A song etched forever

India is a land of diversity and that being said I was exposed to different cultures of most parts of India during my graduation days in Delhi right under one roof of the many roofs of Delhi University. How incredible is that? 

And that was the same time when I was introduced to the actual punjabi songs by dilli ke dilwalo to which I was completely unaware of back then. Over time I fell in love with the language completely and I couldn't help it.

I used to listen to Rajvir Jawanda, Amrinder Gill, Mankirt Aulak, Gurnam Bhullar, Satinder Sartaj etc etc.

Punjabi songs used to be my idea of romance. And a pair of jhanjhar instead of ring still is, anydayyyyyy.👉🏻👈🏻

Romance, speaking of which I believe our generation would never be able to comprehend the simplicity in love, the little things that we do out of love, writing letters to your beloved, longing to even get a glimpse of them, hear from them let alone talk or even meet them and maybe it is because our generation is a product of instant gratification.

I came across this song named "Vanjhali Vaja" by Amrinder Gill recently and I can't help but play it on loop all day. Being an old school I'm completely obsessed. This song made me think about old classic romance.

Amrinder Gill never fails to make the listeners vibe together in the euphony of his songs.

I remember listening to *Ishq* back in childhood. Those years rocked !!!!

Coming back to "Vanjhali Vaja", the music even made me cry. I came across its video on youtube today. It's shot in classic punjabi-folk aesthetics. The best part of the song surely has to be

"Vanjali waja.. shora lamme deya

Wagdi ai raavi vich

Jugnu jaa jagda

Kamla ja dil mera tere bina naiyo lagda

Vanjhali waja.. shora lamme deya

Wagdi ai raavi vich

Raahi aaunde jaande baar de

Mehak de gulaab saade sajna de pyar de

Mehak de gulaab saade sajna de pyar de

Vanjali waja.. shora lamme deya"

I heard this song while I just came back from bangla sahib, a few days back, a gurudwara in Delhi where I've spend most of my happy and dull days during graduation.

I still remember visiting gurudwara for the first time. I was surprised by the inner peace that I got once I entered the pious place. I was an aethist back then but that inner peace made me question my belief.

I'm more of a folk song person. I listen to folk songs of different regions apart from my home state uk(kumaoini, garhwali) which includes songs from himachal, kashmiri, punjabi, marathi, haryanvi, marwari, nepali, telugu, assamese music, pakistani folk songs which includes balochi, pashto etc etc but to me punjabi hits different.

I still remember one of my pgmate was from Punjab and during the initial days of my stay in PG I used to go to her room whenever her parents called, only to listen to her talk in punjabi. I didn't understand anything that she said but it felt so pleasing to my ears. I still don't comprehend punjabi well but I'll definitely learn to talk and walk in punjabi one day.

All these little incidents just bought me a little closer to Punjab. I still long to visit the state and learn the language, see the culture. <3

A recurring wish keeps flashing back at me and that is to visit the place soon, very soon.

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