If we imagine the scene where Rakhi meets Amitabh in Kabhi Kabhi for the first time say after 15-20 years. I can explain the situation in detail, but just to avoid writing the cliched bit.
For the uninitiated, she saw him at the airport, at first she thought it must be someone else, but then there was no mistaking, it was him, talking away on the phone, in a rush to catch his flight. Then he saw her, waved to her and started walking over to her side.
She wanted to say, hi, it is so good to see you after so long
How has life treated you in the last two decades?
How is your wife, how are your kids?
You are looking just like you did 2 decades back when we were in college
No change at all, but I see that you have put on a bit of weight
And that beard of yours, since when did you start having one?
Where are you working these days? Must be holding directorships in various companies.
Did you manage to buy your dream house in Kashmir, how about the yearly holiday trips to Venice.
I am doing well too, I have 2 kids, and both are studying in the US.
I have been working with xxx and have become the MD of the company
Not even in my wildest dreams had I expected to meet you like this.
At times she had tried to visualise having a chance encounter with him, maybe at some cinema, some gathering and half expected him to just walk past her, not even recognising her.
She had never expected him to call on her in such a casual manner and talk to her.
It is so good to see you. I thought I would never meet you again. If only,
So many questions, but all she could say was how are you doing? Plain and simple words. If only silence could speak.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Monday, November 2, 2009
To err is humane
They were the best of friends since childhood. Next door neighbours at home, completed their schooling and college from the same place. Where ever they would go, people would appreciate their friendship. Their friendship was something of a misfit in the materialistic world where in one lives currently.
They both completed their college and started actively looking for jobs. ABC Consultants was their dream company and they both were looking forward to their interview @ ABC. There were two vacancies and given their credentials they were confident of getting the placements for themselves.
Their interviews had all gone well and they were awaiting the good news. But to their dismay only one of them managed to secure a place, the other seat was given to someone else. She had received the placement, whereas her friend had not received the placement. She was the one less qualified and in comparison to her friend less suited for the job. But she was happy for herself.
Mildly dejected, her friend started preparing for other interviews. It was then that her friend realised that it was She who had deceived her, She who had played tricks, used her relationships to manipulate the recruiters at ABC to recruit her and not her friend. Her friend was very sad on coming to know about it, she was shattered and at a loss to understand how and what had happened. More than losing the job, she was sad about the fact that her friend had
deceived her. There were lot of questions in her mind, why had she done this, just for a job, she had put their whole friendship at stake? Why had she deceived her in such a manner, what did she get by deceiving her. But she realised that there was no point in asking these questions, what had been done had been done. There was no looking back.
On the other hand, She wasn’t enjoying being at ABC Consultants, she had always looked to working @ ABC with her friend in tow, before a month passed she resigned from her job. Guilt and remorse were eating her inside. She knew what she had done was wrong she had cheated her friend, something she shouldn’t have done. And now she wanted to ask for forgiveness. But she wasn’t sure if her friend would forgive her. She didn’t have the strength to face her friend after what she had done. But somehow she gathered courage and decided to pay a visit to her friend. She was sure her friend would scream and vent at her for being a cheat, she would be having innumerous questions, why, why, why. But she was ready to answer them all. She wanted forgiveness.
She was filled with nervousness, anxiety wondering what her friend will do. As against this, her friend met her with a warm welcome she was waiting for her with open arms. She had no questions to ask, no answers to be seeked, all she was looking for was her friend who had finally come back.
(PS: This realisation is a copy of a movie climax, but it made me realise, we always say that to err is humane, to forgive divine.
As divine it is to forgive, I think it is equally difficult to ask for forgiveness. And at times asking/giving forgiveness becomes a mere formality. Sometimes there
is no need for any questions, any answers)
They both completed their college and started actively looking for jobs. ABC Consultants was their dream company and they both were looking forward to their interview @ ABC. There were two vacancies and given their credentials they were confident of getting the placements for themselves.
Their interviews had all gone well and they were awaiting the good news. But to their dismay only one of them managed to secure a place, the other seat was given to someone else. She had received the placement, whereas her friend had not received the placement. She was the one less qualified and in comparison to her friend less suited for the job. But she was happy for herself.
Mildly dejected, her friend started preparing for other interviews. It was then that her friend realised that it was She who had deceived her, She who had played tricks, used her relationships to manipulate the recruiters at ABC to recruit her and not her friend. Her friend was very sad on coming to know about it, she was shattered and at a loss to understand how and what had happened. More than losing the job, she was sad about the fact that her friend had
deceived her. There were lot of questions in her mind, why had she done this, just for a job, she had put their whole friendship at stake? Why had she deceived her in such a manner, what did she get by deceiving her. But she realised that there was no point in asking these questions, what had been done had been done. There was no looking back.
On the other hand, She wasn’t enjoying being at ABC Consultants, she had always looked to working @ ABC with her friend in tow, before a month passed she resigned from her job. Guilt and remorse were eating her inside. She knew what she had done was wrong she had cheated her friend, something she shouldn’t have done. And now she wanted to ask for forgiveness. But she wasn’t sure if her friend would forgive her. She didn’t have the strength to face her friend after what she had done. But somehow she gathered courage and decided to pay a visit to her friend. She was sure her friend would scream and vent at her for being a cheat, she would be having innumerous questions, why, why, why. But she was ready to answer them all. She wanted forgiveness.
She was filled with nervousness, anxiety wondering what her friend will do. As against this, her friend met her with a warm welcome she was waiting for her with open arms. She had no questions to ask, no answers to be seeked, all she was looking for was her friend who had finally come back.
(PS: This realisation is a copy of a movie climax, but it made me realise, we always say that to err is humane, to forgive divine.
As divine it is to forgive, I think it is equally difficult to ask for forgiveness. And at times asking/giving forgiveness becomes a mere formality. Sometimes there
is no need for any questions, any answers)
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