Ever listened to those haunting Kishore Kumar tunes on a starry night? Did your lips hint at a smile along the corner, while you watch the tiny tots strut off in their school uniforms? Did you just shift your position at the cafe / train so that you can catch some titbits off the self-engrossed-high pitched-conversations of college kids near you?
Oh! Boy! .. isn’t that nostalgic? Taking us back to those years when we lived those moments, so that we can remember them now. The entire span of those moments flashes before our eyes, in slow motion. Sometime, we even tend to remember the colour of the tie, feel the fragrance of the canteen chai, and the thud-thud of our professor on the steps. And, consider yourself super lucky if you have a friend who shared the same moments is with you at this moment in time, to share the memory as well. Nostalgia just became contagious and addictive.
But, do you discuss (read – you talk, and others just nod) your nostalgic moments with anyone who is there to listen (read – earphones not plugged into their ears)? , especially, to those audience ( huh !) , who are at least a decade younger to you?. Finally, does your conversation typically tend to start with “In those days”? Mate, time to wake up from your nostalgic trance. You might end up like the chacha-who-scared-the-kids-the-moment-he-said-“In those days”.
C’mon guys, don’t you remember how we used to detest that I-have-seen-it-all-uncle/aunt. Each family has one or two. That is the law of the universe, and, how much ever we try ( or tried), its impossible to escape an encounter with them. Do you realise that you are slowly (but steadily) metamorphosising into the very same person you used to loathe?… did you feel as if you have been hit by a lightning? This is a good sign. This means, your reputation amongst the younger member of the family can still be salvaged.
Every generation thinks “ we are better informed”. …(Get over it, you and me cannot beat this)….. But our experience have taught us that “ they need direction” …. again .. so did we, .. but we loathed anyone who came to us with advice… So.. what kind of reaction do you expect when you approach these young kids with ammunition called advice. Youngsters are like oyster clams. They do not open up easily. But when they do, be ready to be marvelled by their brilliance, making the wait worthy in every physical-spiritual-aesthetic sense.
Instead of advice, try relating with an experience of your own. Let them unravel the moral-of-your-experience. Believe me, this will give them a better sense of direction than google map. They will eventually find a counsel in you, and, you might probably get a fan page in facebook.
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Great to see you back. Hoping to see more of your blogs on photography.
Thanks EG.
I hope so too.
My blogs got me this far. High time i paid my respects back
As a quote says “Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson: you find the present tense, but the past perfect”
எப்பவும் பழைய விஷ்யங்கள பேசத்தானே பிடிக்கும்… கேட்க பிடிக்காது..:)) இந்த காலத்து குட்டீஸ் நாம பேச ஆரம்பிச்சா காணாம போயிடுவாங்க.. எதுக்கு வம்பு
Lol Mangai.
“டிவ்விட்டர் தத்துவம்”
டிவ்விட்டர் தத்துவமா..அப்படியா சேதி..நல்ல வேளை சொன்னீங்க… சாக்கிரதையோ பேசுவேன் இனிமேல்.. :))
அப்படி இல்லங்க… Had Shri.Thiruvalluvar been alive today, he would have used Twitter to spread (SEO) his work. நீங்க சொன்னது.. அதே மாதிரி ரெண்டுவரி தத்துவம். சோ.. தைரியமா ட்விட்டுங்க… நானும் ரிட்வீட் பண்ணறேன்
/*ou might probably get a fan page in facebook*/
hahahahaaa….or you can create your own and tell them to like it 😉
Great Deepa!
Foremost,we need to give quality time to our children and take them as friends..”try relating with an experience”
Hi, I read this blog once, then lost it. Took me forever to come back and find it. I wanted to find out what comments you got. Great blog by the way.
Welcome Tushar
Thanks for the appreciation.
Glad you liked this.
First landed on the blogspot ver. of this site while googling! Your About Me is interesting…am also into blogging for 5-6 months (occasional though). Was reading about Zoho, I think I’ve once tried it…its nice.
The one thing I’ve noticed in my this short span of blogging that visitors comes to our site for info. and leaves it instantly after getting that info. or hardly tries to find that info. using “search box” or through labels/toc, shows low patience….and to hold
a visitor for longer time other then his/her immediate requirement is not that easy.
And one more thing – people hardly drop a ling on the comment section.
Will check your this site further…….
Thanks & Regards,
Swapan Das
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Hi Swapan,
Thanks for dropping by, and glad that you like my blog.
I agree, 80% of “visits” are casual glances, who just bump here while searching for something. Well, if they find it, they stay a bit longer, or else, go looking for whatever its is they came to find.
Cant really blame them, Can we? We too find blogs that “interests” us, in a similar way.. inst it>
Completely agreed with your reply!!!!
BTW, have added you to my Google+ circles, to reach out to you easily.
🙂 thanks Swapan.