Ten years ago when she was trying to convince him that the 16 years age gap does not matter when two people who know what they want are in love he related an incident to her and she thought to herself; how can some one as evolved as him could even bother about something as petty as 16 yrs age gap.
The incident that he related was about night clubbing in Delhi in the year98' he then in his mid thirties was invited by twenty something girl to join her for a night out of clubbing and pubbing. The night turned into early dawn and by the time they drove back home he was exhausted, tired and very disappointed. He told me it was nothing of the sorts he expected it to be , the club was full of young people, there was loud music, lots of smoke, and some how he could not relate to the music, the people, the trend, the way night was passing by everyone, he knew he was out of place.
When he was relating this story to her she thought to her self how can anyone feel out of place in a night club, after all the idea of pubs and clubs is to go there and spend the lonely hours among people and then when you have had your fill of good alcohol, music, people, dancing and all the noise; you come back home and sleep it off.
On a warm evening of March08' as she was sitting in the taxi heading back home she remembered this incident and her friend, after a 40 minutes visit to a night club. She understood what it felt like to be out of place in a night club which was not full of people but was filling up with the young crowd of 20 something, the music was loud with lots of beat and she did try to shake a leg but some how the rhythm was evading her, the alcohol also was not tasting right. Next morning she called up her friend and told hey I too have arrived in the genre of getting there types the thirties have started reflecting on my taste of music, people, places, food, partying, everything has a essence of new me of thirty something.
On second thoughts may be the nightclubs are still doing the same thing but its the thirty some thing people who have different perspective to it, the way one enjoys hip grinding music in their teen and twenties is a lot different when you hear the same kind of music in your thirties. You want music that will automatically move your body, lyrics that will bring back the nostalgia of listening to that track for the first time and subtle rhythm that will sway your body in a graceful manner, no wonder todays nightclub makes us feel out of place.
Maybe someday there will be night clubs and pubs where thirty something singles, wanna be singles, not single but keen to mingle kinds can get together, dance to the tunes they can relate to and enjoy the nightclubbing as it should be by all, irrespective of their age and lifestyles.
2 comments:
As they say...older, but wiser :)
There is a night club that generally plays your kind of music to your kind of crowd...and the alcohol also is to your liking...its called home 'n its a real nice place to be in after all the frenetic 'n mindless pace of late twenties.
Its not that our bodies refuse to dance...its just that it has learned to appreciate the quite comforts of a nice cozy n plushy leather cushion...
Loud music, dancing lights, a freaky atmosphere - is that what brings pleasure? - thats something which can and shud be deliberated upon !
With a fast paced life, stress and daily rigours - would that be an idea of relaxing and bring peace to an already dreary mind ?
Is the loud music and dancing lights a way to wipe out the clutter of the already overburdened complicated mind ?
Guess, to me, spending a quiet evening with a friend or maybe even with urself and ur thoughts - wud be my idea of spending quality time ! Again, it can be due to an old fashioned mindset that me has ! :-)
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