Those were the days...

"Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we'd choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way"

A beautiful song by Mary Hopkins that I started humming as soon as I finished a long conversation with my friend. After a long time I had a heart to heart with Ashwin. He started the conversation with "I never get to know whats happening with people these days..remember how we used to be before.."As we raced down memory lane..some random scenes started flashing..was that girl really me??

The endless giggles..the sound seems to have faded away.
Who are all these people around me..like a bunch of carefree gypsies..they are the people I would give an arm for..where is everyone?

Nostalgia suddenly took the better of me..asked my friend to stop..Told him I never ever take trips like this..hurts too much.

Thank goodness the conversation did not end in this painful note.We took another turn.

Don't be sad its all over..be glad it happened..

Besides there is always hope..all our junta is going through one of the most challenging phases.I mean its been quite a journey out of college, facing the real world. Most of us are dealing with our changed status (samsarasthru), and kudos to everyone..we are doing pretty ok..not there yet (dunno about others)but doing the best we can.
It will take a few more years for us to get a proper foothold. So the moral of the story " Keep strings attached..with people who you would love to come back to. You should always be able to pick up where you let go.. "


Lyrics of the song..you should really listen to this one:

"Once upon a time there was a tavern
Where we used to raise a glass or two
Remember how we laughed away the hours
And dreamed of all the great things we would do

Those were the days my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way.La la la la...

Then the busy years went rushing by us
We lost our starry notions on the way
If by chance I'd see you in the tavern
We'd smile at one another and we'd say

Those were the days..

Just tonight I stood before the tavern
Nothing seemed the way it used to be
In the glass I saw a strange reflection
Was that lonely woman really me

Those were the days..

Through the door there came familiar laughter
I saw your face and heard you call my name
Oh my friend we're older but no wiser
For in our hearts the dreams are still the same

La la la la...Those were the days, oh yes, those were the days"

Dravid's Dialogue!!

After the wonderful performance by our cricket team we've had to swallow the bitter pill along with some sugar in the form of humor :) I'm sure everyone would have had their dose of Indian cricket jokes in the form of emails/sms. Most people think the main cause of the debacle was the fact that our cricket heroes are very very busy honing their acting skills.
After the success of 'Mungaru Male' namma bengalooru huduga Dravid has been practicing these lines anthe:

"Nam defensu, nam battingu, nam bowlingu,
nam fieldindu, e biknasi runsu, nam hejje saddu,
aa karab batting formu, aa rascal devada sehwagna formu,
ella mix aagi..nan life alle repair madakagde iro gaya madide
ree.
Nangotagoytu kanri namge world cup sigalla antha..bitkotbitte kanri
bitkotbitte" sniff..sniff..wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...