The Namesake & other random thoughts

A Guest Blog Post by Salt Water Blues. Click on Image below to visit the author’s blog.

My first time writing outside the Blues. Which is a good change, considering I’ve been writing (mostly nonsense) there for nearly four years now. And I thought about whether I should sound try and different here, but I know I couldn’t even if I wanted to.

My thanks first to Melody for asking me to do this. Write what’s topmost in your mind, she says. Well - I just got back from watching The Namesake. If you’ve read the book you’ll find the movie somewhat rushed, but I’d say Mira’s done a pretty good job of it. Still I’d suggest you read the book before seeing the film.

The Book The Film

And what does the book talk about ultimately? This journey we call Life. How every day is a gift … and how there are no accidents. And how whatever we do, however far we go or try to run away, we still end up in the same place … not necessarily physically, but just that feeling when you know you haven’t moved; that nothing has changed. And so to some this life may seem futile. Perhaps it is.

I guess it’s like someone once said — Sometimes the only thing you can do with life, is live it.

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Okay enough of that. A little about me cuz I reckon most of Melody’s readers won’t know who I am. I am Goan, from a little island called Divar, a ferry-boat ride from Old Goa. And like most Goans I love my music … and yes my daaru Born in Nasik, lived in Bombay for a bit (Fort Area, which I still have fond memories of), finished my schooling in Bahrain, before coming back to India (Pune, that is) for college. Been here ever since, with a brief stint in Bombay last year.

I was there, in fact, in the big bad city last week for the Shakira concert. Now I ain’t no Shakira fan, but I have to say that for a puny little thing like her, she sure does have a helluva lot of energy.

Y’know, there is something about Bombay you just don’t find anywhere else. It is a city that makes you want to make that ‘journey’ matter … know what I’m saying? And the girls of course are awesome, that we all know

That’s it for now. Hopefully I’ll have something better for you next time. End with a song … this one for Mel. The great John Fogerty and Creedence Clearwater Revival.