Some dates are born lucky. They make a tryst with destiny. August 15, for example. The birth of a nation, our India, is what makes the date special. April 23 is yet another unique date as it marks the birth and the death of William Shakespeare.
Unique constellations similarly seem to have auspiciously affianced in the birth chart of September 28. Wanna know why?Well, on this day, were born Bhagat Singh and Lata Mangeshkar. If Bhagat Singh gave a soul, a unique self-respect to our nation, Lata gave a voice to our hearts, our feelings, our aspirations.
Bhagat Singh is my top most favourite hero. In such a short little life, he managed to attain so much. I like him as a revolutionary patriot. Equally admire him I as an author, as a thinker. At times, how I wish he had lived a little longer! He would have thus made popular the blueprint of his vision of India. It is a vision, believe me, which is ideal yet concrete. I can go on writing reams after reams on Bhagat Singh. Better, however, to respect the limits of the blog as a mode of communication, right?
What to say of Lata Mangeshkar? I suppose her voice can better be described as a rill of ambrosia. It trills delicately like a rill. Equally transparently pure like a brook, like a rill it is. It is sheer ambrosia both for our ears and our hearts. For every feeling that can be imagined, there is a superb song in her divine voice.
Lucky indeed she was to get the music directors who enhanced the sheer magic of her voice. Equally fortunate she was to get to sing the lyrics of talented poets. One wonders if she would have survived in the music scenario of "gulabi sadi" rhythms of "what zhumka" kind of songs!
Sure, even geniuses, too, need to be born at the right place and at the right time which they make more auspicious still! Hence the relevance of September 28, I suppose.
Pratima@ Some dates are born great. They achieve such greatness that is thrust upon them by the people born on that date. Shakespeare sure would forgive me this take on his 'great' quote.
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