Inevitable or we made it happen?

I learnt a new word day, Dilettante. The term 'a dilettantish person' could be a pejorative term used against an individual who has no inclination to the sense of appreciation of the finer parts of the arts or one who tries to be arty-fartsy even though he is not trained to do so. On the other hand, it is anybody's right to appreciate arts and its beauty. One does not have to be taught to value this branch of wisdom as represented by the veena wielding Goddess Saraswati. It comes from within, and it makes a person complete.

To the simple-minded, this song may sound superfluous, narrating something obvious, something trivial, something unscientific. For example, the first line of this song asks the listener about the movements of objects and the origin of wind. A scientific minded smart alec would sneer about the low and high pressures propagated by the rise of hot air and the need for the wind to fulfil this 'vacuum'. But that is not the point. Only a connoisseur of the branch of art would appreciate these innuendoes! It takes a different of an animal to 'see' the beauty of words that lie beneath.

This 1962 movie, Parthaal Pasitheerum (Seeing is Satiety), is especially relevant now as it has India's war with China as part of its storyline. A wounded soldier, Sivaji, returns home to rekindle his love with his beau. This result of this blissful union is this poetic depiction of cause and effect in a philosophical sense. It is something akin to chicken and egg story; which of the pair of the lovers started the love process first. Did love just happen or did it happen because they made they made it happen? Like that too, many of the things around us happen because it happens or we made it happen, directly or indirectly by our actions or inactions?

Another amateurish attempt at translation and interpretation of this number. Even though the song may not be groundbreaking but the melodious tune that accompanies its rendition may add of yet another purpose of our existence on Mother Earth - to immerse in the nectar of mesmerising music.

Did the branch/flag move first, then the breeze came or
Did the breeze come then the branch/flag move?
Did the Moon emerge, for the flower to bloom or
Did the flower bloom at the sight of the Moon?
Did the song appear before the beat or
The beat followed the song?
Did imagination precede the rhythm or
The rhythm follow the imagination?
When eyes open, the scenery came or
The sceneries came because eyes were opened?
When an age is attained, the desires come or
Desires come and one matures?
When the words come out, the mouths open or
The mouths open to let the words come out?
Because of femininity, shyness comes or
did shyness come, hence the femininity?
The running, the searching, the singing, the yearning,
Can we call it love, affection, compassion or stake?

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FG asks, Sh*t happens, or we made it happen? Do we deserve the brickbats that are hurled at us? Could we have averted all these curved balls? Could it happen any other way? Could we have taken another door and still be stuck here, or probably in a worse situation? Should we be thankful for what we have, grateful that we still have what we have? Is it mere pacification, akin to giving a nipple to soothe a crying neonate? Or is the real challenge in life, living the life is fighting whatever that comes like a true Stoic. Like King Rama who conformed to the whims and fancies of the people around him just to maintain the Dharma despite hurting many around him. He lived by a set of rules that looked at the bigger picture and the benefit of the Greater Good!