Now and Then...

"...Jhalak dikhlaaja..ek baar aaja..."beamed the local music channel.. Himeshbhai's hugely popular,succesful and patented nasal rendition...
"Cut the crap out...Do you call this music?? Even Ginger sounds better.."
Ginger is the name of our neighbour's dog.

"But Dad, this is the most popular one topping the charts these days!!"
"Huh!!music and today's generation..Have they ever heard good music??Can they ever produce sensations like Rafisahab or hemant ji?? Can they ever bring soul into the music the way burman da or nayyar did? Those were the times.."
"Enough is enough dad!! I have heard you repeating these same lines umpteen number of times..Agreed that the music then was good, the music now is not bad either..Infact music can never be bad..."

The exchange is quite common between generations in most of the families..

CASE 1
Time changes, perspectives dont..
The above is a perfect example of the same 60's frame being used to to see 90's world...Black & white- the only colours...Purple & red -obscene..grey-not exists!!!

But this I realized happens to be something most of us, irrespective of age can be found to be guilty of...
"My gosh!! You have put on so much weight since we met last time!!"...
Last time was during graduation 8 years back...

Case 2
Time changes,perspectives too..Ever went back to your old school library or the assembly hall whose hugeness you used to rue about when in sixth grade??.. those so-much-to-explore hills in your old backyard??
The library although a bit shabby and small, still smells the best, aint it? Doesnt take much to go around your old backyard..but the mystcism of the old british-watertankand the freshness of eucalyptus scented breeze still enthralls you..aint it?

Change in any form is often a surprise to most of us.. And accepted indifferently most of the times..A few of the times they are not ..These are mostly those better moments and instances in our life which we dont want to change..which we just want to capture and keep in a frame for forever...The presumption of something being best lingers on and themind happens to just close itself to any changes attempted on those...

(The above thoughts crossed my mind when I recently came across this lady- a play friend of mine during those kindergarten times..The perspective of the most beautiful and graceful lady that i had made of her during those infant days still lingers on and although she s put ona lot more weight and aint that bit beautiful now as claimed by others, she still happens to be few of the most beautiful women i ever came across..)