@ Young Begum Akhtar, There are two ways you would have reached this page – you clicked on an intriguing AD or someone – probably a friend - directed you here. There is no young woman in the city of Mumbai a man have remarked “you resemble a young Begum Akhtar” and proceeded to strike a conversation, to rather disastrous results :) The above encounter happened in one of the biggest public parks of our city in the Western suburbs. Here is a chronology of events... I dont know when I saw you first, but it was March / April of 2013. I talked to you for the first time in August 2013, a rainy evening. As usual you walked right past me in the rain. I found you and I told “you resemble a young Begum Akhtar, please look her up”. Later, I tried talking and you were gracious to wait for me. That day I could not explain well why I made the remark about Begum Akhtar. This message is a clarification, and a bit more. A little bit about me...I am rarely rich. I am wealthy – financially, intellectually. I write software to make money, and I spend the money on artistic pursuits (let me not explain more here.) I have lost a lot of money, but the work I have created will stand the test of time and a base for future endeavors. I am obscure in my field. I like my obscurity. Back to the clarification...sometime in July of 2013, a confidante of Begum Akhtar contacted me for a project. This was a surprise, the biggest names are a phone call away for this person, no reason to contact me. Still I started researching on Begum Akhtar, and her younger photos I connected with you. Why did I connect a younger Begum Akhtar with you? Its not any facial similarity. A young Begum has a minor similarity with you, but its an attitude which made me associate. Let me explain. I have traveled all over the world, met many people, made friends, found enemies, fallen in love, broken my heart and so on. Man or woman, I am an astute judge of someone’s character. I rarely go wrong. I don’t need a name, education, rich or poor etc. I need a good look at their face and I have to observe them from a distance. This is a skill I have consciously developed. The park provided plenty of opportunities for me to observe you. There are beautiful people...men and women, black, white, brown and so on in every culture and race. There are people with a great personality. Finally, there is a rare group – a group consisting of people with good looks and a great personality. You belong to that group. Begum Akhtar likewise. I have often wondered where you get your personality. Probably from one of your parents. Looking back I realize I always wanted to talk to you whether Begum Akhtar entered the Kahaani or not. I wanted to know more about the person behind the looks and the personality. I have no idea how I would have accomplished that as we do not have any common friends and I am not the stalking type. (This message is a type of stalking, but harmless and cheesy stalking, something which we will remember with a smile later in our lives.) Back to the clarification...when we talked, I had no idea if the ‘Begum Akhtar project’ will proceed. Without any solid details, I felt the whole background I described will be too fictitious for anyone to believe. Hence I was evasive in my reply. You probably felt I was disingenuous. Anyway, by November I realized the ‘Begum Akhtar project’ will not go anywhere. But I had no way to tell you the whole Kahaani. November became December. I wished you on Christmas day. You were gracious to return the greetings. A few days back I again tried to talk. I wanted to explain. You made it clear in your own way ‘please excuse, no further communication’. I walked away. I respect your request. The above is what I wanted to tell you. But I believe there is a reason we both ended up in this park, the same time in our lives, crossing each other. There was no reason for me to be in Mumbai in 2013. Last year I was supposed to make money and be busy. Instead the park and you got etched in my memory. All my best friends and enemies happened through chance encounters. I have a feeling you and I can connect well. I told you when we spoke “I am harmless”. That statement is true. I am harmless. No worries. I will not be making further contact with you. But I hope you will. You will not regret. Please take this message as a request. You have a beautiful smile. Please use it once a while.
Posted on: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 11:35:23 +0000
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