Aamir Khan, Udit Narayan, Khambe Jaisi Khadi Hai, Phool aur Kaante... names, movies, songs that bring a strange melancholiness, a strange feeling that borders on ecstasy, sadness, pain, and pleasure at the same time. I haven't been able to pin point it yet, but listening to those songs and watching those movies transports me into the 90s with an eerie sense of deja vu, an eerie sense of being transported back into time, not sure I am happy, not sure I am missing something, not sure what it is...
It's just something I want to do again and again.
Maybe it was the innocence of those days, a life without Internet, without cellphones, where a walk at Miramar in the evening, and rides around 18th June Road were all that were needed to make it a great day. Where relationships were uncomplicated, where tensions were few, where money wasn't a criteria, where proving oneself wasn't necessary.
Maybe it was just about being in Goa.
Maybe it was about being a kid.
Maybe moving back to Goa will bring those days back?
4 comments:
You know even I have been thinking of this quite a lot lately...though i wasnt very grown up in the 90s but going by the innocence simplicity of old songs, movies, etc, i am sure those days must have been better..when people didn't know what stress, frustation was...when you had few close friends who were never too busy to meet you...when good friends met more instead of just smsing..when you had faith in each other and believed in words like friendship, love, promise, forever...when you didn't have to feel embarrassed about being too emotional..when people cared a lot more...when small things/gestures made a huge difference..when 24 hrs were enough for work and to spend time with family and friends too! when words like "move on" didn't exist..when i'd not started to believe that you need to be selfish in order to be happy...
Sorry, got a bit carried away in my last comment :) your post brought out some very very strong emotions and thoughts that i'd been keeping to myself..sigh..why did we ever have to grow up na..or maybe should have been born much earlier...i'd like to believe that we'd get better but the so-called kids(?) of thesedays dont give me much hope...
Hitting mid-life crisis at 34!!!
I fully agree with Mr. Anonymous :):)....Personally speaking 90's was about falling 'in'love :):)
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