Kya kare kya na kare

Last day of the year... Driving to have breakfast at one of my favorite delis... Not a very cold day  - at least not enough to start the heater in the car, yet cold enough to have the AC knob turned fully towards warm... Sunny day yet the snow from the previous snow shower had not fully melted from the freeway... Probably, nature's way of showing us how balance is achieved... 


I was driving my wife's car and just hit the CD player button... It took a couple of seconds for the CD player to choose the song to play and it chose "Kya kare kya na kare" from Rangeela... And as soon as I heard the opening tune, my mind took a super-quick flashback to 1995... 


In the junior college, we were a group of 5 good friends, amongst whom are S and V... V is the quintessential lively, beautiful and spirited gal who has been depicted in umpteen Bollywood flicks... S is the typical boy, present in each of those bollywood flick, who has likes V but still chooses to admire her from a distance... S chooses to keep his emotions close to himself and does not dare to say it... A typical teenage romance... 


It has been a little more than 2 years and now both S and V are looking for admission to medical schools. S has done very well and is on his way to one of the best schools of Mumbai whereas V might have to look outside Mumbai for a medical school or has to choose a para-medical school (ayurvedic or homeopathy etc)... S is worried that V might meet other "friends" and some talker might just swoop in and sweep her off her feet, away from him, forever... 


When chided by his friends, yours truly included, S played the same song on the car stereo... He played the antara of this song - atleast 10 times for us - 

koi baDi baat nahi hamein kahana tha jo bhi

voh to ham yun bhi kahate magar

phir bhi kahaan nahi vajah us ki hai yehi

bas inkaar se ham ko tha Dar

ab kahe ya tab kahe

kahaa kahe kab kahe

soch soch main hi voh gayi nikal

Today, when I heard the same lines, it was such a sweet memory... What better ending to this story that today S and V are both doctors, happily married with a doll of a daughter named Aria... We are still very good friends and every time I hear the song, the trip down the memory lane is so enjoyable... 


Thanks S and V for such a good time...