An evergreen number which takes me back to the year 1974, when we had just shifted to this small industrial town in Haryana, called Bhiwani. The town had three textile milss and in one of which my father had just joined. Bhiwani wasn't so great for us (at least for me and my younger brother). Quite natural for a 10 years old who has been uprooted from his birth place where he has left behind his school, his friends and all that a 10 years could long for.
Coming during a mid-session had also kept me and my brother in a home confinement since the admissions for the new session would take three more months. This part of northern India had an extreme sort of climate. With scorching heat during summer and chilling winters the only place to be was to be indoors. Being landed up in a new place, we hardly had any friends and thus only friend who you could bank upon was the radio.
It became a regular habit to switch on to radio ceylone in the morning (as early as 7.30 in the morning), and keep listening till 9.oo am at least. the 7.30 - 8.00 am was a slot called 'Purane filmo ke geet' and 8.00 to 9.00 in the morning the programme was called 'Aap hi ke geet'. It used to be a very popular morning prime time show which played all the new numbers. It is in this show I had heard a song from the then newly released movie called 'Yaadon Ki Baraat'. And the song was the title number of the movie.
This song always reminds me of Bhiwani and that small flat, provided by the company, where we lived in. A cold december morning, thickly wrapped in fog. A room heater sorrounded by all in the sitting room. radio in the other room and the song on-air 'Yaadon ki baraat nikli hai aaj dil ke dwaare...'
Coming during a mid-session had also kept me and my brother in a home confinement since the admissions for the new session would take three more months. This part of northern India had an extreme sort of climate. With scorching heat during summer and chilling winters the only place to be was to be indoors. Being landed up in a new place, we hardly had any friends and thus only friend who you could bank upon was the radio.
It became a regular habit to switch on to radio ceylone in the morning (as early as 7.30 in the morning), and keep listening till 9.oo am at least. the 7.30 - 8.00 am was a slot called 'Purane filmo ke geet' and 8.00 to 9.00 in the morning the programme was called 'Aap hi ke geet'. It used to be a very popular morning prime time show which played all the new numbers. It is in this show I had heard a song from the then newly released movie called 'Yaadon Ki Baraat'. And the song was the title number of the movie.
This song always reminds me of Bhiwani and that small flat, provided by the company, where we lived in. A cold december morning, thickly wrapped in fog. A room heater sorrounded by all in the sitting room. radio in the other room and the song on-air 'Yaadon ki baraat nikli hai aaj dil ke dwaare...'
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