Thursday, December 18, 2008

Parting a sweet Sorrow

Below is the part of the speech, which i gave for my public speaking Exercise out here, but it is somthing i hav written on my own n not jotted down or picked up from the net...
( cant exactly write the same thing i said, coz it was kinda interactive so i had to mentiona few things in a different way)

I started of askin my audience, what exactly they felt when they wer on their way to new york that nite at the airport saying their final good byes. to my surprise i did get a good reply and exactly wot i was hoping for( though i had actually told one person to reply but the rest did it on thier own)...sshhh its s secret..haha

neways coming bk to the speech, now il paste the exact thing that i had told n so understand that i am speaking to an audience.

"I still can’t forget the time at the airport and I’m sure it’s the same with all of you. That night is so dear to all of us that most of us also have it mentioned in our PDJ’s( if u don kno wot PDJ is read my november posting). Bidding farewell to our near and dear ones, taking blessings from the elderly some by touching their feet, some with their hands folded while some would just give a long and a tight hug. Each one of us experiencing a feeling of sadness as well as joy within ourselves. Since we all knew very well that tough today we are sad about leaving them, just after a year when we come back we are going to see a big smile in each of those faces.

Parting is something we do every single day no matter how long the duration of the separation is. Be it while leaving from office though we know we’ll be showing up once again tomorrow or even while leaving one country not sure when we’ll see those people again. Especially these days it is become very common in my office with all of the recession bells ringing. It’s weird how I manage to feel so strongly for a few of them though I’ve known them for just about two months now. Parting is a sweet sorrow when you know you part only to meet again but with these people I doubt whether I’ll even cross path with them in the future in such a big city.

There are so many ways and things to say when people part their ways. ‘Good bye’ being the most common one. Then there are ‘See you soon’, ‘Catch you later’, ‘Godspeed’. Then those familiar with other languages might have also heard, ‘Adios’, ‘Chao’ and the famous ‘Sayonara, Sayonara'( i was actually singing it) haha don worry I wont sing the entire dong. It won’t be right on my part if I don’t mention the very famous ‘Hasta la vista Baby’ from Terminator 2 as one more way to say good bye. It is very common to see how many Hollywood and also the Bollywood directors use parting in their movies and end up with the best romantic and emotional scene ever. They know they just can’t go wrong here because that’s the easiest way for them to connect with the audience.

Some of the famous scenes from Hollywood that come to my mind are the movies ‘Casablanca’, ‘E.T’. And the epic of all time ‘Titanic were the handsome Jack parts forever from his beautiful Rose. For all my friends sitting here, I know for sure we all remember the scene from ‘Kuch Kuch hota hain’ were Sharukh Khan Runs behind the train, bidding farewell to his dear friend ‘Kajol’. The scene which still manages to fill our eyes with tear every time we see it.

There are so many instances of parting that we too have experienced so far. Be it the School or the college farewell. A day we dress up as best as possible but also a day when we are formally considered done with our institution to which we were connected since our childhood. Even before coming here Im sure all of us must have thrown at least one party celebrating our selection and also taking it as a last time to sit and enjoy with our family and friends at home.

The instances of parting are innumerous. Be it when a bride is leaving her present home where she grew up only to be welcomed to a whole new family. It is a very emotional moment for all especially for us in India. But one has to agree with me when I say that crying is again a mixture of the happiness we share with the bride for her lovely future wherever she goes. Parting is so constant and so continuous in ones life. It is true parting is always a sweet sorrow, but one may argue with me when I say what about death. My thoughts abt death is that, instead of crying over loosing someone, we should be happy that the person is now in peace under the hands of the almighty.

After sharing these thoughts I would just like to say and end with the words of Shakespeare from ‘Romeo and Juliet’, where in Juliet says “Good bye Good bye, parting is such a sweet sorrow, that I shall say good bye till it be morrow.”