Mankind's best ever piece of wisdom

The piece of wisdom is - shit happens. Finally I am at this air conditioned cybercafe. The story of how I came to this cybercafe is worth telling. Due to load shedding in the thane area, and the fact that it was essential that I have a cybercafe around, because kamasutra fucked up my system (and people called me to ask for advice on how to be safe), I went to this cybercafe at the NCC building in Thane. It would open at four, so I went one station upward, into what I thought was the sane (read load-shedding free) part of the city. Hauled my ass all around Mulund east, got zilch for my efforts, hauled my ass into a rickshaw, headed over to Mulund west, and got zilch for my efforts for a long time. All the cafes, when I spotted them, were closed for some mysterious reason. Finally, after forty five minutes of fooling around in Mulund, I came across a very posh appearing cybercafe. The poshness extended to a somewhat apologetic note on the cybercafe being closed upto four thirty due to power cuts.

Headed back to Mulund station, and this guy was doing a Shivamani on this weighing machine, and was singing this song.

hue naam oye benishan kaise kaise
zameen kha gayi naujawan kaise kaise

aaj jawani par itaranae wale kal pacthtayega
chadhta suraj dheere dheere dhalta hain dhal jayega
dhal jayega dhal jayega

tu yahan musafir hain,yeh sarah fani hain
chaar roz ki mehmaan teri jindagani hain
teri jindagani hain teri jindagani hain
jan zameen jar zevar kutch na saath jayega
khali haath aaya hain khali haath jayega
khali haath jayega khali haath jayega
jaan kar bhi anjana ban raha hain deewane
apni umrefani par tan raha hain deewane
tan raha hain deewane tan raha hain deewane
is kadar tu khoya hain is jahan ke mele
tu khuda ko bhula hain phas ke is jhamaele main
aaj tak yeh dekha hain paanewala khota hain
jindagi ko jo samjha jindagi pe rota hain
jindagi pe rota hain jindagi pe rota hain
mitne wali duniya ka aaitbaar karta hain
kya samajh ke tu aakhir isse pyar karta hain
isse pyar karta hain isse pyar karta hain
apne apne fikro main jo bhi hain woh uljha hain
jo bhi hain woh uljha hain
jindagi haqeeqat main kya hain kaun samjha hain
kya hain kaun samjha hain
aaj samajhle aaj samajhle kal yeh mauka haath na tere aayega
o gaflat ki neend main sone wale dhoka khayega
chadhta suraj dheere dheere dhalta hain dhal jayega
dhal jayega dhal jayega

maut ne zamane ko yeh sama dikh dala
kaise kaise us gum ko khak main mila dala
khak main mila dala khak main mila dala
yaad rakh sikander ke hausle to aali they
jab gaya tha duniya se dono haath khali they
dono haath khali they dono haath khali they
apna woh halaku hain aur na uske saathi hain
jung ko chu woh porus hain aur na uske haathi hain
aur na uske haathi hain aur na uske haathi hain
kal jo tanke chalte they apni shano shaukat par
shamma tak nahi jalti aaj unki purbat par
aaj unki purbat par aaj unki purbat par
apna ho ya ala ho sabko laut jaana hain
sabko laut jaana hain sabko laut jaana hain
muflifoh tavundar ka kabra hi thikana hain
kabra hi thikana hain kabra hi thikana hain
jaisi karni jaisi karni waisi bharni aaj kiya kal payega
sir ko uthakar chalne wale ek din thokar payega
chadhta suraj dheere dheere dhalta hain dhal jayega
dhal jayega dhal jayega

maut sabko aani hain kaun isse chuta hain
tu fana nahi hoga yeh khayal jhutha hain
yeh khayal jhutha hain yeh khayal jhutha hain
saans tutate hi sab rishtey tut jaayenge
baap, maa, behan, biwi, Bachhe choot jayenge
bachhe choot jayenge Bachhe choot jayenge
tere jitne hain bhai waqt ka chalan denge
chin kar teri daulat do hi gaj kafan denge
do hi gaj kafan denge do hi gaj kafan denge
jinko apna kehta hain kab yeh tere saathi hain
kabra hain teri mazil aur yeh baraati hain
laake kabra main tujhko urda pak dalenge
apne haathon se tere muh pe khak dalenge
muh pe khak dalenge muh pe khak dalenge
teri saari ulfat ko khak main mila denge
tere chahne wale kal tujhe mila denge
kal tujhe mila denge kal tujhe mila denge
isliye yeh kehta hu khub soch le dil main
kyon phasaye baitha hain jaan apni mushkil main
jaan apni mushkil main jaan apni mushkil main
kar gunaho se tauba aake baat sambhal jaaye
aake baat sambhal jaaye
dum ka kya bharosa hain jaane kab nikal jaaye
jaane kab nikal jaaye
muthhi bandh ke aanewale,muthhi bandh ke aanewale haath pasare

jayega
dhan daulat jaagir se tune kya paya kya payega
chadhta suraj dheere dheere dhalta hain dhal jayega

One hell of an expirience. Imagined a movie of just this incident (he went on resolutely singing despite a noisy express going past, and it actually accented the song) and was wishing I had a camera around. Difficult to pull it off without it looking stage managed because its almost impossible to start shooting before the guy starts singing, so the nice way to go around this is to
1) wait for another opportunity like this
2) fit in the original video of the song in the beggening, and then merge it into the video

I emptied all the change I had into his pockets, and caught a train to Sion (definately a sane part of the city), and am blogging from the millenium cyber cafe.