I'm what you dream to be

This is what is the caption of the t-shirt sported by students of one of the best colleges of India - Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Even though I’ve seen students wearing this t-shirt umpteen times, it struck a chord on friday.


Why do people want to become what others dream to be? Don’t they have any dreams of their own? Why are people driven by the presumptions and notion held by others? Why be driven by others?

I know that it’s easy to follow the norms, to follow the traditions and to live your life as anonymous. It doesn’t take any effort to go with the flow of water. Why fight the turbulence? But what will you achieve at the end of the day? I can’t figure.

When you break the norms you face resistance. Resistance from people, family, and sometimes even from yourself. But I believe it to be infinitely better to die fighting for a cause – whatever you deem to be appropriate – then to live the life of a sheep following a herd, without any individual identity. Life is not worth living the life of an anonymous person. And if you think you have no problems with that then it will be the greatest lie that you will ever tell yourself. You need to break free. We all need to break free.

Can you imagine that iPod in your pocket if Steve Jobs had not dropped out of his college to follow his dreams? You can’t. He followed his dreams and he is changing the world. Do you know Shahrukh Khan? If you are an Indian the answer is a definite yes and even in other cases the chances are that you have heard of him. Do you know that he cleared JEE and was all set to join IIT? Probably not. He chose his dreams over the dreams and advice of others (joining IIT and earning a fat paycheck) and look where he is.

Why can’t you do so? Why can’t you live your dream? It will not be all that romantic but then believe in yourself.
Believe.

Credits: Anand Nalya

For One Day Let Us Forget The Facts And

fulfil the destiny that was never ours

live the dreams that were just illusions

believe in something that is impossible

lets live the life after death

Credits for this post: Anand Nalya

Do They ?

Beaten and broken,

Starved and hid,

By the very people,

Who should love them,

People don’t understand that

some children live that life.

Tied to machines,

Until their work is done,

For no pay,

For no food,

But they keep working,

And pushing,

Until they can push no more.

Living in sewage,

Sharing a home with the rats,

praying for it not to rain.

Children really DO live like that,

they live their whole lives in shame.

It's not their fault,

but they don't understand.

They've never known a different way.

They're used to the hunger,

and used to the pain.

But they don't deserve it -

Do They?

The Underprivileged Kids

Credits: DeviantArt

Beyond The Obvious

Our day to day affairs make us so busy that we don’t think or we don’t get time to think of things which we can really do. It is said that every human on earth comes with a definite goal.
A purpose, something that he has to achieve!

I have been coming across such a big lot of people who have lot of potential in themselves which if they explore in themselves they can create a genius out of them, but there is something that stops them. What stops them, no one knows, even they themselves don’t know.

When you discover some potential in someone and try to push them towards that for their own good, they are reluctant. They simply want to avoid it. Some are busy in their not so needed things to do list, some try to postpone it and some just don’t do it!



If stretched out some say, my purpose of life is to see my mother, father, and my family happy. They should not have any pains or sufferings and I can provide a security to them. Isn’t that a fundamental thing which is not needed to be said?

That is the Obvious.

Above that if you ask them, they don’t have an answer.

A good job. A good family. A Happy Family.

Is that all?



I have been having the same breakfast, same conversations, same movie and music talks, same stories of politics and pollution from at least 20 years now. I just wonder how a person who is 20 years ahead of me can be happy doing the same things which I am already bored off.

No doubt he has a good job, a good to do family, he is happy?
Is that all we are making a future for?

Asking within himself, leaving the society and the societal issues away,

Is he really h-a-p-p-y?


Why don’t we think and ask ourselves a question.

Indian Sports Ministry and F1

India has a special style of dealing with different things. Our system leaves the person on the opposite end on mixed emotions to such  an extent that they just forget the sense of expressing themselves.
Something similiar happened with the F1 World Racing Championship organizers. The most unique and bizarre statement which might have even created a shock amongst the organizers was when Indian Sports Minsitry said, " Formula one auto-racing is not a Sport!"

For Details check the link.. For your emotional outbursts,
 increase the fragrances. ;)

Globalization

So rallies for the racial abuse against Indians in Melbourne. No wonder every one has a got some new bites to for their TRP’s, a good topic to chat on the coffee tables when the movies are missing from the multiplexes.

And I just got a update that now there is rally going to be taking place in India for the people who are getting racially abused in Australia. Fantastic isn’t it?

But aren’t they the same Indians who abused India and went outside the country?

Weren’t they the same guys who couldn’t score well in the colleges and couldn’t get admissions in India and hence had to move out?

They only said India is bullshit, Fuck India, I want to get the hell out of here! Isn’t it?

(Not Applicable to everyone, but yes to the majority it does!)

But we Indians have no work to do having ample amount of free time and always ready to show SYMPATHY to anyone, everyone.

A roadside Conversation: A group of 4-5 guys chatting n having Chai n Cigarettes outside Barista.

Guy ‘X’: Salaa, woh Punjabi ki band baj gai yaar, Aise hi pit gaya!

Guy ‘Y’: What else he could do, he is in a different country, and he cant give a fight back.

Guy ‘P’: Pata nahi kya hoga sabka! Lagi padi hai… Chal kuch Banner Rally jaisa kartey hai… This kind of racism is pathetic. Lets do it, media bhi hai; famous bhi ho jaayenge.

In between the conversation, there came a little poor Indian girl came asking for food and water and was about to collapse but none of them bothered to help her. They were busy discussing to remove racism in Australia.

Globalization, you see......

P.S.: The picture might not be going with the post, but i loved it cause it depicts something like 3 worlds..

1st the Dream world he is in,

2nd the real world where he lies naked

3rd the world where he is trying to be-in the bottle!

( a piece of my interpretation )

The Beggar Stories....

I and Vipin have been friends from High School. We were bench mates and I don’t remember how many times I have been scolded and thrown out of the class just because of his pranks. He has a wonderful hold on his emotions after passing the stupidest joke you have ever heard and then give the expressions of the most sincere student any teacher would have ever dreamt of and me though the innocent one, always (winking) used to become the culprit for the teacher’s eyes as he left me laughing when the teacher turned around. But he has been the best mate I have or would ever have.

The roadside eatery stalls are the favorites of Vipin to sit and talk for free. Free as it is meant both the place and the food because he has a fantastic habit of not carrying money in the wallet. He carries the wallet though.

One such evening, me, Vipin and Pranav had been to one of the famous stall in Baroda to have yummy Dabelis (Indian-ised version of Burgers, you can say so!)

We had just ordered for ourselves when two girls, not more than 12 years came to us begging for food. One can notice the change in the pattern of begging in the city. Beggars have stopped asking for money or just anything else, they want to eat what they like and ask for it directly. The two girls pointed their fingers at the Dabelis and asked for them. Before me or Pranav could respond to them, Vipin went and ordered Dabelis for them. They both sat on the footpath waiting for their food to come.

The food was served and Vipin gave two of the plates to those girls. He was very happy seeing them eat. It could be seen on his face how content he felt by feeding them.

After we had finished, Vipin threw the plates in the bin and drank some water from a jar lying at the stall. It was heart warming to see the two girls imitating Vipin by throwing their plates in the bin as well. Then they took some water from the jar and washed their hands, which surprised us and then something happened which left all three of us wide eyed.

One of the girls took out some money from her pocket, bought a mineral water pouch and told Vipin, “Bhaiya, jug ka paani mat piyaa karo, woh sehat ke liye achaa nahi hai!”(Brother, Don’t drink the water from the jug, it is not hygienic)

All three of us were startled by her, Vipin ran after her and she kept on laughing all the way leaving us with a hygienic lesson of the day.