25 Minutes

So whats the most inspiring thing you can do in the middle of a 70 hour work week ?!
Drive through mad hour traffic to watch Umrao Jaan..

Let me tell you ..I just cant digest these things anymore ..She wept and cried ..and shed thousands of tears ..and wept some more again ...and the tissue boxes kept passing around...

If I had 25 Minutes with Umrao Jaan - this is what I would tell her ..
Mano e Mano ..

1. Wake up. Someone very smart said that sabki life mein dard ka standard size hota hai ..fark hota hai to jeene ke style mein .
Crying never helps .

2. Do you really think thats kismat nsaeeb fate destiny and whatever else you may call it bring happiness or sadness to your life ? ..pls ..lets think through this again ..Its the middle of the week ..surly you can find something to smile about before Friday gets here ..

3. Love ..is overrated . There . I just said it and it wasnt even a whisper.
Loud and Clear . Stop Cryingg dammit . There are thousands of people in the world who fall in love and arent able to be with the ones they love . And theres a thousand more ..who lose the ones they love ...and millions who never find love
What you need is not Abby's baby ..what you need is PERSPECTIVE .

4. You cant raise you hand and say .."Ab mujhe Tanha Rehne Do " ..because people will do precisiely that ..and I dont trust you to be alone in a room by yourself ..
Van Gogh was saner at Saint Remy when he cut through his ears ..

5.You need to find a new expression for "anguish" "pain" "seperation"
..How about a nice big smile ..

6. STop whining crying complaining cribbing lamenting berating ...i've even run out of words ..

7. everyone has problems . Deal with it .

8. Read a book ....but knowing you umrao ..you will pick a freaking danielle steele where the innocent doe eyed princess falls into a wordly trap and cries over the next 200 pages ..

9. You ahve really pretty clothes . I really wish you wouldnt cry all over them .

10. I really wish you had gotten to see 20th century women ..some of them have even been to space ..come on ..thats should make you wipe at least 2 litres of tears away ..

Seriously - I came home from the movie ..and I'm high ..like stoned high ..numb and feeling like I will never feel any pain ever again ..and I've worked for 3 hours straight since .Didnt even need the coffee .. I was soo happy ..to be free ..to breathe ..smile ..laugh ..drink some water ..(crying dehydrates ..even watching it does) ..

I think this is where my late 20's cynicsm seeps in ..just dont have the patience for you Umrao ..Life is waiting ..Cant sit with you for 3 hours crying over like everything ..gotta get up ..walk around ..do some stuff ..make some noise ..give a little pride ..go to bed ..get up and kick some a** all over again .

Good Night Umrao. Rest in Peace.