Yesterday i watched DDLJ after ages, ( i am not a fan of repeating movies - more like a one and done person except if something touches my heart) and i was mesmerized to say the least.
The movie seemed to bring back memories of the kind of love everyone spoke about- the kind of relationships i saw flourishing among my college friends, the simple silly crushes me and i my friends used to rave about and the lovey dovey couples i used to see in college/school.
In the 10 odd years that passed, what has changed so much that i don't see that "expression of love" that would make me go week in the knees? I see that "love" so rare in movies-let alone real life.
Did my "view" change now that am married and busy juggling between myriad roles in one day- a paranoid mom always after her daughter to ensure she obliges and eats/drinks/stays well or a confused professional, running from one meeting to another and trying to understand zillions of things happening in workspace , or a lazy wife who takes the easy route cooking simple meals with less spice to have a piece of mind in each busy day ?
or did everyone and everything change around me- it sure is the latter.In our busy busy world of gadgets and facebook, we are all busy projecting a better side of ourselves, that we do not realize the need to have those moments which involve:
- tirelessly caring for each other
- Being so much in each other's lives that anything can wait- to be with them means the world and everything else is secondary
- Despite the pressures of our life clock ticking each second, we take out the time to listen, empathize and uplift each other
Do we still see innocent love? The love that believes so much that it travels miles to make things happen- the love that trusts and moves mountains? In our new world of gadgets where apps like Tinder-help people take shortcuts to find/lose the love/companionships they are seeking, I wonder if we are losing on charisma and warmth the relationships of pre-smartphone era brought to all of us??
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