| Nostalgia |
 Nostalgia
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Nov. 4th, 2007 @ 03:44 pm 
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Everyone gets nostalgic some time or the other. It is one feeling which makes you stand still and think of some past incident or group of incidents whose sudden memory made you nostalgic. You ponder over it, enjoy its, even think how would you have made it even more enjoyable. It normally brings with it a certain heaviness in the heart and you normally blurt out "those were the days" after the memory flash is over.
Nostalgia can be triggered off by anything. One of the biggest nostalgia trigger for me is the Windows Media Player in my computer which keeps on reminding me of my IIMK days. I use it to play songs while I am working/surfing/playing games. Some songs bring out particuler memories from my two year stay.
The songs from Yuva particulerly "Fanaa" remind me of the two week mini term my batch had to endure. It also brings back memories of my brief stay at Hostel D with Rupam Das as my balcony partner.
The songs of "Chalte Chalte" remind me of the the trip to Coorg with the bhais, the drive though the long winding roads of the hillside and everyone getting sentimental for no particuler reason as "Pyaar tumko bhi Hain" played.
The songs of Queen, The Doors and Pink Floyd remind me of the night outs spent studying for exams by reading powerpoint slides (yes, MBA involves reading, preparing, studying, even sleeping over PPTs).
Summer of '69 reminds me of the parties we had in the mess. It reminds me of classmates letting their hair down and performing steps ranging from the salsa routine to bhangra to the chest thumping bhaigiri dance.
"Numa Numa" reminds me of the last days at IIMK when with placements done we all were free spirits enjoying every moment and at the same time sad over the fact that college life was soon to get over. It particulerly reminds me of Hostel G and Karan Shah going bonkers singing the song at the top of his voice.
These and many others keep on bringing back memories of the time spent over the two hills. Why just these memories? Because of the simple reason that the computer was purchase there and the songs downloaded and heard for the first time there. Summer of '69 is an exception but no where else have people danced more outrageously when it played than in IIMK.
Also life after IIMK has become a routine with most of the time spent acting as a grown up working or trying to look busy. At the same time, while at IIMK I used to become nostalgic thinking of life at R A Podar. While at R A Podar, I used to get nostalgic over school life. This may be what nostagia does - make you look at your past with rose tinted glasses. Five years in the future, I may be sitting in front of the computer typing out memories of life at ICICI Bank i.e. if I am no longer part of it.
However right now, with Doors singing "Touch Me" I am thinking of the night outs...... and feeling nostagic.
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Sigh! Happens very often with me. Surprising how music playing in the background later becomes such an integral part of the memory
Especially if the music was being played during good times. Makes one very senti if you play it during not so good times.
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