A Popular Bollywood number goes as "Rishtey toh nahin, Rishton ki Parchaaian mile, Yeh kaisi bheed hain, Bus yahaan tanhaaian mile "...
A thought provoking song indeed. In this materialistic world, everybody has time only for themselves. But in this rigmarole called life, we still strive to maintain relationships. Apart from our siblings and parents and a very few friends (atleast for me), no other relationships are constant. Why is it so dificult ? It was not like this about 5-6 years back. What has changed ? Why have we lost the entire essence of trusting and beleiving someone ?
Today we try to create new relationships which we are very sure will not sustain. Every new friendship comes with its own complications and doubts. Equations change everyday, some due to our follies and some for reasons known only to the almighty. Attitudes change with every new development. All this leading to a very volatile Relationship Quotient (Gyan - your relationship quotient basically measures how able you are to love, and to be loved by others. Pure and simple. And, not just in an intimate family sense, but love in the purest sense, person-to-person, friend-to-friend, human being-to-human being).
As the song aptly says, we are all caught in this tangle of relationships which are not truly genuine. Struggling alone amidst an ocean of friends.
I do have something to cherish. My few friends. Their lives change, (marriage, children, relationships, prosperity)but the trust remains..has always remained. Not a small blemish in all these years.
Reminds me of Clapton singing
"Standing at the crossroads, trying to read the signs
To tell me which way I should go to find the answer,
And all the time I know,
Plant your love and let it grow
Looking for a reason to check out of my mind,
Trying hard to get a friend that I can count on,
But there's nothing left to show,
Plant your love and let it grow.
Plant your love and let it grow."
