Living Diagonally In My Parallel World!

Its now been past one year and I can now rest in peace and enjoy the sweet fruits of labor. I had always prided myself on my presence of mind and intellect. From an early age I was aware of my good looks and I could easily make boys dance around me. The only thing that I was lacking was money. My father was a worker in a factory and though we were not poor, I never had the kind of money to buy whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. My father used tell me, “Aditi, never keep money as the target. Money will automatically come when you work sincerely.”   I was going to prove him wrong! At an early age of 23, I was married off to Sujay who was a businessman. He was not very good looking but was rich and had a good running business. Sujay lived in his independent two storied bungalow which was a kilometer away from his parent’s bungalow. It was not big, but it was independent and provided privacy with its tall walls. He also had another bungalow on the outskirts of the city...

Mera Yaar Mila De Saiyyan As Gulzar had said in one of his interviews that a poem should be such that it should have multiple layers. As you scratch the surface, another layer will reveal itself. And this way he would suggest what he wanted to say, along with what the character wanted to say. In the song “ Mera Yaar Mila De ” from Saathiya this is exactly what Gulzar has done. This song is about search for the beloved or God, for once you find love, you find God. Gulzar has used this metaphor in Chaiyya Chaiyya as well –   जिनके सर हो इश्क़ की छाँव पाँव के नीचे जन्नत होगी यार मिसाल-ए-आस चले पाँव के तले फ़िरदौस चले चल छैय्याँ छैय्याँ, छैय्याँ छैय्याँ… But that’s for another day. Coming back to Saathiya, Adi and Suhana are in love despite the disapproval from their families. They have a disagreement and Suhana leaves for an assignment without reconciling with Adi. When this song starts on the screen, we see Adi frantically looking for Suhana. The song begins w...