Love : what’s true and what isn’t?
“ The one who is in love always wins. It doesn’t matter if the heart is broken; you are living, and if you are feeling, you are alive. You know, the sun doesn’t care whether the grass appreciates its rays, right? It just keeps on shining. That’s you.” ~Ethan Hawke’s relationship advice on unrequited love. I came across this quote by this man who is recognized as an actor in Hollywood. His words brought to mind an old song by the Hindi/ Urdu poet Sahir Ludhianvi. The song was picturized on Shubha Khote and Sunil Dutt in the movie Didi released in 1959. The lady here is deeply in love with the man. The man’s priorities are different. His focus is on helping the world. There is a tinge of sadness in her heart about the apparent unrequited love. But she comes to term with this reality in her own way. तुम मुझे भूल भी जाओ तो ये हक़ है तुमको मेरी बात और है मैने तो मोहब्बत की है तुम मुझे भूल भी जाओ तो ये हक़ है तुमको If you choose to forget me, you have the right to do so. It’s a differe...