MANAN - Cloud with a Silver Lining

5-The Man's Stance

How can she turn a blind eye towards every emotion and relation..?? I was mad at her for hurting herself...for leaving everyone...for giving up on me...Her absence turned me into a loner...My parents left me...she left me... I "tried" to put up a brave face but everyone around could send the void and emptiness in me...EVERYONE EXCEPT HER..!!....I agree I was the culprit but with whatever that has happened in these 5 years, I am not the only one at fault..!!

I was crying holding the flute in my hand when I heard Cabir saying, "Manik Dude..the video of your yesterday's conference in on TV...they would be playing your new song released yesterday post the conference...we haven't heard it yet..Come down..we want to hear it with you...Come fast...!!"

I placed the flute back in the drawer, went to the washroom, splashed water on my face, composed myself since I knew I have to be really calm when the song plays...because for the first time in 5 years, I had composed a song only for HER...After pulling myself together, I went downstairs to join my friends to listen the song written for NANDINI

.............Manik's POV ends...........

Location - At Nandini's Apartment

............Nandini's POV..........

God.!! .Weddings are seriously a crazy affair...It looks like the hand of the clock picks up the pace and move with faster speed with a wedding around... I couldn't believe it was almost lunch and I haven't done anything concrete in the meantime..nonetheless I cooked myself a lunch and switched on the TV to update myself with the happenings of the world...I was shuffling through the channels when the news flash at the bottom of a news channel caught my attention.."Manik Malhotra releases his new single." ...And my fingers automatically stopped..The channel was telecasting a press conference where Manik was answering the questions posed by the reporters

Reporter1 -A romantic sad song is not really Manik Malhotra's genre..any specific events which led to you to write this song..the reason behind a sudden sad song..??

Manik – Agony...I guess pain and agony are a part of everyone's life...sometimes we get past it and the other times we just get used to it...Someone once told me Pain transmits very quickly (I told him that)....and probably that why I feel this is one emotion that anyone can connect too very quickly and that too at a deeper emotional level.

Reporter 2 – This is also for the first time that your composition has flute playing an important role...Any specific reason for that..??

Manik – Well this song seems to have many firsts..first song on pain...first song I wrote myself....first song with flute in it...I guess at times there are certain memories or thoughts that are only yours and you would not like to share it and therefore I had many firsts together in this one special song...I hope you guys like it..!!

Reporter 3 – In the past whenever you came up with a special song, it was always a dedication, is that the case with song too..??

Manik – Absolutely...like my previous compositions this is also a dedication...A dedication to some someone who brought Flute...agony and wait in my life...!!

.............And my world stopped....Flute and pain..is this a song for me...who am I kidding this is a song for me...Manik had written it himself....An array of thoughts and doubts cluttered my head...I lost the track of the questions and answers still on...I just wanted to listen to the song as I knew the song will have the answers to all my unasked questions...Soon I heard flute notes in the background and I knew my wait was over

Samandar se zyada meri aankhon me aansu, Jaane ye Khuda bhi hai aisa kyun

His magical voice....I knew I could never have enough of it

Samandar se zyada meri aankhon me aansu, Jaane ye Khuda bhi hai aisa kyun

Tujhko hi aaye na khayal mera

Patta patta jaanta hai, Ik tu hi na jaane haal mera

Patta patta jaanta hai, Ik tu hi na jaane haal mera

The song was playing and I sat there numb..yes it was for me....i could sense it... !!

Nit-din nit-din roiyan main, Soh Rabb di na soyan main

Ik tere piche maahi, Savan diyan ruttan khoyan main

Nit-din nit-din roiyan main, Soh Rabb di na soyan main

Ik tere piche maahi, Savan diyan ruttan khoyan main

The words..the words pinched and ached my heart...

Dil ne dhadkano ko hi tod diya, Toota hua seene mein chhod diya

Dil ne dhadkano ko hi tod diya, Toota hua seene mein chhod diya

Khushiyan le gaya, Dard kitne de gaya

Ye pyaar tera

Patta patta jaanta hai, Ik tu hi na jaane haal mera

Patta patta jaanta hai, Ik tu hi na jaane haal mera

The song got over and I had tears in my eyes...I wanted to stop them but they kept flowing....every song that Manik had released in the past took me deeper into the memory lane but this one got all the memories rise to the surface by themselves...I got up from the couch and headed towards my room...I took out my dairy ,scribbled something in it before keeping it back and lied down on bed...I closed my eyes without wiping off the tears because I knew they wouldn't stop that easily NOT THIS TIME...!!

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Most awaited Manik's POV is here...hope you guys like it...!!

The song in the end is the first para of the song "Tu hi na jaane" form Azhar...(lyrical video in the media box)

 As a writer this was the most difficult part for me to write....so I am equally nervous...hope it meets the expectations..!!

That's it from me for today...See you guys..Cheers..!!