Monday, December 16, 2013

My Romantic Neighbours!

They are my neighbours. Eversince I came to stay in Bangalore for my year-long dissertation Project. I don't know who they are, or how many. I don't know what they do, how they look or what language they speak. I have hopped on to their roof from mine sometimes in the night while talking over the phone to my boyfriend - they have got a thicker boundary wall on the edge of their terrace and I enjoy lying down on it and looking at the moon and stars against the dark sky through the veil of the whimsically floating clouds. They are the ones who break the silence of the dawn for me with soft music playing. They are the only ones awake apart from me while the rest of the world is in deep slumber.This is an overlap in time when they wake up and I am preparing to sleep. I used to find it hilarious, I have never ever heard of anyone playing such intensely romantic songs at sunrise. And yet day after day I found myself mesmerised with the music. Music from all times, and the times long forgotten. I never felt so good listening to those songs by myself... I guess there is something romantic about muffled music that you hear from a distance, or perhaps it is the unpredictability of the song that comes next- maybe its just the feeling that you have no control over it and yet you are still enjoying it. Every song seizes me by surprise, and I wonder, how beautiful is this song! I feel a strong urge to share my joy but I don't know how something like this can be communicated. Nevertheless, I'm sharing it all for you...perhaps you will enjoy it because you won't know what to expect and some song might just catch you off-guard and transport you to another time and place...

P.S. A word of caution, don't look at the videos at least the first time you hear the song. Visual impulse is powerful and masks the subtle beauty of the song. Of course, you can watch it later for curiosity.



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