Euphoria !!!

Well, what was in today that is giving me this feeling? I am not sure of what this is like. It just feels rejuvenated and fresh back in action. What was really bogging me down all these days? Lets not delve into that and rather be more concerned of the present state of euphoria !! Probably as the time for me to depart to a'bad comes close, it seems like there is more energy in the air and there is surely a lot more excitement. Well, here comes the day when i start off homeward. Thinking of the nice times I would be having there.

But amidst the mixed emotions, which started with a pleasant surprise of a treat, continued with the BIG fight and then ended like a normal re-union there was always that feeling of "feeling good". It also made me think of times when it would be my last day in the council and when I would be waiting to relinquish the office which I would have held for more than a year and one which I aimed the moment I stepped onto campus. Unlike other times, today was a realization, that there wasnt much time in this world to enjoy everything forever. Each and every thing had its own time and moment. Once enjoyed, it had to be parted with. I was overwhelmed to feel what I may at the time of my last few days on this campus. However much we may crib of the campus being like a packed tin of sardines, it is this which is going to be my alma mater. My home for the past 2 years, where I have learnt what is never in books, where I learnt the art of making friends and keeping them. Where I learnt more from the people and the environ than from the books. The place which gave me the passport to achieve high levels of success.

Imagining the day makes me feel nostalgic. Its as if I am visualising it right here and right now. May I be able to retain those memories for ever. Those days in the quadrangle, those times in Jani, to those times in class. Being ripped apart to those wonderful babes I would have loved to stare. From the politics of the council to the parties that we have had. Its been like nothing we have had. I just love the feeling of having to depart with fond memories of this place which gave me life.......... I know this is something that might be coming a bit too sooner, but still today is one day when I feel all is well. I feel that its going to be a bright future.

Hoping for the futures to be bright, for the friendships to sustain the test of times.. For the connection to remain, the feeling to be passed on. How I wish I could delegate the job. Train someone as I was. Honn the skills of someone to make the person one of the best and most powerful person in college. In him I might seek the ultimate solace, the ultimate satisfaction, that of finally passing over the correct legacy. Hoping for such an opportunity.

This masala post dedicated to kola and neena..!! Hope u convert many more PPO's in the future.

Joint House.... a management game!!!

Well, the very much revered joint housing system is as flawed as any. Be it respecting people, to respecting their wishes or be it keeping them satisfied and contented. It all boils down to management of humans.. and in this case family members. Boosting their egos when necessary and squashing them when and where necessary. Its like controlling them while still allowing them all the freedom they need. Its a simple trade-off between what people like and what they can do. And it being controlled by someone other than their own parents, forget own selves. In this world of materialism when wealth is not just internal but also lot more physical. When are the people going to understand that joint family system needs a revamp? When would it be realised that its not that people cant live together.., but trying to control the lives of other members of the family is something that should be refrained. Sometimes, it is essential to maintain the customs of the family etc. But then when it infringes on the life of the people... It is just too annoying and sometimes, parents wouldnt understand it too.

Simply put, these things existed in India because of the fact that the lives were much less materialistic and more towards the spiritual angle. There was more respect come what may and people felt that they were bound by the society and the people around. Today, there are pockets where that thing still persists and most places with the development in the country happening, nuclear families have cropped up and no more do parents have more than maximum 3 kids.. So the issue is wiped off at all levels. But for all those still plagued by the system, there is little respite but do as their elders tell them to or face the flack of being the black sheep of the family.

Hope the managers of such games are sensible else they wreck a havoc in the lives they might not even know.. bLESS tHEM gOD

Hindu day.....

Oh no... don get me wrong here. I m not a communal minded individual. I believe in the constitution of India, the Preamble which clearly states that each and every citizen is equal irrespective of the caste, creed, colour, sex and religion. I am a firm believer in the secular roots of India.

Though, the actual issue lies far away, far away from the communal vandalism in Orissa or that rocked Gujarat. It lies near Eros, Opp Ritz hotel. I am referring to the Hindu Newspaper office in mumbai.. :P
Perception I tell you. Something that makes us all live and believe. Its the thing that ticks the world. I had a perception that a newspaper office would be much more modern and the perception of a South Indian newspaper was laid there, correct to the core when I realised that the colours of the office interiors were as dull as the word dull could describe. They lent a kinda different look from what was expected from the Press Office. Nevertheless the mission was not completely failed as I had perceived it might. It just put my faith back into myself, that I could if need be sell the thing I was selling. But, touch wood we do get some money out of there. Even 1 - 2 would be wonderful for the same. And in these times (No not with the attack on christians, am talking of the markets tumbling) the money is hard to come by and anything and everything is welcome. Is it that we are jinxed? Facing monetary crisis in all of the events that we organised. And again, the very basic issues were to be put on the table on debate.

Nevertheless, I like this comeback of mine. It gave me a new way of working and yet not getting too involved as to distrub myself and get myself on the other hand. Guess 'Temptation' was the right move. (Oh... temptation is just another ice-cream parlour around here)

Hoping for some light at the end of the hindu venture. Lets see. Have a long week to go before I get to eat home fooooooood..........