surprise surprise....even blogging has a honeymoon period.....
hardly been 24 hrs and i've been itching to lay my hands on something to type about....
and little wonder, i have.... in a stifling accounts class, with the prof muttering vague warnings about the impending end terms and people staring blankly at their laptops...a few souls all worked up about the "yaar....summer placements aa rahi hain yaar..." factor....pretty much as usual, i lie curled up in a corner...thinking about everything and nothing in particular....
the prof breaks for tea....and suddenly someone's laptop strums to life with a song....
wonder if you've heard the song "beete lamhein" from the movie ' the train' i guess....
a very mellow, soft number...with all the typical ingredients of mush, longing, nostalgia thrown in....
and suddenly....something happens.... the 'summers are here' ppl are replaced by one's slouched on their desks ...eyes closed....someone asks for a cigarette....and rushes to the nearest window to sit and reminensce....a lot of people shift in their seats as their faces betray their thoughts fleeting backwards....i hear a few faint sighs and chuckles...a few far away smiles settle down on faces...some people reach for their phones...for a few seconds...almost everyone is stuck in a moment of their own...the song somehow, miraculously lifting them....
and...then...the fancy passes by...people realise they're hungry and noisily make their way downstairs to the chaiwalla....the "f#%$ yaar summers hain..." ppl start off again....and the music is drowned out in the rising cacophony....
one little song..one little instant...and so many outcomes....
The bard was rite....if music be the food of love(and life)....PLAY ON.....
ps: listen to the song...am sure you'll find something that pulls at your heart strings...at least some portion.....and btw... i reached for the phone! :)
1 comment:
Awesome expression of a subtle incident :)
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