Episode 329 : Generation gap

I love the song Sheila ki jawani. I know the lines by heart and sing at the top of my voice when it is played at my home or that of my neighbours. But I also sing it loudly when it is not played.

I like it a lot!

But the crusty uncle who lives in my apartment block doesn’t like it when I, or any of my friends sing the song. He thinks it is a bad song, and that we should not sing it.

I don’t like him at all. It is a good song, and the words are so easy to say.

My name is Sheila, Sheila ki jawani... I am too sexy for you, main tere haath na aayi... See what I mean?

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Is this one of the many signs of a world going wrong that when 3-4 year olds sing Sheila ki jawani, their parents watch on proudly that their children can sing so well? Or am I experiencing the generation gap that I had heard of as a teenager?

But, who am I to complain? I grew up in a generation that sung along to Meri pant bhi sexy.