swades

Thanks to the Public Transport system in Hyderabad, because now we can hear our favorite songs on the radio plugged into some of the buses. And more thanks for they are the reason for this post. For guessers, this is not any complaining or cribbing about the poor state of the buses. This one is something different.

Imagine you toiled pretty hard to complete the GRE and then tried your luck at the visa and bang! You are all set to fly, with your dreams in one hand and luggage in the other. You have your boarding pass, get into the plane, settle down and to get rid of the disturbances of people settling around you, you plug in the ear phones of your MP3 player dreaming about the i-pod you will soon be having once you land there. And guess what, the song you are hearing is

"Yeh Jo Des Hai Tera, Swades Hai Tera
Tujhe Hai Pukara...."

What would be your immediate reaction?

Your conscience springs up, stands before you and says
"Dude, this is your calling. Listen to it. Get out of the plane. Go straight to home and serve your country." or like the famous dialogues of the great Bachchan in Sharaabi,
"Ek aap hain, aur ek woh the" you will be hearing "Ek Shah Rukh tha, jo NASA mein job chodd ke vaapas aa gaya, aur ek thoo hai, jisko job bhi nahin hain, phir bhi jaa raha hai".

OR

you listen to the song for some more time till you hear
"Mitti Ki Hai Jo Khushboo, Tu Kaise Bhulayega
Tu Chahe Kahin JaYeh, Tu Laut Ke Aayega"

and draw solace from the fact that you will be returning back after a hard earned degree ( and some bucks?? ) and then serve the country.
You say to yourself "Yes! That is what I will be doing. I will come back home and be the real Shah Rukh."

Peace.

The announcement: "Passengers are requested to.."
and you will be singing...
"Yeh Jo Des Hai Mera, Swades Hai Mera
Mujhe Hai Pukara....
Yeh Woh Bandhan Hai Jo Kabhi Toot Nahin Sakta .."

Back to present.

This was the song I was listening to when I boarded the local bus from my office to home and ding! this post is born.

And I was guessing, which one of the choices mentioned above would the people I know be taking, when in such a situation.