Hum to aise he bhaiya......

I and my friends went to see a movie recently, Laga Chunari me daag- the journey of a woman.
Well before you make faces and ask me what!! why that of all the movies!!..Let me make myself clear. Actually I intended to see Bhool bhulaiya (the reviews for which too
weren't very impressive either), but somehow fortunately or unfortunately all the shows were houseful that day. So we ended up seeing this. Time pass jo karna tha.

Anyways let me come to the point of discussion.

There is a song in that movie Hum to Aise he Bhaiya.

Now in that song there are a couple of lines which I felt were very nice when i first heard them.

ek gali me bham bham bole

duji gali me alaah miya

ek gali me gunje azaane

duji gali me bansi bajaiya.

Pretty neat i think.Made me think of all the hindu-muslim ties. The peace and harmony on one side and the riots on the other. Anyways what made these lines even more special is what happened when i reached home that day.

Picturise this.

I get down from an auto (driven by a muslim) and am entering my housing society.Now my housing society just like many other housing society's elsewhere which have a whole mixture of people of various religions.Nothing new.

But what I saw really touched me.

Navaratri had started. And so had EID.There was a mandap set up where the idol of the devi was housed in. And all around the mandap were decorations. Among them was this whole lining of small squared flags, green in color with a moon and a star in center. This lining was like the main part of the decorations for the mandap. There was also another thermocol structure shaped up to be a lil mosque of sorts right next to the first mandap with colorful decorations.

If you think that is communal harmony at its best, wait till you hear more.

There was this guy with a huge red tikka on his forehead wearing a gandhi topi standing on top of a ladder and helping to put up those green flags. There were kids near the mandap, some wearing the skeleton hat, the typical muslim attire and others dressed up for the dandiya looking at the huge idol of the devi with equal excitement. And everyone was playing dandiya. By everyone, I mean EVERYONE. Further ahead, there was a group of eldery people from both the communities watching the little kids enjoying themselves.

It was a really lovely site and those four lines were echoing in my head.

ek gali me bham bham bole

duji gali me alaah miya

ek gali me gunje azaane

duji gali me bansi bajaiya

If all can be so peaceful and harmonious then why did we have those riots where people were like slaughtering each other like hooligans.

Ever wondered that no one cares whether you are a hindu or a muslim when you are playing for your country. Talking about cricket, if Irfan Pathan takes a wicket or Yuvraj hits those sixes,
everyones happy. Everyone loves SRK and Hrithik alike. We have got so many festivals enjoyed and celebrated in full "dhoom dhadaka" by both sides. Then why the fights. Why the hell do we have all those riots, misunderstandings.

Here right before me was an India showing "unity in diversity". It was an India everyone wanted or should i say wants!! It was an India saying "Hum to aise he bhaiya".

Its just because of some God damned hard cored religious fundamentalists from both sects and the politicians that those fights take place. And i really hate such people.Whatever.

Anyways, hats off to the lyricist of those 4 lines. The movie however met my expectations, disappointing. ;-)

Cant think of anything more to write now.Hum to aise he bhaiya.

Cheers. while i hummmmmmm...

ek gali me bham bham bole...

duji gali me ....