Drink
for the nerves and weed for the souls. The song “Babaji ki booti” gained
tremendous attention showing a jeering “Babaji ka thullu” to everyone. The
lyrics and the behooving music are perhaps the main reason for the grand
success of the song. Mankind has been an addict to various sorts of intoxicants
from time immemorial, but “Babaji ki booti” is one of a special kind.
Most of
the intoxicants bring the beast out of a man but “Babaji ki booti” turns you
into a sage or a saint. It makes you detach yourself from this materialistic
world and land in a different zone altogether. The song “Babaji ki booti”
describes how a few puffs of it helps you make worries vanish and overcome all
the frustration of the world. No matter what your problem is- lost love or a
dictator boss, Babaji ki booti is the best solution.
The
song and its video is a quintessential demonstration of frustrated youth. Youth
that is peeved by the hogwash of this materialistic world. The song labels
alcohol as bad habit but “Babaji ki booti” as a natural gift. One of the
protagonists in the video of the song tells his friends that a few puffs and
they will become heroes, their lives will turn into a film and problems will
reduce to zero. He says that the Babaji is wonderful, calling him a source of
pleasure and a force to overcome the sorrows of the world.
The
song also describes the state of hallucination that one experiences after the
intoxicant takes its toll. You see things that are actually not there, you hear
voices even when no one is around you. You land in an imaginary land where
nothing is actually real. We see one of the protagonists in the video crooning
few lines about watching a bird or superman, while actually there was no one
there! I still remember one of the Pink Floyd numbers I heard long back, that
too gave a beautiful description of the mental state of hallucination. The
state of hallucination brings with it state of confusion as well!
A few lines
that I remember from that number-
"It’s
awfully considerate of you to think of me here
And
I’m much obliged to you for making it clear
That
I’m not here …"
In
the song “Babaji ki booti”, the protagonist tells us that Babaji helps you
clean and purify your soul. There is no differentiation between the rich and
the poor. There may be obstacles and hindrances in the process but mind you
there is no “khed” or regret for the inconvenience! Babaji helps you show
middle finger to the problems.
These
intoxicants affect both your physical and mental health. You gradually lose the
ability to think logically, and yet you live in a false hallucination of being
highly enlightened. When you come out of the addiction and out of that false
elation state you feel like- “Everything was fine but none was mine.”
Rohan Kalia
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