Kya aapke toothpaste main namak hai......???

Student sleeping. Wakes up with a start. Cries out loudly,
Grandmother enters.
Granny : "Beta kya hua?? Koi bura sapna dekha??"Kid: Haan daadi, maine dekha, ke mere daaton main bahut dard hain aur main exam nahi de pa raha hoon...."
Granny : Beta, pareshan mat ho. Hamare desh main sadiyo se namak ki madad se daaton ka khayal rakha jaata hain. Tu
bhi namak se apne daat saaaf kar, tujhe kabhi dard nahi hoga ......
Ding dong!!!!!Pesh hain namak ke taakat ke saath....nayaaa Colgate Active Salt toothpaste. Is main hain calcium aur namak jo rakhe
aapke daaton ko saaf aur masoodo ko majboot!!!

Part of the "Advertisement" assignment where we have to re-do the Colgate Active Salt advert.....why??? Cos half the people in my class did not like the "Kya aapke toothpaste main namak hai?" advert......this is like a 50 marks test....

Forget....possible???

Main bhool jaaoon tumhen......ab yahi munaasib hai.......

magar bhulaanaa bhi chaahoon, to kis tarah bhooloon.....ki tum to phir bhi haqeeqat ho koi khvaab nahin..............

A beautiful rendition by Jagjit Singh.....its not possible, he says....

Well, life would be less complicated for a whole lot of people if they can just forget and move on.....go ahead, settle with the next best that comes your way.....and live happily ever after....

but no.....

in the silence of the night, in the loneliness of a crowd, the taste of the coffee, long distance travel,the client's dress, just normal routine activities, driving past favourite locations, on a website, some joke, some song, a movie, an incident, in the excel sheet trick he/she taught you, in some one's hairstyle, in some one's voice, in some one's eyes or smile.....the face is always there, looking back at you....& then start the questions.....

"what is she up to?"

"what if......???"

"is he happy???"

"did i make the right decision?"

"if i had made a stronger appeal....."

"if...."

Maybe Ghajini should take his rod & start a business - making people forget.....people. No memories, no regrets, no related mood swings, no questions.....

I think Jagjit Singh is right.....

Tapola and Naynish's wedding.....

Rest of the fun we had is censored. I am sure no one wants to look at 8 potbellied shirtless men performing punjabi garba, or the photoshoot after that.....

Courage.....

Today evening.....i joined my friends at the table for a snack....& right away saw her....
Have often seen her there, always near that table, her fave spot maybe.....have consciously avoided the table many a times, just to avoid her....

But now, here i am.....just about 3 feet away....staring....she also stared back.....
Finally managed to pull myself away & join the conversation with my friends, some stupid thing about how to say no to a marriage & blah blah.....my thoughts were all about her....

"what should i do?
should i tell these guys???
they must have seen her you dumbo, she is so close"

Food arrives......i steal a glance, her head is turned away...but i feel her eyes on me.....as if she is appraising me....maybe making up her mind...maybe if she should make a move.....i somehow eat the food....somehow.....difficult, given the train of thoughts.....

"if i do anything now, what will these guys say??
who cares, my life.
why you scared to make your move, she wont eat you....."

it takes an amazing self control to be sitting calmly, to seemingly be part of a conversation, when she is so close....almost touching distance.....

I raise my eyes......& meet hers....looking directly at me.....whats she thinking?? has she moved closer or am i imagining it??

"Shit......
Ok, calm, nothings gonna happen, it never does......she will go away.....like all the others who did... how long will this go on, you need to do something......."

Tea arrives.....she has actually moved closer........

"Be strong, look at her, go ahead & do it......it will be hardly anything.....you have seen so many people doing the same thing......
look at her!!!! cannot muster the courage to glance in her direction...!!!"

Tea is gulped down. Hot. I must have been nervous......

Canteen owner to the rescue . " Anything else sir?"

"No" i can still feel the hot tea in my tummy.....coupled with the churning her presence is
causing...

i get up & muster the courage ......i had to do something about it......

I look in her direction, grimace & clap.
The lizard scampers away......

My friends promise me they will recommend me for the bravery award next Republic day.....

:-) ......wonder who else will smile with me....

When love is gone, there's always justice./ And when justice is gone, there's always force./ And when force is gone, there's always Mom./ Hi, Mom! - Laurie Anderson