Down memory Lane

My sister whispering her  standard line
 to me ...
'Don't act too smart' ;) :)

Come Sunday evening and a ghostly pallor casts itself  -of a seemingly impermanent week ahead ! Time offers no relief as well by going ahead faster than normal, defying all science.

Cut to so called "good ol' school days" - While the burden of paying bills and the obeisance to a clueless goal-less life which has become the order of today ( at least yours truly feels so!) was absent then,  school obviously had its fair share of grief to offer. (not really depicting cynicism about everything in life here- but just an articulation of comparative relief from an individual for whom school was a myopic "i need to discover the recipe to decode every single exam- be it a math quiz or even a (daunting?) needlework/croshay exercise" ) . But yes- when the onerous task of lugging a school bag , was offset by an unexpected holiday announced right at the hallowed gates, the sheer thrill of walking back home now with a surprisingly weightless bag is inexplicable :)!

Cut to something simpler. The delight of a serendipitous 'five hundred rupees-find' in one of your neglected purse nooks!

Well...something's never change! They are some of our perennial favourties trangressing time, age ,gender!

Why orphan out music ?:) Especially since the word itself can evoke a multitude of response-credited to its multifaceted personality. For some it's life's elixir- period! For others it's peace of mind, escape from reality, soul sister to a vodka moment ;) or perhaps-----just memories! Yes-music & memories i believe are hard to decouple! It happens both way. The instance you find yourself in reminds you of a song or sometimes the instant you hear a song your mind revisits a particular phase or moment of your life! And its not JUST the song that does the trick- but the song being there at the RIGHT time ! They just do a Rajni i suppose-Naan eppo varuven eppadi varuvennu yarukkum theriyathu...eppo varunumo appo correctaa varuven...! For those of us who appreciate this it doesn't take a great deal to figure out those evergreen ones associated with a mood(swing :) , occasion in life or another person! 
A misty drive down a rocky terrain, a silenced audience slumped in the car, with  steady pattering rain against the glass takes me back to Anil Kapoor's 'foreboding of some uncertainty' So Gaya Yeh Jahaan. A drive through nature's plush green with a cool breeze whizzing past and my heart strums a Na Jaane Mere..Dil ko kya ho gaya.  A rugged drive, soaring humidity and a "what's life all about" introspection wraps me with a Yeh Dil ..Deewana .. Ah! (yeah! you needn't be necessarily smitten by the love-bug to reminisce this song). A gush of melancholy , 'life's not making sense', 'there's no purpose to it' and the playlist that compliments this is endless ;) - Hey Ajnabee, Sapno se Bhare Naina, Tu Jahaan mein wahaan, Tanhaayeeee, Kal ho na ho ( yes! the 'sad version' in side B of the tape ), Tujhe bhulaa diya..ho...,Do pal rukha.....  A rush of adrenaline, good times to cheer for and it's a foot-tapping Tu toh ainvayi ainvayi, Uyirae Uyirae, Oru Maalai, Dance pe Chance maar le. Well i'm normal too! So, the one-off Cupid arrows that manage to strike past (clearly not struck yet ! ) twang a Roja Jaaneman, Yeh haseen vaadiyan [ do these two songs need to necessarily be mentioned in the same breath always!], Mere haath mein, Suraj Hua Madham, Pehla Pehla Pyaar hai, Chupke se, Chaand ne kuch kaha, Sambhala hain maine.., Khuda Jaaane ke.....and the off-late, bitten by Tamil song bug of Hossana...![ Intend devoting a separate discourse on  this sudden Tamil song infatuation which has consumed most of my mind space in recent times! ]. 

And it's a cocktail of reasons why these songs have established their current identity with the said situation- The background score,  the lyrics, the attitude of the singer, the visualisation of the song in the movie and sometimes.... there's no real reason! They just happen to be there befriending you, adding a bit of flavour to the concoction called life, taking you Down memory Lane.......