Dear Friends,
this is no epitah nor an obituary to the eternal love story which spawned one of the best movies in indian history!!!
Statutory warning :
For all those who are already in Love, or are in the process of falling in love or are thinking of falling in love, well this might not be their cup of Tea. so please think before u read Ahead. then dont tell me i didnt warn you [:)]
What prompted me to write this , i dont know. What prompted me to think about this, i dont know. But, what i do know is that there was once a Saleem and an Anarkali.There was once a love story so engimatic, so pure that people used to swear by it.And today, we attempt to make cheap remakes of it. how many of them go on to become blockbusters ?? i dont know.
Well , let us find out the reason for this ever increasing trend that is hitting the youngsters of this country.We live in a society which has been divided on lines.Lines which can vary from being IT/Non IT , infosys/non infosys
IIT /Non-IIT , modern/traditional , metro/non metro ..... to cut the story short, we have come up with a complicated Matrix,one which is no lesser than a maze.
The beauty of this matrix is... that each of us occupy a limited niche in it. And we prefer to have access within that matrix itself.Both the sexes have come to a state of apprehension, where they feel that the resources are fast depleting in their own territory, so instead of waiting like a fool, why not jump on to the bandwagon?
The greatest quantum leap for humanity in india is "Womens' Independence". With a booming IT and services sector, women in india have become independent , atleast economically. This is another important factor . Gone are the days when women were supposed to be the shadow of their spouses. They can think and act independently. They are assoicating more with their identity more than ever.A few days back i was talking to one of my friend. she was saying that women now a days look forward to a relation where they dont have to change much,a family which would accept as what they are.Its only human to take this as an incentive when thinking of going into a relationship.And Love of course is the answer.
Dependency.. we need someone to go to shop,to go to movies, to go to any Damn place on the earth except the Loo... we have created a web of dependency . Its a time when everyone feels they need someone to talk to, to share things.I would credit all office 'love' to such dependencies. Maybe most of the college love affairs too.Maybe every "love" has a dependency.. or maybe am wrong friends, is dependency Love???
I have yet not come to my favourite topic . yes 'peer pressure' . This is the single biggest reason for people doing most of the things they dont want to do. The same applies here too.. whereever i go, whatever i do, i see my friends, strangers all going around with their partner.. its like love is on the streets... the frustration builds within.. every 'single' person wants to be in love.. everyone wants to live in that Utopia...
I would rather say .. they are all in love with the idea of being in love..
Well, i think ... were love affairs always like this?? were these the paramters that guided or ruled peoples' minds. i dont know .. i really dont know.. because neither am i a historian nor have i lived for 300 years. but certainly , in the new age .. love affairs are more of a "convenience" rather than a "reality".
My dear friends .. this is no ODE to Saleem and anarkali.. nor am i degrading the "current" love... nor am i any different from all of those millions of youngsters out there..
I just wish there were more of Saleem's and Anarkali's..............
