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October 11, 2008

a day at tihar

What a day.. d day i was anticipating..high expectations... n wow.. it was better than d minds picture... u know... couldn’t get better.. went early in the morning.. all clad in white... now when m writing.... o know.. d coincidence... m listening to 1 of the songs.. wow.. the vibe.. FA(fukin awesome.. by the way..).. ya.. all in white.. looking fantastic. their best,.. then d tricolor tied on the left wrist. . all exited. then got into the bus..listening 2 funny symptoms of jitters of Tanu.. n a gag here n there.. kept us going. n ya.. spoke a lot of music.. then.. got down.. oh ya.. i missed out something.. the bad singing by d dance troop. all bad songs..in bad voices.. euuu.. got down.. first sight.. a police man who probably belonged 2 d veerappan family...muchaman.. u know.. then there was the big gate. beyond which was a new world, an intriguing 1.. i thought it would be sombre...then came the checking.. oh.. the lady gaurd gave me tickles while checking.. n it took us half an hour to pass through d gate..n there we went.. stepped into d TIHAR JAIL....bt u won’t get even a hint if it.. while walking.. wall painting..greenery.. fresh air..no bit of darkness or negativity.. it rather felt like a walk in the lawn.. n then.. we saw some 300 + ppl clad in white...so disciplined...n then i knew wat i was suppose to go through.. 100% excitement n 200% nerves... to the left st d important criminals..The top level criminals.. terrorists n jihadis.. we were told.. we all went 2 d stage.. 1st came a kids performance.. prodigy man.. i swear.. adorable voice. it kinda quietened me..n we began..Aashayein.. i realy didnt know whether 2 make an eye contact with d audience r not.. well, i didnt.. we began. happy note.. oh. d god damn mike system..slurred it up..k.. not a problem.. went on.. then.. Winds of change,, sang it out.. then walked off d stage.. Tanu sang jhulelal.. set it on fire.. they luvvd it.. FA. thunderous applause. n over .. we sat next to d stage(right side though )..had chats..the stage was taken ovr by d other band.. oh.. lord.. they spent half an hour singing 'sound check'.. probably.. forgot d lyrics..wa ever.. n out of d blues.. there was an announcement.. a prisoner named john would like 2 sing.. i thought it wud be ne unknown boring hindi song.. bt this man took us by surprise.. came 2 d stage.. spoke perfect english..took a guitar n sang a self composition..went like."kuch na kaho. my only wish is 2 touch u".. encore.. i swear. it was deep, haunting, n flawless.. fab.. everything.. n claps n hoots.. thats all we cud do.. Kenny sir went n congratulated him.. then..went for refreshments . good 1s.. all mad inside by d prisoners..everything..it was really yum..it didnt feel like a jail .. at any point of time.. packed off. belly full satisfaction..greater fun while returning.. a lot of music this time.. relaxd jestures.. n in my mind was hysteria dancing. my last day.. with these people...apparently.. wont be coming 2 YMCA after this.. n there sir was talking about future gigs d band is supposed 2 have..come on. i won’t be a part of it..my mind d perfect wet blanket on my heart.. i l miss u guys.. i kept sayin.. inside myself.. i wish.. i wish.. damn.. involved in their talks n my head bullying me.. we decided we ll record d songs once at ymca.. since we dont have a video of the performance..will i be there?? .. got down.. bade gud bye(bad byee sad 1..) to sir.. meet u after 6 months.. helpless me ..My Immortal chords?? my big request..bye bye 2 others.. got on Tanu’s car.. n as decided.. had lassi .. rum balls out of stock. relished it..talkin about the experience then came my time 2 say goodbye. got down.. said bye 2 her so many tymes.. n she gave me a lill peck n my cheek..last kiss...walked on the deserted road..back home..dreams are not forever.. u got 2 step out of them sometime..WALKING DOWN THE STREETSDISTANT MEMORIES ARE BURRIED IN THE PAST FOREVER..........

3 comments:

aneesh said...

as u said FA TRULY F^&$# AWASUM ...its really queer to imagine... u havin stage fright....performing....emotions....well in all a day u can be proud about(well even boast bout coz i wish to have tha sort of day)

Sarthak Anand said...

can't even thnk dat dis wud hav happnd dere...again ..a fa xperience....feelin lucky to knw all dis...ur xperince....bt gr8 yaar! i really nvr thought of dat place as u described ...an eye opener!!! cool yaar! n dose poems were awesom...u write gr8!!!

Arpit Kumar said...

we have talked about john earlier so i won't go there.........but there's one thing that i feel very strongly about we as people from outside make perceptions that are most of the times not true ........what our see might be (or actually is)very different fromwhat others perceive of that very same thing.......though i am not very keen of visiting jail anytime soon but would love to know what there view of life is like .. ............quite a long comment sorry