Life comes a full circle...

This is one of those rare misty eyed posts of mine and I request the readers to pardon the charge of emotions. Well, this post clearly touches those aspects which I havent explored yet and is difficult for me to pen down my thoughts without being rhetorical.
These are not just my random thoughts and infact have been on top of my mind ever since I watched the movie Raincoat on TV. I dont wish to write a movie review, but would definitely mention some sequences which have made a huge impact. Its amazing how simple and obvious stories when put together make a very complex picture. This is what is depicted in this movie. Why is it that people who are in love, suddenly realise the importance of the social standing of their lover and make an impulsive decision which generally is deemed correct on social moral grounds but unethical and evil from love point of view.
Well, this now brings us to another important question, how can a person judge his/her partner's level of success. My last post talked about how relative the term success is, but when it comes to judging the success of our future partners, we take up a very cynical point of view. In the movie Aishwarya Rai's character Neeru ditches her lover because he wasnt able to prove his economical standing even after repetitive deadlines. But knowing the tendency of life to come a full circle, things go really wrong for Neeru and her supposedly rich husband. They end up in a pigeon hole in Kolkata. The surprise visit of her ex lover upsets her otherwise monotonous life where she had subsided to her fate. How awkward is it to meet your ex lover, especially when there is a huge financial disparity. How can one hold his/her own ground, ensuring not to expose their weakness. This is such a typical depiction of a human nature, where a human can never admit his mistake, especially in front of a person who was at receiving end. Why is it so difficult to accept the reality and face the consequences of his act of haste in the past. For a man, to walk upto his more successfully friend does take a lot of courage, for not all successful men are as hospitable as Krishna and not all men are as vulnerable as Sudama.
The last part of the movie reminds us of 'The Gift of the Magi' by O Henry. The story which we all read in our primary school,the story which taught us to love our loved ones more than our most loved possessions. The story which taught us to give away our pocket watches and to chop off our locks if need be. This is one feeling which we Indians swear by. The feeling which one experiences from 'giving'. Especially, for the loved ones. I feel it is important for everyone to have experienced a gambit of emotions. This comes from facing a defeat, from a broken relationship, from friendships which exist beyond financial disparities and time, from getting success when the chances are really bleak and to see someone go away when least expected. Once a person has overcome and faced even half of these situations, he would be a different person and his/her life would have changed for good...
Here are a few lines from a song from the movie. The song has been excellently sung by Shubha Mudgal, who is one of the finest singers in India.

सुबह सुबह का ख्याल आज
वापस गोकुल चल मथुरा राज
मथुरा नगरपति काहे तुम गोकुल जाओ
मनोहर वेश छोड़ नन्द राज
सर से उतारके सुन्दर ताज
राज दंड छोड़ भूमि पर वाज
फिर काहे बांसुरी बजाओ
मथुरा नगरपति काहे तुम गोकुल जाओ

These lines talk about days when, Krishna would leave his kingdom in Mathura and would go back to Gokul to meet her old lover Radha. They didn't get married, but they did share a special relationship which was well beyond the institution of marriage....