These days the common refrain is that the world is on Pause. My earliest memories of pause; is the "pause" button on tape recorder. Inevitably it was followed by "stop" and "rewind".
vo bhooli dastaan lo phir yaad aa gaii
Maestro Madan Mohan's opening bars of music are the perfect invitation to a flashback. Rajinder Krishan's emotion laden lyrics talk about the times gone by.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwVqOiR193o
Moving back to Hyderabad after 2 decades meant that I was on a nostalgia ride. I didn't miss the opportunity of visiting Ganesha in Khairatabad. And as 2020 dawned, taking my family to "numaish" in Nampally was foremost on my mind. Thousands of people gather for this mela, and we had a wonderful time here.
But as Shakeel Badayuni wrote, life itself is a "mela"
ik din paDegaa jaanaa, kyaa vaqt, kyaa zamaanaa
koii na saath degaa, sab kuchh yahiin rahegaa
jaaenge ham akele, ye zingadii ke mele
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TNi0LjXZCI
Our families were stuck by twin tragedies; in a span of few weeks Sushmita's mother and my mother passed away. And then the lock down started. All this meant that Sushmita and Aarohi are in UP, and I in Hyderabad taking care of Dad.
mere saamne waali khidki se "grocery" ki dukaan dikhti hai..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0WPSYFm7iE
Sunil Dutt wooing Sairabanu with "mere saamne waali khidki men" is stuff of the legends. Looking out of window for "chaand ka tukDa" is a far cry these days as we are more concerned about mundane things. You peep out to check if the delivery truck with veggies has come and the lines outside the store have subsided. And post a whats app message on the community group.
Speaking of community, its full of helpful neighbors. One gentleman got Kalaa Channa for me from Ratnadeep. I picked it up and came back excited at the though of making Channa. I promptly went back to return the money, but realized that the simple pleasures of life have returned. Most of you must be familiar with the parody of this song in Kranti, but we need to go back to pre-independence
days for the original.
channe jor garam baabu..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2EaJYbIUH0
Not just simple living, but that era had a defining spirit that made us forget our differences and
rise for a common cause. That unity is needed again if we need to overcome the current crisis; glimpses of which could be seen in the lighting of lamps. This forgotten Jaidev melody captures the
sentiment perfectly.
deepak se deepak jal gaye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40qc4yQKzPs
Music thrived during these times. RMIM, which has been a part of life for almost quarter century continued in glorious fashion. Music sessions on every weekend, were the perfect tonic for the troubled times.
chalta rahe ye carvaan, umr-e-ravaan ka carvaan
Sardaar Malik's composition reminds a personal favorite. The film Chor Bazaar, is from the pre yahoo Shammi Kapoor days, when he mostly acted in serious movies which sank without a trace.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eaxA211PuA
With hardly any traffic on the roads, I could just keep the windows open all the time. The gentle breeze blowing across, meant that I could spend the heat of April without AC / cooler.
ham vo diivaane hain jo taazaa havaa lete hain
khiDkiyaaN khol ke mausam kaa mazaa lete hain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zETU10-wyLM
While, I have settled down into this "new normal" I look forward to a semblance of normality; when we can take a walk in Botanical Garden and see peacocks dancing..
Roshan's sublime composition set to Majrooh Sultanpur's lyrics perfectly sum up the state of mind.
kabhii to milegi kahiin to milegi baharon ki manzil raahi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjIScQQhS90
To be continued...
vo bhooli dastaan lo phir yaad aa gaii
Maestro Madan Mohan's opening bars of music are the perfect invitation to a flashback. Rajinder Krishan's emotion laden lyrics talk about the times gone by.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwVqOiR193o
Moving back to Hyderabad after 2 decades meant that I was on a nostalgia ride. I didn't miss the opportunity of visiting Ganesha in Khairatabad. And as 2020 dawned, taking my family to "numaish" in Nampally was foremost on my mind. Thousands of people gather for this mela, and we had a wonderful time here.
But as Shakeel Badayuni wrote, life itself is a "mela"
ik din paDegaa jaanaa, kyaa vaqt, kyaa zamaanaa
koii na saath degaa, sab kuchh yahiin rahegaa
jaaenge ham akele, ye zingadii ke mele
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TNi0LjXZCI
Our families were stuck by twin tragedies; in a span of few weeks Sushmita's mother and my mother passed away. And then the lock down started. All this meant that Sushmita and Aarohi are in UP, and I in Hyderabad taking care of Dad.
mere saamne waali khidki se "grocery" ki dukaan dikhti hai..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0WPSYFm7iE
Sunil Dutt wooing Sairabanu with "mere saamne waali khidki men" is stuff of the legends. Looking out of window for "chaand ka tukDa" is a far cry these days as we are more concerned about mundane things. You peep out to check if the delivery truck with veggies has come and the lines outside the store have subsided. And post a whats app message on the community group.
Speaking of community, its full of helpful neighbors. One gentleman got Kalaa Channa for me from Ratnadeep. I picked it up and came back excited at the though of making Channa. I promptly went back to return the money, but realized that the simple pleasures of life have returned. Most of you must be familiar with the parody of this song in Kranti, but we need to go back to pre-independence
days for the original.
channe jor garam baabu..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2EaJYbIUH0
Not just simple living, but that era had a defining spirit that made us forget our differences and
rise for a common cause. That unity is needed again if we need to overcome the current crisis; glimpses of which could be seen in the lighting of lamps. This forgotten Jaidev melody captures the
sentiment perfectly.
deepak se deepak jal gaye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40qc4yQKzPs
Music thrived during these times. RMIM, which has been a part of life for almost quarter century continued in glorious fashion. Music sessions on every weekend, were the perfect tonic for the troubled times.
chalta rahe ye carvaan, umr-e-ravaan ka carvaan
Sardaar Malik's composition reminds a personal favorite. The film Chor Bazaar, is from the pre yahoo Shammi Kapoor days, when he mostly acted in serious movies which sank without a trace.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eaxA211PuA
With hardly any traffic on the roads, I could just keep the windows open all the time. The gentle breeze blowing across, meant that I could spend the heat of April without AC / cooler.
ham vo diivaane hain jo taazaa havaa lete hain
khiDkiyaaN khol ke mausam kaa mazaa lete hain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zETU10-wyLM
While, I have settled down into this "new normal" I look forward to a semblance of normality; when we can take a walk in Botanical Garden and see peacocks dancing..
Roshan's sublime composition set to Majrooh Sultanpur's lyrics perfectly sum up the state of mind.
kabhii to milegi kahiin to milegi baharon ki manzil raahi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjIScQQhS90
To be continued...
