humming Laterally: From the world of songs

It is said that “The history of a people is found in its songs”. Through ages, humankind expressed their deep inexpressible secrets, their unarticulated thoughts, their unfulfilled dreams, their deepest angst, their joyous moment, their emptiness…in the melody of songs.

What more then the King himself, Elvis Presley has to say…’I learned very early in life that: “Without a song, the day would never end; without a friend, a man ain’t got a friend; without a song, the road would never bend- without a song” So I keep singing a song.’

“Song is the harmony where life dwells…song is what all skin colors in the world listen in unison…song is melancholic yet victorious…song dries tears, yet makes people cry…As we breathe air does our soul breathe songs”

This post brings lines from various songs which are true and painful…Yet!!! you’ll always cherish…

…I hope you’ll like this lateral collage!!!

They knew it well…

Imagine there’s no Heaven…It’s easy if you try, no hell below us…Above us only sky…Imagine all the people living for today…Imagine there’s no countries, it isn’t hard to do…Nothing to kill or die for and no religion too…Imagine all the people…Living life in peace…

You may say that I’m a dreamer…But I’m not the only one…I hope someday you’ll join us …And the world will be as one – (Lyrics & Singer: John Lennon Track: Imagine)

People killin’, people dyin’, children hurt and you hear them cryin’…Can you practice what you preach, and would you turn the other cheek…Father, Father, Father help us…Send some guidance from above…’Cause people got me, got me questionin’…Where is the love – (Lyrics Justin Timberlake, William Adams, Singer: Black Eyed Pea, Track: Where is the love)

Hey there mister, can you tell me what happened to the seeds I’ve sown …Can you give me a reason sir as to why they’ve never grown…They’ve just blown around from town to town till they’re back out on these fields…Where they fall from my hand…Back into the dirt of this hard land – (Singer: Brue Spring Steen Track: This hard land)

The hills were alive with wildflowers and I was as wild, even wilder than they…

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Lateral Views: There is sweetness in pain!!!

Atypical day… we were going to Pune for an annual partner’s conference. The annual appraisal rating was out the previous night (the ramification –???), the taxi came well on time but it was the wrong car. After some few ordinary exchanges with the owner, I somehow convince the owner to send us another car, which was to meet us at the airport, the most prominent point in the city. However, the driver took about half an hour to spot us though he came from just 2 KM away…For those who were waiting us for the last one hour, the narration of the episode was lame…

Touchwood! In spite of all those morning omens, the day went well…

Precedence warned us that there could be nasty “You-You”… ” Me-Me” exchanges in the meeting. And out of the four, three of us were to make our debut in this yearly ritual. The experienced soul tried to manage our expectations by giving us few doses of the previous episodes, to which we end up laughing by assassinating few characters…

“We should not be laughed at during the meeting but we should come out laughing” …That’s exactly what we did.

We left the resort at about twilight…As I was in the front seat, I’ve got to be the default DJ on the car’s system, which has just 3 radio channels…I contributed to the conversation by being the silent listener most of the time…from the latest TV ad to some mimicry to character assassination to poems, the trip was a cacophony of one of our best laughs. I listened and gratified with whatever I could comprehend…As we were hitting the cliffy picturesque, cutting through the silky A/C air came “Daard mein bhi mithaas hain” (There is sweetness/pleasure in pain)…

It just struck me hard…My head keep on pounding my cognizance:

“Who can be that bugger who finds sweetness in pain”… on deeper though “Is that what you called self actualization?”…

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