The Bombay Theme Unplugged

I just bumped into this version of one of the most famous themes - the Bombay theme, in this blog. It is so surreal, with its haunting yet soothing notes... the music just envelopes you. I need not say more. Just listen.


(Intro by Srinivasamoorthy, The Orchestra Conductor)

Hope.... Again.

I was just having this talk with my friend today. It was about hope. She didn't want to have one. To move on, it is better not to have one. Then, I went into this thought process.

We are humans. It is one of our innate nature to hope. An optimist hopes that something good is always around the corner. A pessimist, on the other hand, hopes that something bad happens or well, he believes that.

We will hope no matter what. When a person walks out on us, we hope either the person will come back or there is someone better out there for us then. We hope.

Because the moment you stop hoping, you stop living.

Aadat.

"na janay kab se
umeedein kuch baaki hain
mujhe phir bhi teri yaad
kyun aati hai
na janay kab se

duur jitna bhi tum mujh se
paas tere mein
ab tho aadat si hai mujh ko aise jeene mein
zindagi say koi shikwa
bhi nahin hai
ab tho zinda hoon mein iss neele aasman mein

...
yaadain gehri hain ithnee
dil doob jaaye..."
                                                                - Jal

" juda hoke bhi tu mujhmein kahin baaki hai
palkon mein banke aansu tu chali aati hai
juda hoke bhi

waise zinda hu ae zindagi bin tere mein
dard hi dard baaki raha hai seene mein
saans lena bhar hi yaha jeena nahi hain
ab toh aadat si hai mujhko aaise jeene mein
juda hoke bhi tu mujhmein kahi baaki hai
palkon mein banke aansu tu chali aati hai "

                                                                - Aatif Aslam

Chevron.

Broken.

Today, the whole day, been listening to Jason Wade crooning to "Broken". Heard it from one of the episodes of Grey's Anatomy. I just heard it there and downloaded the song.

It feels like he actually saw inside me and wrote the words. The song just sums up whatever I am feeling.

Am holding on. Barely.

Signs.

How am I supposed to interepret these signs?

That day when a person who looked like her came in to the shop.
Or the day when I knew it, Comfortably Numb comes on the radio.
Or the dream I had with that church, which for some weird reason looked like the one from November Rain.
But then yesterday tops it all, a person named "Chevon" calls in.

What do I do with all these signs?!?

Separation.

I just heard this being said before the beginning of the song Hum Hain Iss Pal Yahaan from the movie Kisna.

"Kabhi Kabhi Hum...
Ek Doosre Ko Kho Kar Bhi Toh...
Pyaar Ko Ooncha Darjaa Dete Hain.
Judaa Reh Kar...
Pyaar Ki Oonchaaiyonko Praapt Karte.
Aur Pyaar Milan Toh Nahin...
Judaai Bhi Toh Ek Pyaar Hain."

My translation of the above excerpt-

Sometimes we...
after losing each other...
give love a high rank.
Being separated...
we reach heights of love.
And love is not a unison...
separation is also a kind of love.

The "Everything" Skit

There was this time when tears would just come out when I used to cut those freakin' onions. But today, they just didn't come. I guess my tear glands are just exhausted. :)

SGH

This place has the same initials as the hospital in our favorite show "Grey's Anatomy". I have this this tingling feeling inside me to go there. I don't know why. I cannot explain my thoughts.

I just want to go there.