A generation awakens...

A gneration awakens... or... does it?

"thodi si dhool meri...
dharti ki mere vatan ki...
thodi si dhool meri...
dharti ki mere vatan ki...
thodi si khushboo baaraan ii si mast pavan ki...
thodi si dhonk ni wali dhak dhak dhak dhak dhak dhak saansen...
jin mein ho junoon junnon vo boondein lal lahoo ki!
hoo oo oo .....
ye sab tu mila mila le...
phir rang tu khila khila le...
ye sab tu mila mila le...
phir rang tu khila khila le!
aur mohe tu rang de basanti yara...
mohe tu rang de basanti!"

I saw this movie the other day, and on the way back home in the bus i couldn't help thinking.
what has happened to this country?
what will happen to this country?
it's an overpopulated country where the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. it's a country where corruption is actually a defined method to get your work done. it's a country where uneducated ministers rule the roost.
Someone famous once said " ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country"
what can i do for this country?
what can i do for a country where the entire system from root to tip is at fault.
what can i do for a country where children are born on a street, they live their entire life on the street, and die there.
what can i do for a country where power is the most abused commodity.
what can i do for a country where "inqalab zindabad" has been replaced by "chalta hai-adjust kar lo " on every tounge.
really... what can i do?
is this what those zillion freedom fighters fought for, gave up their lives for?
somehow, i don't think so.
there was nothing in that movie that doesn't happen in this country. innocent people always pay the price, irrespective of whether they committed the crime or no. power is everything here. everything.

i was jolted out of my thoughts when the bus came to screeching halt, hopefully somewhere near the bus stop. i looked around and saw onovercrowded bus, filled with people who had lost all love for their motherland. someone got up to get off the bus, and thus emptied a seat. two people noticed the empty seat simultaniously. one: an old uncle with a receeding grey hairline, who had just boarded the bus and two: a young college going lad who had been standing for a very long time. the lad made a dash for the seat and put his hand across so that no one else could claim the seat. the old uncle gave up all hope and i looked away digustedly, preparing to get up and offer the uncle my seat. just then, the lad turned around smiled and said " uncle please sit..." the uncle who was as surprised as i was, patted the lad on his shoulder, smiled and said "god bless you my child"
so he wasn't running towards the seat to get it for himself. he was saving it for the uncle. he didn't put his hand across to claim a seat for himself. he put his hand across so that no one else could claim the seat till the uncle could sit.

maybe this generation doesn't need awakening...
maybe this generation is not sleeping at all...
maybe all it needs is a gentle nudge in the right direction...
maybe there is hope after all.

"sapne rang de...
apne rang de...
khushiyan rang de...
gum bhi rang de...
naslein rang de...
faslein rang de...
rang de dhadkan..
rang de sargam...
rang de surat...
rang de darpan...
mohe mohe tu rang de basanti yara...
mohe tu rang de basanti!

untill next time...

Circumstances

Sadoo commented on "Worth living" by saying... "but ma'am u ought to see that not only ur family or friends make life worth...its the circumstances..."
i think what he means is that the circumstances that we face in daily life shape us to be what we are. agreed sadoo, but doesn't family or friends or any kind of support just instantly make the situation infinitely better?
i think it does.
circumstances show us what all we should be prepared to handle in life.
family and friends show us how we can handle them.
circumstances do harden us, and while trying to wriggle out of them, we do soften up.
but the fact remains that if you have someone to hold your hand and help you wriggle out, or push you from behind with all their strenght and a bit more, you yourself feel like wriggling harder. you feel like fighting harder. if not for yourself, then for that person...you feel like winning againt the situation. that person can be your mom, dad, sister, best friend, good friend, friend..sometimes it can even be somebody who you never ever thought (even in your wildest dreams) would stand by you. and it's a wonderful feeling just to know that someone somewhere is there.
for you.
by you.
with you.
so let the circumstance harden you. but also let the family or the friend support you. it's not so bad to be dependant on someone. for sometime you can let the other person take care of your problems. for sometime you can take a break. then after sometime, you can get up and start wriggling again.
and yeah... don't let go of friends so easily... trust me they are the hardest things to replace in life.

untill next time...