Of all of human needs, amongst the
greatest one, One has come to realize is to be relevant. One is always waiting
for signs for the Universe to remind him of his essence. At a time when the
time that it takes to boot a computer is sufficient for pushing the creative
juices to the corner of the room, after an evening long discussion on
profitability, it takes a Saieen Zahoor, or Maa Rewa to convince One that the
time is Now!
There is no other time! It is always
now. Often One aspires to Be. Why? I am come to realize that Being feels like
the only way to re-connect. Connect with all those in the memories. One can
often trace this back to what we generally call our roots!!! Why roots? Often
there are 7 oceans in between. I think it is to do with that part of one’s self
that is intrinsic. Like that bass in ‘With or without you’ which can be heard
through walls reminding you of the existence of the rest of the song!
Are we always looking? Searching. That
which belongs! That to which we belong?
That part that cannot be omitted despite
being under 6 feet of the earth, World, treaded by all who are not you. In a
more perverse sense of Being, it seems to be the only way to have everyone
close. All who mattered and some who didn’t! Just a reminder that there was You.
It is an effort to let it all flow. How
different is reality to reality! What is real? At least Youtube knows one
better and picks up a Dev-D song that hasn’t been heard for years. And Apt.
Pardesi!!!
In a world where everyday, every hour is
a race, and often the race is a self-fulfilling prophecy. It exists but because
of itself like a Mobius strip. Ever looping around one and itself. Ultimately can
you tell the race from the racer? The worrying thought though is not that there
is no end to the race, or that the race doesn’t have meaning, it’s the feeling
that the race defines One! And if One wasn’t in the race what would One be???
Music…
Led me again to the part where there is
no interference. Everyone has their own music, everyone has their memories
intertwined into a select structure. One can flick the songs but the structure
is intact. It’s quite comical that a recent movie, ‘Meri pyaari bindu’ made me
realize that I was on the other end this time round. While normal humans found
it intolerable, I felt!!! It’s incredible how a few scenes of a Maa Durga idol,
coupled with pictures of old ill-maintained buildings, over-indulging parents
and an over-the-top sugary saree-wearing-Parineeti can seem like ‘relevance’!
After days like this, while running
round in Mobius’ strips of ill-gotten memories, it takes Coke studio to indeed
remind One that the time is now, there are but few moments where you have few people
to share the moment with and the rest as they say is all in your mind!!!
O
lagi bina rain na jaage koi!
Mela
ae pal di pal eh
Chal
mele nu chaliye
O
aakhir jaana mar ve
Chal
mele nu chaliye
Without
the yearning of love, no one stays up all night
The
sparkling assembly of the world is here
And
now gone…
Let’s
go and see the sights for these few moments
Ultimately
we must die
Let’s
go and see the sights!!!
