Wet Wet Wet

A couple days ago I saw the movie "Love Actually". The movie uses an adaptation of the famous song "Love is All Around" by Wet Wet Wet. As I heard this song, my eyes closed and my mind flashed back to a very vivid memory ..

It was about 9 years ago. 4 of us. All dressed in black. Covered from head to toe in warm clothing. It was about zero degrees in Pilani. Around 2.00 am. We were walking back to our hostel after a late night out.

When I started humming softly "I feel it in my fingers I feel it in my toes" from Love is All Around. And seconds later, everyone had joined in. Even the Hindi film music-loving Shailly who claimed he did not like English songs :) ..

We were all singing the same song in our own ways but what was important was that we were singing together. And as our voices broke the silence of the cold night, I felt a surge of happiness within me. Neither the cold nor the desolateness of the hour nor the threat of exams could dent our enthusiasm.

Today, we are all in different countries. In different careers. All married except for me. So much has transpired in these years .. I have changed so much and I am sure they have also. Yet that memory of the 4 of us singing together that night is very fresh in my memory.

This post is dedicated to them - Shailly Dua, Chandarhass Banotra, and Sanjeev Chopra. To their indomitable spirit which always inspired me. May life bless them with happiness and success.

I feel it in my fingers
I feel it in my toes
Love is all around me
And so the feeling grows
It’s written on the wind
It’s everywhere I go, oh yes it is
So if you really love me
Come on and let it show
You know I love you I always will
My mind’s made up by the way that I feel
There’s no beginning
There’ll be no end
‘Cause on my love
You can depend ..