When Silence Speaks...

So, we are a group of 3 friends who have always loved to talk in the style of jugalbandi.  I remember those days way back in 2006 ( uh God, when I count the years is when I realize how long it has been, else it just seems like yesterday ) when we were working in the same company and would chat long hours on the internal instant messenger. Those IM chat logs are definitely precious to have today. If one started with movie dialogues, then the conversation that whole day would be in dialogues. If one started with Shayari, then entire day we would spend conversing in shayaris. And so on... Definitely Life started getting busier with time, and over past few years, we have drifted apart physically. Literally, we 3 are in 3 different continents today. The frequency and amount of conversation reduced drastically, its been years that we 3 have met each other, but we are still in each others thoughts, and we pretty much know what's happening in one another's lives. We don't talk

I have had different encounters in life, learnt different lessons, seen different people, dealt with different situations. I remember those days when I used to converse with my dad on how things and people were back in his days, and it has gradually changed with time. Changes are inevitable correct? People adapt with time, things change, time travels and world revolves around it. So it's all good. Change is good. But few instances in recent past has made me wonder, how much of all these changes have impacted human values. Basic values like Truth and Honesty.  Those were the days when a man gives his word, he sticks to it till his last breath. There were no stamp paper, no documents to hold him accountable to what he says. It was just the words that were told by him and heard by the listener.  And today, truth is changing its color every second. Chanakya says " A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first ."

I was returning back from my hometown, my family had come to see me off to the airport. I generally am not that emotional when it comes to send offs especially in airports. Have been travelling for more than 11 years now, and have never been emotional.  But this time, something different happened. I hugged my family and walked into the airport check in area. I had already told them good bye, and it was couple of mins when I walked past the security inside the airport. I paused and looked back. At the same time, all 3 of my family members were turning around to head back.  It was a strange feeling. I was seeing them turn their backs at me, and I wanted to shout loudly " Amma Turn ", ofcourse I couldn't. I could have called their cellphone, but I let it pass. I wanted to live that feeling too. I stood there for a minute, saw them walk away from my sight slowly.  I am not a big bollywood fan, but I remembered a dialogue from one of the very famous movie, " Dilw