Those Awkward Love Making Scenes...

Ha! I can’t stop smiling as I write this at the stroke of midnight; to be precise it’s 23:57 in my watch. And I even know what’s going through your mind.

If you’re wondering whether I am finally writing an erotic post or narrating a seducing act, then to not spoil your interest I offer you to read ahead.

I would begin with reminding you of those glorious days of the past when we were kids, utterly innocent yet fully mischievous. How we appeared to the adult eye was a complete contrast to the infinite things we knew and talked about with friends and foes. The biggest discoveries were made in the biology class and before the TV set, sitting alone with a locked door.

‘Change (physical and mental) is universal and inevitable,’ is not what some renowned Sufi saint has said in the past, but a random thought that just crossed my mind. Have you ever wondered what would have happened if we would have not been inclined (physically and psychologically) towards these happenings (inside and outside our clothes)? Oh! Life would have been so monotonous and non-happening. The zeal would have been lost; the curiosity would have been flushed with the passing classes. So today what Virat Kohli says in a commodity ad, “Alive is Awesome,” is just as meaningful as those days when we really were Alive and Awesome. Though with time both the liveliness and awesomeness have gained better meanings but yet, those days remain unforgettable.

There were a few greatest fantasies in our teens and tots. In an increasing fashion of age and wisdom let’s talk about our interest ranging from cartoons to trump-cards, from Champak to Chahcha-Chaudhary, from Nagraj to the masterpiece 999 in 1 videogame. With the passing time and Shaktimaan’s weekly guidance it changed from gully cricket to mohalla-football; from indoor sports to cycling. But sooner or later new things were always added.

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Now what I write is for what you actually are reading this blog. Let’s start from the title, ‘Those awkward love making scenes.’ Did I say ‘love-making scenes’? Oh! I did. But looking back all those years it is hard to say if we even knew what those words meant. Though we might not know its literal meaning but its appearance on the small screens did actually disturb our biological processes, didn’t it? Oh I see you blushing!

Now, the most significant part of this blog-post: It was absolutely fine and welcoming to see the hero-heroine behind the trembling bushes or Shakti Kapoor actually heading ahead to an innocent girl, when we sat alone in front of the television. We secretly knew something was happening, indeed it was about to happen. But, on the contrary when it was a family-show time you always prayed for Shakti Kapoor to not appear on screen. And if unfortunately he did come, then there was only one common monologue (that we said with a sinking heart), “Main pani pi kar aata hun.” From the kitchen door, sipping the tasteless water the eyes would be glued on the screen watching the innocent girl plead voraciously and cry out loud, “Mujhe bhagwaan ke liye chod do!” Only after it ended the water glass would hit the sink and the steps would trot back.

Sometimes, I laugh thinking how in the near future our kids would react to these scenes.

It would be fun to catch them!