Naguva Nayana Madhura Mouna

Aeons ago, I remember, when I was teaching for the first time and a student told me about a trick to solve some queueing in operations questions. I sat with him for an hour to learn about it and he was amused because I was readily accepting of not knowing something and was willing to learn from him, a junior by a few years.

I suddenly recalled this a few days ago. Reason - because some students requested me to discuss a random assortment of topics in an open-ended session. I did. The final question was that why would I know such random things. I couldn't answer that then, so as always, I made up an answer then and there. However, later on, I wanted to go back and tell them that I am always curious and never ashamed of learning. Never ashamed of learning from anyone, even if that is a junior, a student, a friend, or a passer-by through my life. 

On a Saturday afternoon, sitting in my office, trying to write something, and failing yet again! I opened youtube and let it take me wherever the music goes. Youtube took me to a song - Naguva Nayana Madhura Mouna. 

I know I heard this song earlier. I remembered the song because I was trying to learn something. In fact, I know that you know that I love songs of so many languages. Because I am always curious and there is always some reason to learn something new. In fact, just the other day, I picked up a thought from the unlikeliest of places. I learnt this from Instagram: 

I think this is enough learning for a Saturday afternoon! 

जिंदगी की ये बे निशान सड़क... आ रहा हूँ के जा रहा हूँ मै

 Yesterday, a friend mentioned this: 

Short questions, shorter answers, such deep ramifications. I don't have the energy or the will left in me anymore to say all that. I would rather let Jaun Elia speak!

कौन हूँ क्या हूँ क्या नही हूँ,

राज़ ये खोलता नही हूँ मैं

एक दिन अपने दर पे दस्तक दी,

और फिर कह दिया "नही हूँ मैं"!