Rest or work: balancing life

The day started with a melodramatic afternoon, when I climbed to canteen to feed my hungry stomach. Missing out lunch didn't favor me much as I soon realized how priceless was the missed event, when my stomach echoed "feed me! feed me!".

As I stepped into the lobby(sounds professional, doesn't it?), my eyes turned to the fixated LCD monitor where  a movie channel was switched on by the kind virtue of someone. Although i had to resort with bread-butter-jam and coffee, I did enjoy the melodramatic music that colored the canteen with a classic vibe. The movie 'fashion' was on and juxtaposed emotional scenes were on roll. I soon wrapped off the snack and went to computer center.

Its late night, thanks my madness and fetish for blogging and writing article which has kept me kicking. As i stepped to mess to check if my luck was on roll, I was fortunate to get cold drink.

"Bhaiya, at what time do you wake up" I inquired the mess retailer
"11 am. Sleeping 7 hours is a must for anyone" he replied.

I was quick to acknowledge him as I knew that each of us balances our life to have a healthy equation between work and rest. All said, let me rush to sleep to balance life:)

P.S : The above mentioned lines are purely fictious and do not resemble/coincide with any living organism

Little drops of hope never trickle down

My results in have already exceeded my expectations(i.e. shocked me) and put me in the backbenchers category.  Today, I will get an opportunity to confront the test.  Ironically I am least concerned about the exam in which I am expected to do well to hang on to the course(pump myself from bottom to atleast median position, in order to assure my promotion to next term). To be honest, I am shit scared. Assuring world that him/her self is not scared of situation has turned into a normal routine for all the existent organisms, after each individual learns of the fact that sharing the problem actually does not add any relief to the scenario. Worse, it can result in blunder. It’s a lifelong mantra to assure self that there is no way out except facing the consequences.

Let me divert from the topic and take off the burden. Everytime I hit to the food court at manipal and taste the delicious chicken tikka of Hangyo Saiba food outlet, my taste bud rejoice and cherish the spicy grilled chickens.

Coming back to the topic, I do agree now that silence is a proxy for worrisome point. Pick out any person who’s silent, it goes by default that the person is battling out a big hurdle. But unfortunately we humans have ourselves to entertain self. People say that there exist a healer who takes away the problem from you. Some see the healer in form of god and some in form of humans. Those who acknowledge the gravity of passing time believe that such healers cease to exist in world. All these are a hypothetical thought that is bubbled up to make one feel good. Yes, feel good. One can feel good by puffing a stack of cigarettes, drinking vodka, lending ears to music and performing many other activities. We term these activities as ‘distracters’ which engages us in an addictive task. Say for example you like a track and are addicted to it. What follows next are a juxtaposed frames of de-ja-vu moments where you keep on playing the same track again.

It would be bearish of me to say that even today I feel that my academic position is under jeopardy. I have slowly realized my interest in life and hope that I ultimately get in there. Waiting for an opportunity is considered ‘illogical’ in today’s world. Do we have solution for such aspirators who chose to deviate from their interest because they need to had patience and each ticking second asks money from them? I don’t think we can do anything now, but I want to do some thing for such individuals. May be provide such individuals(whose interest area might not fetch enough money) with finance. Can I? The answer would be obvious in a very short span of time.

Cover the wound

At a cliff, 10 miles above ground a group of solders take rest on a tiny ridge during their trekking operation on a mission.

Shepoy: Sir, I am scared of heights.

Captain: Don't look down. 

The famous scene from the movie 'lakshya' comes in my memories whenever I face a grave situation. It has been one of my take-aways from life that whenever one is in deepest trouble as the shepoy was, the best thing to do is turn on the attitude of captain. Although the approach didn't do either more or less to solve problems, it eased tensions. Add on to it the joy of surpassing a hurdle without talking to the world. It gives self an immense boost of confidence in cases of victories. Further, in case of failures, one learns how to live with them(failures). Everyday we encounter umpteen problems ranging from grave to gravest nature. The only thing that keeps one alive is faith in self. 

Gone are the days when I used to hold hands of my father in platform when the train used to arrive.  Now its me sitting alone on the macadam waiting for the train, killing the time by recalling reminiscent memories. A scene of mother/father caring his child gives me a pat of consolation that time has changed. But somehow the image still haunts and sooths me at the same time. Paradox feeling has became an integrated part of life for my generation, as we look forward to do multitasking and achieve lots during our youth. 

As time passes, we learnt to accept everything. But ultimately we are the lone fighters at heart. Nobody can snatch away our swords from us easily, as a battle fought lone with selfish motive is the most hassle battle.

The inspirator

Wednesday presented me with the gift of wisdom, as Dr. Harish Hande shared his thoughts on social enterpreneurship. Hande, an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur, essayed his take away during his journey from engineer to entrepreneur. Making a steady start, Dr. Hande took no time turn a group of students to passionate audience. Witnessing how an orator can turn into a cynosure was a treat for us.

Each and every line of Dr. Hande made sense, not only because he talked logical, but also because he himself was the epitome of how a problem should be solved. His perpetual talks made sure that none of audience had even a second to take eye off from the crux of discussion. Applause kept on pouring in at timely intervals, testifying the audience association with his speech.

"Solution is the best way to protest."

The line turned to be one of my favorites as Dr. Hande spoke on how to channelize emotions into strength, how to turn the negative trust into a strong chain of progress and highlighted key issues within our youth population that is causing the gap between the youth having potential of innovation and the rural india. He rightly mentioned that unless we go and spend time with them, we would not be able to solve their problem.

I suddenly realized how right was he. For instance, when watching movies such as  'swades' or 'chak de india' we turn from a dead rubber to a emotionally charged patriotic battery. But the avatar of patriotism ends as soon as the movie finishes. Does spending more time on a problem makes us more motivated and inclined to solve the problem? This question will loom in my mind forever. This thought of mine might be ceased tomorrow, but I would never forget this question. Can we make rural India a place to live? Yes, we can.

Just like after shifting into a house of mess we turn a house to a clean place to live, we can similarly turn a village to be of same parameters as that of living conditions in city, only when we transition to villages. Will forcing industries to open up in villages help us to solve the problem? Yes, it would, only if someone washes out the preconceived notions of our brain.