Doesn’t any one understand the absence of ambition, or the simplicity of it…
Upamanyu chatterjee (English, august). Pg 148
When you are enrolled in a course of which you can neither make head nor tail, like mine which actually reads as “Integrated M-Tech In Biotechnology And Bioinformatics”…..(hard to believe some one actually coined this tag)….. you’ll understand the integrity of the above quote. A fair warning for those who find that jargon even remotely lucrative, its going to take 11 semesters to be formally a graduate., yea yea… at the end of it you’l b a post grad as well……. infact an M-tech…..true, but what if you dont want to be a post grad….what if you want a different stream….what if its MBA that’s haunting you….what if there is nothing that’s haunting you yaar…..then….the answers simple….read the “English, august” ..lol…
Naa…aint promoting the book yaar…can barely finish it, but it dares to say few things that I wouldn’t. Things like…’ want to quit studying’…this is told by many…but coming an average middle-class family which is dogmatic about the Indian education system, to actually mean it is nothing less of heresy. Then there is… ‘get me married’….makes me sound desparate...lol….but doubt if there is a better way to get heard. Once you are married, m guessing that people stop considering your opinions childish. And perhaps, you finally grow up…Most of you don’t face this dilemma; but for those who do, incase you happen to be the youngest in the family…does It really sound desperate.
The age span of 16 to 22 has been like solving rubik’s cube….hilarity is its still unsolvable. still don’t get the logic of living normal. How do we define normal? Obedient student, doing homework on time, studying and passing exams, occasional monkey business followed by mild pangs of guilt….growing up in the system…cursing it among friends & family, defending it when national pride demands, especially when you have snobbish cousins from La…he he…Finally end up in some job, crib abt the pay, even if getting whats deserved or perhaps more, n on n on n on….ewww…
Its so damned boring…and its not ok to say that its in my hand to change it all, cant just pack up my belongings (which obviously is all daddy sponsored ) and leave…that’s like ……will be fun…so wanna do it yaa…
Just the kinda thing that m longing for and will do it, only and only if I know exactly whats gonna happen next. So guess will never do it.
What are the things that I want to do yaar… and how many of them will I be actually able to do….do I really want at any thing at all…it’ll all be too taxing.
Not doing nothing is not a good option.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Friday, February 1, 2008
happy new year
here we are again....a new yr....time 4r some new resolutions...promises to fulfill these resolutions....apologies for sidetracking a few of last yrs resolutions...lol....n thanking "the gr8 whom so ever concerned" for enabling few victories which encourages us to continue the age old tradition of making resolutions...
"to whom so ever concerned" as we now have so many people 2 worship....so many places of worship....we never know whom we shud address...for takin offence is d easy part.... if nt 4r god ....atleast 4r his/hers/its varied devotees........
resolution for 2008 is to -
"veto my religion - hinduism, my nationality - indian and everything thing else that prevents me from being a true humanitarian"
seems 2 harsh....feel m being preposterous.....my country , my religion doesnt prevent me 4rm being a humanitarian!! ....thn why is it so that my religion in orissa brutalized some one else's faith....(refering to the attacks on churches during christmas )and why my country did not intervene....
it did?? yes...arrested people and initiated judicial inquiry n blahblah blah...
god is faith n faith is god....i stand by my faith and i know my god stands by me.....hence i choose 2 abolish all norms which takes me away 4rm him....its not abt hinduism or india or any other religion or country...its abt people wearing different color garments and refusing to believe that they all serve the same purpose....protection...
There is ofcourse the possibility of my accepting and following all religions and faith known to mankind even if i am unaware....but fear is a strong motivation......doing so might unleash the imprudent devotion of many ardent disciples....may i be bold enough to term them as (political or otherwise) fanatics....myself shouldering their arms....dare i go loud with my understanding...and inconspicuous, into hiding i shall not live....
above...i jst cited one recent example....but there are millions happening in every nook and corner of our world....my resolution is an attempt to mitigate if not eradicate such atrocities....i am not undergoing any legalities as i dont have to......i am only appealing to you all to consider this epistle and support my cause if you feel worth....ie, next time you meet someone.... you remember that above all you are a human being...and.....let him/her/it be just that...another humanbeing.........
truly...it will be a happy new year for all then....as this year clearly isnt for many.........though
i hope u have a VERY VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR.........
"to whom so ever concerned" as we now have so many people 2 worship....so many places of worship....we never know whom we shud address...for takin offence is d easy part.... if nt 4r god ....atleast 4r his/hers/its varied devotees........
resolution for 2008 is to -
"veto my religion - hinduism, my nationality - indian and everything thing else that prevents me from being a true humanitarian"
seems 2 harsh....feel m being preposterous.....my country , my religion doesnt prevent me 4rm being a humanitarian!! ....thn why is it so that my religion in orissa brutalized some one else's faith....(refering to the attacks on churches during christmas )and why my country did not intervene....
it did?? yes...arrested people and initiated judicial inquiry n blahblah blah...
god is faith n faith is god....i stand by my faith and i know my god stands by me.....hence i choose 2 abolish all norms which takes me away 4rm him....its not abt hinduism or india or any other religion or country...its abt people wearing different color garments and refusing to believe that they all serve the same purpose....protection...
There is ofcourse the possibility of my accepting and following all religions and faith known to mankind even if i am unaware....but fear is a strong motivation......doing so might unleash the imprudent devotion of many ardent disciples....may i be bold enough to term them as (political or otherwise) fanatics....myself shouldering their arms....dare i go loud with my understanding...and inconspicuous, into hiding i shall not live....
above...i jst cited one recent example....but there are millions happening in every nook and corner of our world....my resolution is an attempt to mitigate if not eradicate such atrocities....i am not undergoing any legalities as i dont have to......i am only appealing to you all to consider this epistle and support my cause if you feel worth....ie, next time you meet someone.... you remember that above all you are a human being...and.....let him/her/it be just that...another humanbeing.........
truly...it will be a happy new year for all then....as this year clearly isnt for many.........though
i hope u have a VERY VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR.........
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