Inordinate cacophony!!

Well that's the word that comes to my mind when i  tune in to most of the songs of recent times.

     The maxim 'OLD IS GOLD' could possibly never me more true..atleast when it comes to old hindi songs.. this remains the sole undisputed truth.
I wouldnt have probably dedicated a whole blogpost to this very subjective notion of mine,but for this one odd song that i heard the other day...Which compelled me to write this post.


Music has always been about soothing ones senses and touching ones soul after penetrating the layers of tensions and worries dat one has to face in day to day life...

But music today seems to be heading towards a diametrically opposite direction..

After a whole days work one would probably like to listen to songs like - tum pukar lo,woh sham kuch ajeeb thi.. pal pal dil ke pass..likhe jo khat..and not to hookah bar and fevicol se..
No wonder most hindi  music channels show old songs in the later evening time slot.

But music today seems to be heading towards a diametrically opposite direction..

I have always had a penchant for old hindi songs..(sticking to songs from hindi movies)
There is a certain kind of life,innocence and equanimity in the old songs.. The music is laced with some profound lyrics that effortlessly give words to the inexplicable feelings of the human souls.. 
What resulted is a deft piece of poetical masterpiece that withstood the power of erosion by time..
Hence most of the old songs still continue to impress unfledged ears.

But the new age songs! well it pains to hear such awful music and even more awful lyrics. The songs have lost their sobriety and the lyrics have never been so abysmal earlier.

There is no dearth of talent in this country.. there are some wonderfully written songs these days as well.. but those songs seems to be eclipsed by the popular fast-paced awful numbers.
Its inadvertently the result of the advent of discotheques and effect of westernization...
But one thing is for sure,these songs have a very small shelf life.. and very soon slip into the labyrinth of oblivion..

What's music if it can't remain alive in the ears of listeners for times to come!! 









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Back after a loooonnnngggg gap!!!

Hey people,

I guess this has been the longest gap between any of my two blog posts.. I had  nearly severed ties with this blog of mine.. One of my friends kept asking me every week 'did u write  new post??' That kind of pushed me into opening  this book of life once again :)

I will try being more regular :)

Till then take care and be well :)

Umpteenth attempt to discover life yet again :)

Hello friends!! I am finally back to my avocation after a hiatus of 3 months...Its not that I have been very busy working, I was probably busy balancing myself in the roller-coaster ride of life...
       Well I choose to call life a roller coaster because it couldn't get more true for me...or for that matter anybody else..Perhaps resilience is what I have in abundance and I take pride in acknowledging that! [smugs] 
Another long year just passed by... It has being a very eventful year for me...Out of college and into the corporate world...Another threshold of life smoothly crossed..and for having  done so I am beholden to a lot of people whose constant reassurance has helped me sail through the unsure times..
         Under the tutelage of life I have learnt a lot of things in this span of  365 days...a number of realisations dawned yet again....and I could not find a better platform to give words to my feelings..Life is a book in itself and with every passing day you read  another page of it... I cant but get amazed at the ease with which life successfully pulls you out from meandering into any kind of banality..No matter how much you dislike outgrowing from your childish self, life just holds you by the collar and brings you out of your element..It caresses you and the very next moment sneers and derides you with all its vanity...You can only gape with astonishment and even before you bat your eyelids,life just teaches you another lesson..
        Vacillating between reality and surreality...falling and recoiling from the snares of delusion...wading through the hazy desires...and juxtaposing gloomy and sunny days of life...Yes plodding through all of these I have definitely evolved as a person....There is no two minds about the fact that what comes out of this duel is a stronger and more experience "you"...
                           Life basically is too deep and intricately woven for words...Describing it will be a futile process.... living it optimistically is the only way to sail through it....
                      Before i park my pen(although virtually) i will like to wish and hope that the new year gifts each one of us with bundles of happiness,multitudes of love,success and unmatched bliss!!!
                                             Happy New Year people!! :)