The way things happen these days has considerably changed from how they were happening earlier. I guess, desultory change is beginning to like me [:P]. Thankfully, of the many things that keep treading here and there, few turn out to be so eventful that one forgets if he/she has to thank the stars for that, or any person or the like!
I happened to go to this Telugu movie called 'Happy days' with a friend of mine - Kiran. Why is it mentionworthy? Simply because, i don't follow telugu that well, and the decision to go to the movie was made in a very short time. I somehow take a fancy toward fast decisions. There's no thrill in planning stuff you see. [;)]
The movie is a very good movie. In short, it was about the four year hostel life (that was like four weeks) during our engineering. I won't bother to talk about how good or sound it was, technically or the acting prowess of any of the actors, because, that is not what i intend to do, atleast not here. When Kiran and I got out of the cinema hall, there was a feeling.
A feeling, that i can still sense. In a jiffy, i could see myself, furiously moving up and down the hostel corridor, talking to all my friends, having the time of my life, all changes that hostel life made of us (please, don't minutely bother to relate this to the hostel movie, which i saw just a few days back!!), the variegated attitudes, myriad types of people we got acquainted ourselves with... GOSH!!! 4 years. FOUR years. Gone in a snap!
That day, i wanted to listen to "Those were the best days of my life" over, over and over again. I had heard it earlier, but, you can relate best to a song when you get the same feeling. It just gives you goose bumps when the frequencies match!
The impact the movie had on me was tremendous. Even today, after around 3 months of watching the movie, i can sense an urge in myself to revisit my college days!
Relations made, relations broken, misunderstandings, ego clashes, petty impish fights, bonding, a feeling of 'wanting to make a difference', midnight talks, skipping dinners because of them, waiting for fests to participate in them, taking responsibilities, mimicking professors, lamenting over results, the first mobile phone (for many), the incessant messaging, those novels in class, i can go on and on!!
Bryan Adams was right, 'those WERE the best days of my life!'.
Cut to the present.
People claim to not have time! I wonder how, i wonder why! Relations made fail to sustain, distance wears them out, distance, not only by metres, but also by communication cessation, barring the few people who needn't be in regular contact to maintain the rapport, few people in contact, also makes the misunderstandings, the clashes and fights look thin, in stark contrast; the feeling of 'makin a difference' still is, but, it gets classified as 'looks good, but difficult to do' category, no fests, no tests, no results, no midnight talks, no time!! Conversions of prepaid sims to postpaid, "Hey, when i can call and speak to you, why should i message?" Sounds familiar? Oh yeah, it does. How frequent is it being put to use? [:)]
On a second thought, the days keep rolling by, and it is upon the individual to make the best of everyday, rather than cherishing something already had. Its not wrong to enjoy, but, in the enjoyment of the memories, one has to remember that one needs to create more memories to enjoy later, which incidentally, is NOW.
Life is short indeed. Time keeps flying. Fun and enjoyment should rule over it, rather than cribbing and overthinking.
I made a mention about relations not 'required' to be in contact. They are special. When you feel that it is such a burden to maintain the relation, revisit your GoldEN days and see what you had, and what you have. You'll know what to do. Go ahead, don't wait for tomorrow to tell THE person how much he/she means to you. Don't let time get ahead of your thoughts!
Monday, 14 April 2008
Sunday, 24 February 2008
Instant blog?? naaah.. ;)
I've always maintained that every person on planet earth is blessed. Everyone can do some unique thing that no one can do. But the only thing is, how soon in life can a person get to know with what he's blessed???!!
There are inborn talents, there are hard workers, both, a rarity. I take the privilege of calling it a rarity, coz, one needs to be really blessed for having been bestowed upon with immense amount of talent. A person may intently feel to learn dance, and that, would definitely prompt him to do so. After having learnt and successfully having practised, if he doesn't apply his mind in what new he can do, then, its neither talent or hard work. Its just waste. TOTAL WASTE.
The world moves fast. These days I wonder if it has surpassed the speed of the rotation of the earth. Everything is instant. Instant coffee, instant water heaters, instant mix, instant, INSTANT!!! Things have to be fast, shouldn't they? Of course yes, there's no time for anything. Time is so precious!!
Getting a little research done on superior "instant" technology wouldn't do much harm. The main problem lies when the "instant" travels a little deeper into our lives. Over a period of time, the entire temperament of the population has taken a toss. We need instant fame, instant money, instant mass recognition and what is being done for that? Sitting on a couch, watching the TV, with a bottle of beer for company, and maybe a little of this and that to go along. What did you say? Instant fame? Now those are some cool steps you are following. KUDOS!
Cricket fans, soccer fans get terribly worked up when something that their HERO does, upsets them. "Oh shit, he should've done it that way. He should've passed the ball to this guy, and the stupid ass did the other!" SHOULD. Hmm.. "Holy cow! They couldn't chase a target of 235? On that pitch? We've a horrendous team!" Dude, they did atleast that. What did you do? Sit here and comment, from a place that is 1000 miles away from him? Come on, if you know you have it in you, go ahead and become his coach!
Reality shows have witnessed a boom that probably software also didn't see a couple of years back. No doubt that it has produced one hundred singers, or dancers and allowed them to be exposed into the ugly world of spotlight. What I wanna know is, even the winners' names aren't remembered, what good will the runners be remembered for? Numerous judges, waiting to whip each others' asses on TV, get so damned impressed with quite a few that even the ones not having any opportunities themselves, promise the 'star of tomorrow' with a tonne of promises. What happens? Media hypes it up, the participant gets overly confident, ten days down the lane, he's gone.
My whole point is, if you have it in you, and you really think you can do something, do it! No cone else can! You don't need publicity to do what you do. How many of us require people to know that we brush our teeth? It just takes a little time for each one of us to connect with what we really want in life, and what we can do. And trust me, nothing in the world comes to anyone with a price. You need it, and you think you can do it, only doing it would help atleast a little. The price you pay? Patience, time, hard work, sweating, practising, anything! If that something is what one wants to achieve, that someone wouldn't want to take it the easy way. If anything you got is instant, the time for which it'll stay with you will also be for an instant. Someone rightly penned, "Hard work is the only key to success".
There are inborn talents, there are hard workers, both, a rarity. I take the privilege of calling it a rarity, coz, one needs to be really blessed for having been bestowed upon with immense amount of talent. A person may intently feel to learn dance, and that, would definitely prompt him to do so. After having learnt and successfully having practised, if he doesn't apply his mind in what new he can do, then, its neither talent or hard work. Its just waste. TOTAL WASTE.
The world moves fast. These days I wonder if it has surpassed the speed of the rotation of the earth. Everything is instant. Instant coffee, instant water heaters, instant mix, instant, INSTANT!!! Things have to be fast, shouldn't they? Of course yes, there's no time for anything. Time is so precious!!
Getting a little research done on superior "instant" technology wouldn't do much harm. The main problem lies when the "instant" travels a little deeper into our lives. Over a period of time, the entire temperament of the population has taken a toss. We need instant fame, instant money, instant mass recognition and what is being done for that? Sitting on a couch, watching the TV, with a bottle of beer for company, and maybe a little of this and that to go along. What did you say? Instant fame? Now those are some cool steps you are following. KUDOS!
Cricket fans, soccer fans get terribly worked up when something that their HERO does, upsets them. "Oh shit, he should've done it that way. He should've passed the ball to this guy, and the stupid ass did the other!" SHOULD. Hmm.. "Holy cow! They couldn't chase a target of 235? On that pitch? We've a horrendous team!" Dude, they did atleast that. What did you do? Sit here and comment, from a place that is 1000 miles away from him? Come on, if you know you have it in you, go ahead and become his coach!
Reality shows have witnessed a boom that probably software also didn't see a couple of years back. No doubt that it has produced one hundred singers, or dancers and allowed them to be exposed into the ugly world of spotlight. What I wanna know is, even the winners' names aren't remembered, what good will the runners be remembered for? Numerous judges, waiting to whip each others' asses on TV, get so damned impressed with quite a few that even the ones not having any opportunities themselves, promise the 'star of tomorrow' with a tonne of promises. What happens? Media hypes it up, the participant gets overly confident, ten days down the lane, he's gone.
My whole point is, if you have it in you, and you really think you can do something, do it! No cone else can! You don't need publicity to do what you do. How many of us require people to know that we brush our teeth? It just takes a little time for each one of us to connect with what we really want in life, and what we can do. And trust me, nothing in the world comes to anyone with a price. You need it, and you think you can do it, only doing it would help atleast a little. The price you pay? Patience, time, hard work, sweating, practising, anything! If that something is what one wants to achieve, that someone wouldn't want to take it the easy way. If anything you got is instant, the time for which it'll stay with you will also be for an instant. Someone rightly penned, "Hard work is the only key to success".
Tuesday, 15 January 2008
Name it as you want to
Circa 2007
INDIA. The word is so synonymous with bollywood movies, rich songs and dances, corrupt bureaucracy, unruly traffic, all over, a total mayhem, pending court cases since god knows when, few cities that have displayed immense courage over serial bomb blasts, few cities that have adopted the stance of INDIA will remain like this, like it or hate it, few cities that have developed a sort of self sustainment, few cities that have risen to fame in their arena of specialisation
Circa 1830
INDIA. Quoting Lord Macaulay, in his address to the British parliament - "I have traveled across the length and breadth of the country and I've not seen one person who is a beggar, who's a thief. Such wealth I've seen in this country, such high moral values, people of such caliber, that i do not think we would ever conquer this country, unless we break the very backbone of this nation, which is her spiritual and cultural heritage, and, therefore, i propose that we replace her old and ancient education system, her culture, for if the Indians think that all that is foreign and English is good and greater than their own, they will lose their self esteem, their native culture and they will become what we want them, a truly dominated nation"
Hmm.. now, the part till the 'unless' comes is something!
We marvel at the EFFICIENT traffic system of countries having them. We blame our politicians and traffic police for not maintaining and streamlining the traffic. There are various engineers commenting on what or how better things could have been, if it were different. COULD! sigh!
We go as enthusiastic audience to an Enrique Iglesias concert, or an Iron Maiden concert (Maiden, man!). When Shubha Mudgal or Kadri Gopalnath perform, we're like, huh? who?
We need speed in everything we do. Instant food, instant water heaters, the darn computer is too slow, put more GBs of RAM into it, travel fast, so fast that keep going even when the signal becomes red, keep moving, and of course keep honking, [Duh! do I have to say that?] without even caring about the old folks crossing the pedestrian crossing.
Folks at home want their kids to be fast too. 'Be fast, and give me quality too. You won't survive in this competitive world kid! You need to do something great!'
Bangalore - The Silicon City of India, The next Singapore!
BALLS!
What am i coming down to? Attitude. All of us want more for whatever little we give. We hardly care about the traffic, coz its always easier to put the blame on someone else. Gives us a feeling that we are not responsible for what has happened. But where is this going? The downfall of us, the only people responsible.
I agree traffic is not an issue that can be solved by one person. You may like to follow traffic signals, [I'll say like, coz that is how its BECOME here] but someone may not want to. Why? coz no one is looking :) It bemuses me all the time how people manage to put up such a careless demeanor on their part. With the signal still red, people incessantly keep honking. Its like a time-pass to wait in the signal. Finally, it becomes green and what do people do? their hands are still on the horns, not on the accelerator! The guy behind this guy notices that the signal is already green! SHIT! Its green! Why isn't this guy moving? Come on! Come on! honk honk!! Now the guy in the front has already moved. This guy has so fast response to stimulus that he is still honking, instead of moving. Result? A Chain reaction ensues. Tell me, can the police help in this? Why don't people realise that moving at the instant of green helps, rather than honking? A coupla days back, i saw an old couple crossing the road. there was this huge scorpio wanting to take a turn, and this guy kept honking persistently! Why? Has time taken the sensitivity off the people?
These are questions and incidents that only we can answer to, or be held responsible. It becomes inevitably important that we take steps before the already fully grown tree starts developing diseases.
With Lead India going on everywhere, merely watching the small kid trying to do the impossible task of moving the tree alone, or listening to Mr. Amitabh Bachchan's inspiring speech, or just by voting for the contestants on the Lead India programme, we would not actually LEAD INDIA. This isn't a programme's title or a caption or a quote.
LEAD INDIA is a phenomenon.
LEAD INDIA marks the culmination of a hitherto developing nation.
LEAD INDIA is a feeling that should make others look upto us, and pose a stiff competition.
LEAD INDIA! Is all this possible? Am i being PRACTICAL? I wouldn't answer. I would wait for answers, in terms of actions.
INDIA. The word is so synonymous with bollywood movies, rich songs and dances, corrupt bureaucracy, unruly traffic, all over, a total mayhem, pending court cases since god knows when, few cities that have displayed immense courage over serial bomb blasts, few cities that have adopted the stance of INDIA will remain like this, like it or hate it, few cities that have developed a sort of self sustainment, few cities that have risen to fame in their arena of specialisation
Circa 1830
INDIA. Quoting Lord Macaulay, in his address to the British parliament - "I have traveled across the length and breadth of the country and I've not seen one person who is a beggar, who's a thief. Such wealth I've seen in this country, such high moral values, people of such caliber, that i do not think we would ever conquer this country, unless we break the very backbone of this nation, which is her spiritual and cultural heritage, and, therefore, i propose that we replace her old and ancient education system, her culture, for if the Indians think that all that is foreign and English is good and greater than their own, they will lose their self esteem, their native culture and they will become what we want them, a truly dominated nation"
Hmm.. now, the part till the 'unless' comes is something!
We marvel at the EFFICIENT traffic system of countries having them. We blame our politicians and traffic police for not maintaining and streamlining the traffic. There are various engineers commenting on what or how better things could have been, if it were different. COULD! sigh!
We go as enthusiastic audience to an Enrique Iglesias concert, or an Iron Maiden concert (Maiden, man!). When Shubha Mudgal or Kadri Gopalnath perform, we're like, huh? who?
We need speed in everything we do. Instant food, instant water heaters, the darn computer is too slow, put more GBs of RAM into it, travel fast, so fast that keep going even when the signal becomes red, keep moving, and of course keep honking, [Duh! do I have to say that?] without even caring about the old folks crossing the pedestrian crossing.
Folks at home want their kids to be fast too. 'Be fast, and give me quality too. You won't survive in this competitive world kid! You need to do something great!'
Bangalore - The Silicon City of India, The next Singapore!
BALLS!
What am i coming down to? Attitude. All of us want more for whatever little we give. We hardly care about the traffic, coz its always easier to put the blame on someone else. Gives us a feeling that we are not responsible for what has happened. But where is this going? The downfall of us, the only people responsible.
I agree traffic is not an issue that can be solved by one person. You may like to follow traffic signals, [I'll say like, coz that is how its BECOME here] but someone may not want to. Why? coz no one is looking :) It bemuses me all the time how people manage to put up such a careless demeanor on their part. With the signal still red, people incessantly keep honking. Its like a time-pass to wait in the signal. Finally, it becomes green and what do people do? their hands are still on the horns, not on the accelerator! The guy behind this guy notices that the signal is already green! SHIT! Its green! Why isn't this guy moving? Come on! Come on! honk honk!! Now the guy in the front has already moved. This guy has so fast response to stimulus that he is still honking, instead of moving. Result? A Chain reaction ensues. Tell me, can the police help in this? Why don't people realise that moving at the instant of green helps, rather than honking? A coupla days back, i saw an old couple crossing the road. there was this huge scorpio wanting to take a turn, and this guy kept honking persistently! Why? Has time taken the sensitivity off the people?
These are questions and incidents that only we can answer to, or be held responsible. It becomes inevitably important that we take steps before the already fully grown tree starts developing diseases.
With Lead India going on everywhere, merely watching the small kid trying to do the impossible task of moving the tree alone, or listening to Mr. Amitabh Bachchan's inspiring speech, or just by voting for the contestants on the Lead India programme, we would not actually LEAD INDIA. This isn't a programme's title or a caption or a quote.
LEAD INDIA is a phenomenon.
LEAD INDIA marks the culmination of a hitherto developing nation.
LEAD INDIA is a feeling that should make others look upto us, and pose a stiff competition.
LEAD INDIA! Is all this possible? Am i being PRACTICAL? I wouldn't answer. I would wait for answers, in terms of actions.
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