I love you Tai

For people who are non marathis and who do not know the meaning of Tai..it means Elder sister. Don't know what am going to write in this, but let the thoughts flow. I had a boombox here (Cassette+CD player) which has been with me, since I got to US. Pretty cheap, $20 stereo. Suddenly, it stopped working and even though my laptop blares with music all the time, woh baat nahi thee. Know why?? Coz, I could not play my cassettes in there. Yes! call me primitive, but like all the other senti things in my life, these things mean a lot to me. I have audio cassettes, from the era of Kishore Kumar until Abhijeet Sawant. When me and my sister, were growing up, that time CDs were not the "in"things and were quite expensive. We used to buy cassettes from our monthly savings. Aah! the best part was since, we liked one or two songs from each movie, we used to painstakingly make lists and then finally record it. That was quite an ordeal. In the end, we had quite a good collection of songs. Tai was nice enuf to give all the cassettes to me, when coming here. I realized that I haven't played any of those songs in ages. Today was the day. I got all the music on and am listening to those "Golden Collections" for almost 8 hours now. These include: ABBA that I stole from my Mama (Uncle) and which he still doesnt't know. Jagjit's Marasim, that was presented to me by my school friend, Yogesh. A cassette dutifully recorded by my friend, Shamik. Hold your breath, it has all those "Boy Band" songs, which I used to listen to in my teenage years. Man! don't remember, when was the last time, I heard that song from "Boyzone" or "Backstreet Boys":)) [Respectively called as "Un Ladkon ki gali" & "Peechlee gali ke ladke":)) by our gang;) MLTR's "Paint my love", the first cassette that I purchased from "Planet M" One incident that I still recollect has to do with the movie "Darr". I was listening to this song"Jadooo teree nazar" and flash came things right in front of my eyes. The thing is, my sister is very beautiful and resembles Juhi Chawla to a large extent. Though, I still refuse to believe that :O I am saying this with a lot of ease right now, but believe me I had a hard time accepting that, when I used to hear it oh-so-often. Right from bajuwalee aunty to road romeos, everyone used to call her "Juhi". I donno why, my heart used to clench at that time. I used to get very jealous at that. For no fault of my sis or Juhi, I hated watching Juhi's movies. I was pretty naive at that time and of course I was jealous that my sister was prettier than I am . There was a time, when I used to flip the channel if I saw her movies and my sister would not say anything. She was a Psychology major student and knew what exactly sibling-rivalry meant. I would call her "Juhi Chaywalee" instead. All this sounds childish and stupid. As I am writing this post, even I get a feeling. Now, we both are at that stage that none of these things matter to both of us. Funny, we are hardly into hindi movies these days. She is busy with her life and me busy with my own life. Strange enuf, both of us don't discuss Bollywood at all. Our discussions range from "what-did-you-cook" to "what-are-your-plans"..from "diamonds and golds" to "bracelets and bangles" Guess, I have really grown up. Dont know why, we can't have those conversations again, those innocent jealousies that we all grow up with. Some small little things that make you smirk when you are kids and brings a smile when you are adults. If someone calls her Juhi Chawla now, she will probably laugh it off:) Right now, this song "Jadoo teree nazar, is growing on me and I have already listened to it, 20 times since past so many hours. And, I am enjoying it like never before. Had been to India this summer. Coincidentally, "Hum Hain rahi Pyaar Ke", which happens to be our favourite movie as well, was playing on the TV. Well, me and her just went to "Cafe Coffee Day" to grab a Latte and spend some quality time, instead:O