Had an opportunity to visit Kerala a few days back (not the urbanised Kerala mind you).
I was moving around Calicut (Kozhikode) to smaller places like Tirthala, Mezthoor, Kottakal.
My accompaniments :- Newspaper - Hindu, Book - Short stories by RK Narayanan, Car - Ambassador. and the landscape was painted with only Green , Blue Colours..
It really made me think the extent to which our (or at least mine) expectations, drives, accomplishments are relative and contextual.
Beautiful things have to be , infact always are, simple.
One pakistani poet has probably echoed the same thought -( not in the verse but in the choice and simplicity of language used)
" Tere aaney ka pata deti hai, Ehsaan hum pe ye hawa karti hai "
or.... the famous Mehdi Hassan ghazal
"Baat karni mujhe mushkil kabhi aisee to na thi,Jaisee ab hai teri mehfil kabhi aisee to na thi"
At some level we are already witnessing this trend. People and their choices are no-longer only towards high-end gizmos. There are small market segments emerging which are the "Simplicity-Seeking". Nintendo (not the greatest gaming boys anymore) have strategically moved their gaming business towards simplifying the experience to the consumer.
Similar is the trend in mobile phones sets, medication, fabrics / fashion.
Pleasure of watching a Amol Palekar movie. (think there more to it then just a temporary respite!!!)
Dunno if there is really a connecting thread or I am already hating Mumbai too much :-)
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