Sometimes I discover everything for the first time .. again
Some friends and I were watching the movie 'Maine Pyaar Kiya' on his computer.
Rakesh switched off the sound to say something to us. And then we returned to the movie. And everyone kept following it. But I could hear no sound. I remembered the concept of 'volume'. I said 'Turn up the volume'. Rakesh said it was on. Everyone still continued to watch the movie. And I could still hear no sound. It was a deafening silence. Very quickly I was losing the memory of sound. I wanted to get re-acquainted with sound. I couldn't be wrong. I looked at the movie and saw the people's lips moving and said to myself 'Of course I am correct to expect sound. It happens. Its a normal thing'. Steadily and normally I said ' Yaar, turn up the volume'. Rakesh bent forward and clicked the mouse. And suddenly there was sound. It filled the room, entered my ears. The same corny reassuring film dialogues "Aunty, Prem aa gaya?"
