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March 15_SV

Last week, I met my Aunt, my mom’s cousin from Nagerkoil. It had been years since I met her last and she is a couple years shy of becoming a ‘senior citizen’. She and my mom were talking about their childhood and about how life had changed for each of them, they were also meeting after a long time.

Most people from my mother’s family appreciate, sing or play Carnatic music. So, it was no surprise for me when my Aunt kept singing along to all the songs my daughter sang to her. My mom did the same too, only she was beaming as she showed off her granddaughter’s musical prowess to her cousin. Typical grandmotherly pride smile emoticon

After my daughter finished singing, my Aunt asked me if I ever went to college to learn music. I said no. It was my mom’s dream for me to do a B.A in Music but I did not have it in me. My Aunt told me how she had really wanted to go to Trivandrum College to take Music as her degree but fate had something else in store for her.

She suddenly started singing “Que sara sara” and asked me if I knew it. I said, Yes and I joined in to sing it fully with her. It surprised me that a small town girl, my Aunt, knew the song and sang it very well. She went on to tell me how she sang this song on stage a few decades ago when some dignitary visited Nagerkoil. Apparently she heard an earful from the organizers for singing an English song smile emoticon.

I don’t know what prompted her to sing that song at that particular moment but I thought it was really poignant because, life does not always turn out the way we want it to. We can work towards making our life better but not by dwelling in the past but looking toward the future.

So, here is Doris Day singing ‘Que sara Sara’ for all of you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZbKHDPPrrc