blood, soaked with tears and punctuated with poignancies.  

Love makes a person appear beautiful. Love is not the aftermath of beauty and the obverse is true. The essence of life lies in searching for the everlasting beauty that never fades into insignificance. When we stop making deliberate efforts to appear delightful, beauty occurs on its own accord. Liberal hands, smiling lips, consoling shoulders, compassionate eyes and dynamic legs alchemise a person into an extraordinarily beautiful one. Right perception and broad mindedness will make all beings on earth embodiments of elegance and icons of handsomeness.