So finally I saw Paa..after much trial and tribulation, missed (mixed ??) plans which involved many "i am sorry Sanch, I can't make it" and "I hate you Sandeep"s!! - The dude passed on my ticket and never informed me - can you really blame me??? Finally I managed to catch the movie - just in the nick of time - coz I did promise a friend, though at that time in jest, iss saal toh dekh hi loongi!!
Isn't it strange, the kind of finality we associate with the last day of the year? Its a crucial deadline to right a lot of wrongs, to finish many unfinished jobs, to redefine ourselves - I know of atleast one girl who used to time a haircut for the 31st of Dec! It just fills in for a lot of ends..
But does it?
I read somewhere that new years day, the 1st of January, is just another day. It is just an excuse we need to start a new cycle - as if spring, summer, autumn and winter were not enough! In a way, I agree. It is another day - a nice (maybe), misty or sunny (sometimes) - depending on which hemisphere you are in, but pleasant - definitely - day. It is about hope, optimism and new beginnings - a fresh new day for a brand new start! (Dammit, I should have been in advertising!)
New years is about parties, friends, cakes (a direct fallout of coming right after Christmas), celebration and new resolutions. New years is just that - you feel all new and are infused with a heightened sense of receptivity to others, an ability to forgive, to embrace, to forget, to move on. It is not the year gone by that one celebrates, but our hopes, dreams and aspirations for the future. Toh kya hua abhi tak nahi kar paye toh, naye saal mein resolution toh zaroor banayenge!:D
But wait a sec! Can you really forget? That man cheated you! That girl made fun of you! Your boss canceled your diwali chutti, your ma cried because of you (in both cases, mine didn't so don't look at me!)
You know, we are such fools - we always forget. Or let time numb our senses. Is it fair that Kasab manages to feign ignorance and hold a whole nation to ransom just in the name of a "fair" trial? Is it fair that a 14 year girl was molested and her family victimized? Is it fair that it takes films like Taare Zameen par and 3 idiots to teach us that children are not horses - you cannot whip one to "win"! Is it really fair to let all bygones be gone???
Should we forget?
Does it really matter how hard we partied or how much money we made? In the big picture of life, maybe its time to take a rain-check...
The future is ours for the taking and there will always be another tomorrow, but the past cannot be negated, forgotten or buried. It is time to move on but it is important to remember that time cannot always fix it. Forgive, yes but don't forget...
With knowledge comes power, with power comes great responsibility. It is upto us to create a future worth living for and make the past worth remembering. After all, tomorrow will also, someday, be a yesterday!
Cheers!!
Posts
