मुबारकें तुम्हें के, तुम किसीके नूर हो गए

किसीके इतने पास हो, के सबसे दूर हो गए

Ajeeb dastan hai yeh/ Dil Apna aur Preet Parai.

Does this song mean that when you find that one person worth everything, give that person a 100% and stop making efforts to impress the world?

Some say you only need one person who will stand by your side through every thick and thin to endure all the challenges thrown your way by the world. The love, the support, the companionship of just one person is enough to fight every battle head-on and overcome all the pain and suffering with a smile.

While others say that it takes a village. It takes a whole village of people to get through life, a person for every phase of life; to support you, fight for you and love you through every thick and thin.

We had an open discussion on the dinning table this evening on this. This is what I inferred from it in my head.

Father said this song was written for the generation that came before his own. At that time, relationships were driven by faith and devotion. Lovers lived together, fought together, and died together.

तब शिव-पार्वती की जोड़ी प्यार का प्रतीक थी।

He said he was lucky enough to find mom in his time, who still equated love to devotion and not promises to bring the moon and stars down for her.

For mom, father was enough; to love, to share the pain of her losses, to celebrate the joy of her wins, to start a family with, to slay their demons together.

She said that she knew she could do anything knowing Jignesh was besides her, the rhythm of his breath made her feel that she was invincible. He was all she needed; a friend, a lover, a complete family.

उन दिनो लैला- मजनूँ मशहूर थे।

Dad says that these songs no longer make sense. These lyrics no longer stand true.

Love is mistaken to be lust these days. Your generation does not understand the purity of a true relationship.

Loyalty is merely a word.

Yes dad, आज-कल friends भी with benefits होते हैं।

Sister agrees. She is the voice of this generation. She says its humanly impossible to be a mother, a friend, a teacher and a lover for one person. It is too much pressure. You cannot have your world placed in a single person’s hands.

I don’t know if I agree with either.

I don’t think my generation is incapable of loyalty or devotion.

But I also don’t think it is humanly impossible to be everything for one person because love makes you do things.

I would rather have one true faithful person than a village of back-biting people.

But what if that one person decides to leave one day or is forced to walk out of my life? Wouldn’t my world fall crumbling down?

As a psychology student, I know for a fact that human brain and emotions aren’t the same for all and can never be generalised but honestly, I would like to have answers to my never ending questions about human relationships because,

I keep wondering. Don’t you?