Tuesday, September 12, 2006

The days of....

This was the mail sent to me by my good old friend Raghava.He is now settled in U.S of A .We were chatting about our school days and the gala time we use to have in our colony.

the days of hand-tennis
the days of 10-wicket cricket in the portico of your house
the days of King game in the colony streets
the days of Chacha Chaudhary,phantom, mandrake, Sabu, Diamond comics
the days of our walks to 'Nagara Kendra Granthaalaya' ( City central library )
the days of colony rounds in the evening during summer hols
the days of your stories about Jahangir uncle from Hyderabad
the days of tape recorders
the days of Colony Day celebrations
the days of I-Spy
the days of cricket in the colony grounds
the days/nights of our pseudo-Shivaraatri jaagaaran combined studies
the days of us practising Ramayana / Mahabharata quizes
the days of practising naaTakaas (skits)
the days of you narrating 'Shiva' story !
the days of playing Trade, Scotland Yard, bluff

how I wish I can re-live all those days again :((

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Re-Engineering Love

I am sitting in a roof top garden restaurant with my friends.As We were talking about current affairs , Bantering each other , I notice that a couple sitting at the corner table holding each other's hands and lot of mushy mushy talks going on :).
As I walk down the dark cinema hall aisle looking for my seat, I notice heads resting on shoulders, shoulders touching.
As i walk down the road i notice couples walking with their hands entwined in each otherslost in their own world.As I move on with life , i realise that I miss being in love. hahahaha Quite a realisation after 25 years !!.
What kind of an emotion is love? Why is only this feeling called "love" is always soo much talked. Is it just the chemicals in brain , As ajay devgan explains to esha deol in yuva"love is nothing but XX , XY chromosomes". Are we just slaves to our genes.
Love is a commodity. A commodity, like, for sale? . Sale, discount, retail, designer, factory seconds, et cetera, et cetera. They sell. You buy. ( remember mia wallace and vincent?)
well movies like kuch kuch hota hai which makes love a commodity rakes in a moolah of 200 crores !!!!
re-engineering love into rational model?....uffffff