I have said before, my ipod and I share a very close relationship. We're like that couple that has been together for so long (though it hasn't really been that long, but what the heck. Sense of time is highly subjective isn't it?) that they know what the other is thinking etc.
I always play my ipod on shuffle while driving. Always. I feel it should have a chance to be free and do what it pleases and basically enjoy itself.
And it never ceases to surprise me and make me smile by playing a song that I was already thinking of.
For instance, few days ago, someone emailed me to comment on some Sufi-esque post. It was towards the end of my day at work, so it left me in a Sufi mood while driving back home. The ipod (I should probably give it a name) started playing some old Hindi songs as it had that morning, but then it switched gears and played 4 Sufi songs one after the other. It left me quite wide eyed with wonder, and I may have actually shaken my head in disbelief-mixed-with-joy while singing along and grinning.
Then, this morning, while waking up and doing chores etc. I was singing/ humming "Rang De Basanti" (The new, energetic one). When I got into the car with the ipod making itself comfortable on my lap, what song did it decide to play?
The same one!
I love this song. I was driving and movement was a bit curtailed, but the shoulders started to move automatically and fingers started tapping the steering wheel. Of course, I was singing along merrily. In my head, I travelled to all sorts of places across India, ran with abandonment and danced like I was a leaf in the wind.
I am, at this moment, filled with life and happiness.
Dheemi aanch pe tu, zara ishq chadha
Thoda chhidak chhidak, thoda hila hila
:-)
