Nikhil’s Playlist
Nikhil’s Playlist This therapist is seeming to be a sham. But I promised so I must persevere. There are certain songs that remind me of him so hard that I can’t hear them for 5 seconds before breaking into a sweat and anxious breathing. Here is a list of his favourite songs that I’d saved because these songs carried memories for him and whenever we’d sit down he’d tell me the anecdotes for each song and I’d love listening to him share. Songs that he heard when we first came to see me at khan, songs I’d sent to him on a CD on our first anniversary, songs that played in airforce parties that he attended as a kid when lights went out, his love for RD Burman which has now become my favourite too because it’s associated to him somehow. When I see these songs I graze my thumb over the name like one grazes their hands over a picture of someone they lost, with longing and love, but I don’t have it in me yet to hear it without being reminded of him and his smiles and laug...
