Addicted

Yesterday I listened to the song "Etho Onuru" around a dozen times. So much so, I think my room-mate Shalini thought I was going crazy. I had a zillion things to do and somehow no interest in starting any of them .........so it was an episode of f.r.i.e.n.d.s . It was one of the early episodes where Rachel comes to know that Ross loves her and goes to the airport to receive him and tell him that she too loves him. But meanwhile Ross has found himself a friend from his conference in China ....the episode ends with Rachel waiting with a bouquet and smiling thoughts and the song by Madonna , having the words "I've always been in love with you [always with you]I guess you've always known it's true [you know it's true]You took my love for granted, why oh whyThe show is over, say good-byeSay good-bye [bye bye], say good-bye". Then it took quite a bit of googling to bring up the actual song which is called "Take a bow" by the way.

Coming to "googling", its amazing how life now depends on it. I am sure we will have the motto "For everything there is Google" soon (if not already). No, I am not advocating for Google.....:) just that some things among others have changed so.

Ok that totally eludes/punts on why Etho Onuru. The first thing that the song reminds me is of sitting in a packed REC auditorium, and one of the Music Troupe guys singing it so beautifully that I was sure I would never forget the song. Between then and now, has been a considerable gap and the song bridged it for a moment. It bridged and brought back so many things .............the potpourri of characters that made up REC, the love stories, the enemities.......
They say College days are the best days of your life. I could never agree more.
There have been so many times that we didn't need a reason to go crazy. The best part was whenever you went crazy, you could be sure people would be a sport and join in. So it was that playing hide and seek,ping pong, murderer after class , wearing the same colored dresses to college ........... playing a song rewinding and playing it again , sitting and talking about nothing through the night under a star lit sky, trying to decipher if one of us had actually fallen in love......... had become the norm.
There were so many surmises then and thinking about whether it was possible or not and from where I stand now, I can see how many of those surmises worked positively or negatively. Given the flat landscape of time today , I am sure there are many decisions that many people would have or would not have taken under star lit skies on hostel roof tops.
But for all that I miss those days so. I miss going crazy, I miss talking to Sheeba and Tulika and .... and for all that I think I should stop listening to songs which bring back the addiction and fun of going crazy.