The Change Game

Do you recollect this Md. Rafi song:

Ajab teri kaarigari karataar -2
Samajh na aaye maaya teri badale rang hazaar
Ajab teri kaarigari
So apt for everything of evolution! Let me talk of places. My parents came from Bangladesh. They built up a house in Calcutta. Millions came just like them and got scattered all over West Bengal, India and some even beyond. They came with hope mainly. You cannot carry your immovables across borders. Painstakingly they built a house, got their children educated and in due course have gone back to their final abode. Such is the story of people coming from Pakistan as well.
Within one generation the circle has moved so many degrees. None of us live in the house they built – not out of choice, but out of compulsion. Here comes the Kaarigari of the Karataar. We just don’t have any inclination of his Maaya.
Now we have got our own flats wherever we are. But the fun is our children again out of compulsion, are moving out somewhere else. So again there will be a void after some time. Its Badale rang Hazaar again.

So that is the fact – the truth, the absolute truth. Change is the name of the game. Everything is moving, moving and moving. You are not allowed to stay at one place for long. Circumstances will make you move, make you change, make you fall in line – however hard you try to remain static.

Do you like it? Dear, there is no choice. So better you like it and move on. Else the soaring wave of change will just drown you to oblivion. I started with the example of places. Did my grandfather think that there would be so much of movement in his next three generations? I am not sure what happened to his previous three lines. Change of place was only an example. It applies to everything. The Maaya of His makes topsy turvy of everything. The sooner you pick up the threads, the easier it is for you to survive on the face of this earth. If you don’t know how to operate a mobile phone, you’ll not be able to contact/be contacted at crucial moments. The TV and fridge are no longer the items for the rich- it is a necessity today. The internet has changed the face of the earth. Do you still feel like remaining unconnected like 15 years back?

I for one like this Maaya thing. He gets things done His way. We the katputlis play to His tune. I enjoy that game and am always looking forward as to what next?

Many a time we find people who would give ten reasons as to why a certain thing cannot be done. I wish they also see why someone is asking for the change and that they change their stance and say that it will happen. If they do not act as the change agent, someone else will do which ultimately makes them change also.

Now what does this change means – Is it a big thing? In certain cases it may be. But in most of the cases you need to move with the changing times. One should never shut oneself up from whatever is happening around. If one follows the change closely, it would act as the enabler.

The Karataar will continue with His Maaya. It will take its thousand hues and colors. It is for us to feel that and adapt ourselves to the best of our abilities.

Happy Changing.