Feeling Nostalgic...

I just remembered the time when I was in school and there were way too many things that Mum n Dad and my sisters wanted to me to do... Surprisingly I was a known face in school as a 'GOOD BOY' for teachers, a 'GOOD FRIEND' for my guy friends, 'A STUPID MONITOR' for girls and last but not the least... 'THE BOY WHO COULD SING!!!' Come some 'free lecture' and Teachers used to say, "C'mon Akshay, come to the podium and sing a song for all of us..." As soon as this 'recurring' dialog ended, this was the time to have a look at a variety of expressions on the faces of my classmates...


My friends.. or true friends... very enthusiastically cheered for me for a time - since I got up from my 'FIRST BENCH' till the time I reached the teacher's podium... Some girls who used to have a fancy for me (Blusshhhinnggggg... huh?... Ya there were a few.. I ain't kiddin'...) used to share a smirk with me from their benches.... The 1 girl that I used to like, used to take her 'ALGEBRA' textbook out and start solving the 'D-Group Problems...', (hhmmmppffff)... Guys which deliberately turned a deaf ear to my 'Oh! So Soothing Music', would start playing their unfinished Book Cricket Game! Amidst all this, defying all laws of ethics, here I was standing tall on the podium besides the teacher singing my signature song which was a 1950 HIT from 'Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi' --> 'Ek Ladki Bheegi Bhaagi Si' Believe it or not, I sang this song for 10 years in school... every single time my teachers called me to sing on stage...


But then there were a few times when I had made my school proud when I bagged a 2nd position at 'All India Original Light Music' competition organised by State Bank of India in the year 1997-98... This song penned down by Baba and composed by Baba and Pt. Arun Kashalkar together... This is one of Baba's best work according to me...


Thought of sharing this wonderful lyrics with all...


त्या जाहल्या चुकांची, मागितली क्षमा मी
उमजे मनास आता माफीस पात्र ना मी || धृ ||

शिक्षा असेल एक अक्षम्य त्या गुन्ह्याची
अज्ञातवास मजला संपर्क ना तुझ्याशी
भाळावरी मिरवीते हे दुःख वंचनेचे
मज यातना मिळाव्या, हे सूत्र संचिताचे || १ ||

देवा दयाघनाला करिते विनंती एक
हे दुःख साहण्याची पदरात घाल भीक
इतुके असून तरीही नाही मनात किंतु
तुज सौख्य मात्र लाभो, मनी हाच एक हेतू || २ ||