Just one of those days...

when:

-the smallest tease could evoke a fit of rage...

-the simplest work could prove to be cumbersome...

-a friendly smile is responded to with a frown...

-the happiest, saddest, or even most normal of situations could bring forth a torrent of tears...

-one could cry because one's friend got married (there are tears of joy, there are tears of sadness, but what do they call these tears?)...

-better still, one could cry looking at someone else's wedding photos...(no, this isn't an indication that one yearns to get married)

-even the clearest of skies, chirpiest of birds couldn't stir even a hint of a smile...

-gloom descends like a dark cloud and sadness like a heavy mantle stubbornly blotting out every ray of light...

-one thinks she is a budding poetess... ;)

But had this not been the case, there would be one less greatly profitable industry in this world...

Just a thought...

Listening to the Hindi FM (they've taken to playing old Hindi songs after 9pm, which I just adore)...and heard a song that reminded me of my childhood...so here's a thought...

The name "Pantaloons (the retail chain)" reminds me of this song:

मेरा जूता है जापानी, ये पतलून इंगलिश्तानी

सर पे लाल टोपी रूसी, फिर भी दिल है हिन्दुस्तानी

The start of the beginning...

It's official...the Red House Captain and the Muscat-eer have been pronounced man and wife on this day the 10th of November, 2009

Congratulations to you both and God bless!!

Old is gold...

तेरे बिना ज़िन्दगी से कोई शिकवा तो नहीं, शिकवा नहीं, शिकवा नहीं

तेरे बिना ज़िन्दगी भि लेकिन, ज़िन्दगी तो नहीं, ज़िन्दगी नहीं, ज़िन्दगी नहीं

तेरे बिना ज़िन्दगी से कोई शिकवा तो नहीं

काश ऐसा हो तेरे क़दमो से, चुन के मंजिल चले और कहीं दूर कहीं - २

तुम गर साथ हो, मंजिलों कि कमी तो नहीं

तेरे बिना ज़िन्दगी से कोई शिकवा तो नहीं

जी में आता है, तेरे दामन में, सर झुकाके हम रोते रहें, रोते रहें - २

तेरे भी आँखों में, आंसुओं कि नमी तो नहीं

तुम जो कह दो तो आज ही रात, चाँद डूबेगा नहीं, रात को रोक लो - २

रात कि बात है, और ज़िन्दगी बाकी तो नहीं

Beautiful songs n' lyrics caress the soul, such as this one. Love the lyrics. Just before the 3rd stanza here, they have a small conversation that's so pregnant with meaning that am afraid to actually watch the video for this song lest it not meet my expectations and suffers a miscarriage in my abruptly de-illusioned mind...

Have you ever felt that? Fell so much in love with a song, that you were actually scared to watch the video lest it not meet up to your imagination? There was this one song that bitterly disappointed many (or so I hear)...the song "Chinna chinna aasai" from the movie Roja (1992).

"मोहोब्बत और मौत बिन बुलाये मेहमान बन जाते हैं"