Euripides, a greek
poet said eons ago that to a father growing old, nothing is dearer than a
daughter. Someday I’ll get there and so this post is dedicated to all such
fathers of daughters and the girls themselves.
When we were
expecting, we always prayed that we get a daughter. This was one of our many
prayers that God answered & he did it twice. Thanks to the Almighty. Ever
since they’ve come into our lives, life has been a roller coaster ride. I may crib to high heavens about how much they
trouble me and do not listen to me but each father-daughter bond is special and
different. I know it’s not Father’s Day or Daughter’s Day or Family or whatever;
it’s just a day I have chosen to express this.
The trigger to this
of course was a lovely song I heard yesterday. The song is called “Laadki” from
the India Coke Studio Season 4. The composers are Bollywood music duo
Sachin-Jigar. This song features this young girl Tanishka (Sachin’s daughter),
accomplished singers like Kirtidan Gadhvi – a known Gujrati folk singer
and Rekha Bharadwaj – a name that needs no introduction.
The title of the
song is a Gujarati word which means loved one (female). It is an extremely
affectionate and loving way a father or an elder usually addresses a little
girl. The song is a beautiful conversation between a father and his daughter
and it spans the journey of a daughter from a little girl to a woman who is
about to be married.
It starts with the
young girl’s voice which says that she is her father’s loved one and no matter
however much she may trouble him, she will always remain his loved one (Laadki)
and that she will never leave him. It cuts to the time when the daughter has
grown up and is about to get married, the father requests her to stay back for
one more day and blesses her. The girl, a woman now, tells her father that
wherever I may be I will always remain your ‘Laadki’.
There is so much
soul in this song that it overwhelms me every time I hear it. Being a father of
a daughter is indeed a special feeling which triumphs over a lot of other joys
of life.
At a time when
there is so much strife in this world of increasing violence towards women.
This song brings love, hope and the feeling that yes someday everything will be
just fine.
The link to this
lovely song is here
Cheers,JayEss
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