Why? What? And When ?

Ever thought what rules our life ? Why do we take a certain course of action ? When was the last time we felt satisfied ?

In fact, at all times, our lives linger around finding answers to what ? why ? and when ?

A child usually thinks WHEN will he grow up ? A teenager usually thinks WHY he has to answer all that his parents ask him ? A middle aged person often wonders WHAT else needs to be done for a better living ?

Through out our lives, there is a persistent call inside us that prompts us to question. Ever wondered why do we have so many unsolved things all around us. When we so often ask questions, then why doesn't queries around us not get solved. 

I feel two reasons are there. Firstly, we do not let our questioning self to flow profoundly, and sadly this being the most insidious of human tragedies. Secondly, our questions aren't directed. Most of the times we question about trifling matters, but when it comes to question the traditionally followed things, we loose track. 

A teenager will always question him/her being intrigued on personal matters by parents but will never spare a thought as to WHEN was the last time he understood his parents' concern rightly ?

A middle aged office going person will always question his low salary but will never oblige his mind to thinking WHY do police officers at the traffic signal is bribed ?

A senior citizen will question the governments' way of working but will never prompt his mind to think WHAT difference it will make if he goes to vote ?

If we can focus our questions rightly and tap the unharnessed market of our brain, a great era is in the making.

And easier said than done but,

Life will never be the same once you choose to live it in a different way, try to think differently, keep tackling things as they come along and lastly enjoy it along because.........

The things granted once are some what important...!!!!!

........the story has begun......

A strange feeling it is when the moment you were waiting for is just moments away from you.....
It is one of those feelings RK was experiencing.....A brief retrospection.....

September 11, 2010

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RK was one of the most loved guys of the college.....from his school days, he was good at academics...though he never topped......neither did he ever top in college......

Back here..!!!
That was the day, a very reputed firm was gonna visit the campus.....and it was a firm RK always wanted to be a part of......he was curious, anxious, feeling excited.....and was going through every possible feeling......
While driving his way to college..to overcome the "hysteria", he played the music but something had pre-occupied his mind....
"what if I falter ?"
"what if it doesn't work out the favourable way?"
"what if.........................................................??"

10:00 am: He stopped at a traffic signal.....and looked at the kids begging for money......this was something at which his heart would spill out and he wanted to do something to help but at this stage of his life neither did he had a platform nor a clear vision as to how to go about it....???

he tried to focus on the job in hand......
10:20 am: He reached the campus...parked his car and walked straight to the auditorium where the pre placement talk and the further process of the company was to take place.....

in the due course of the day,,, there were a few rounds...RK successfully managed to make it to the final round where he was against the 7 best in the college...

There was a break of 45 mins before the final round......and it was 11.30 pm....

12/Sep/2010, 01:30 am: "A gift to embrace, a race to conquest,
                                       there are moments you face, those moments lead you to the best"

11/Sep/2010, 10.40 pm: RK closed his eyes and tried to re-iterate the things he had prepared for the final round

12/Sep/2010, 01:20 am: "A night to remember, a sight to remember"

11/Sep/2010, 10.45 pm: As RK closed his eyes, he saw a sight.....he was standing in front of a very tall building.........

12/Sep/2010 01:15 am: "Dreams are big..so are the aspirations"

11/Sep/2010 10:50 pm: He tried to identify the name coined on the name-plate of the building.....

12/Sep/2010 01:10 am: "The road less travelled...the path less taken"

11/Sep/2010 10:55 am: Suddenly everything started to get illusioned...there was a whirlwind......

12/Sep/2010 01:00 am: "The moment had come...had to make a choice....but the road  diverged.........."

11/Sep/2010 11:00 pm: RK kept focussing on the name-plate inspite of all the clutter around.....

12/Sep/2010 12:55 am: "Was a tough call......"

11/Sep/2010 11:14 pm: "RST Business Group"........written at the top of the building......

12/Sep/2010 12:50 am: "I knew I would have to............."

11/Sep/2010 11:15 pm : ANNOUNCEMENT......

All the final round candidates need to report for an hour interview.....the interviews will be conducted simultaneously by different panels......commencing in 15 minutes....ALL THE BEST everyone !!!

11/Sep/2010 11.30 pm
THE INTERVIEW ROOM

Interviewer1 : So Ritvik.....tell us something about yourself ?

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Interviewer2: What have you learnt from your past experiences ?

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Interviewer2: Are you kidding us ?

RK: No sir..!!
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Interviewer1: Why did....................................
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RK: I was sceptical......
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Interviewer2: Don't you...................Ridiculous..isn't it ?
Interviewer1: Yeah..!! You don't seem as good as your resume speaks ?

RK: May be I am sounding Overconfident....
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Interviewer1: So Ritvik, where do you see yourself 10 years down the line ?

RK: RST Business Group...
Interviewer2: What's that ?
RK: My future....
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RK: Thank you sir..!!!!!.

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12/Sep/2010 12:45 am: "I have more than sight...a vision....a dream...and perseverance to make my dreams come true...!!!!!!!!!!!!"

........the story has begun......

Messenger Of God !!

Go read out, Go fly away !!!!
Go spread the word, Go fly away !!!

These were the words spoken by God when He sent his messenger to the world, to India. As he landed here, he took out the scroll that was given to him with the above to lines scripted on it. He read them and set out on his odyssey with a strong will and proper direction.

As he reached India, he thought of conducting a survey to find out which is that one area in India that needs most rectification. He met a person and asked him, " Which place in India is the one which is in dire need of rescue today ?". He answered the rural areas and went on to name a few. He met the next person and asked the same question and got pretty much the same answer. He kept on meeting people and kept getting almost the same replies every time.
Now that he was convinced with which area to start from, he decided to move to that place. As he was about to shoot, he saw a person and something prompted him to ask one more person. He pursued his inner voice and walked up to him and asked the same question. This time, however the messenger got a different answer and was shocked. The person said, "Delhi".
The messenger said, "I asked a hundred people and each one of them said that the rural areas are in desperate need, so how come you name the capital as the answer ?". That person smiled painfully and said,

"I lived for 35 years in Delhi and have been brought up there. Never during my early stay there did i see pride in the eyes of people when they said they are a DELHIite, but off-late I started to see the pride, a pride which is not seen in the eyes of the people when they say they are an INDIAN. Delhi prospered so much that people living there aren't concerned with the people of INDIA. Delhi had The Metro while  in some states we do not have electricity. Delhi had proper renovations while some areas do not even have residences. And when I realized that materialism has taken over Delhi, I felt choked and found it difficult to stay there."


Just realize how serious this message is. A revolution can be brought about by just talking about it. If all the DELHIites erupt from the slumber, I believe we can have a change and not substitution.

As for the messenger, he is still here between us to make some amends, expecting us to realize the importance of our words so that when we goes back and stands in front of the God, he can have the pride in his smile and happiness in his tears. And that messenger is YOU..!!!!
Each one of you reading this and/or realizing it in some way or the other !!!

Question Mark !!!!!

One night when sleep once again betrayed me, I went out in the balcony and started to look up at the stars. I started making out patterns, one pattern which I could easily make out was a Question Mark ?
Perhaps because my life has never gone through a phase when certainty was there. I smiled looking upwards, indeed I was smiling(rather laughing) at myself. I looked up again....Question Mark ? Question Mark ? Question Mark ? Question Mark ?........Question Marks everywhere....
I took a deep breath, there was silence all around and I realized that silence can also be comforting sometimes. Since I was going through a phase of introspection those days, I thought this could just be the time I may get some answers. I started to look around to see if there is something else.
I took out a piece of paper and a pen and started to make a wish list. A list of all the things I aspire to achieve. As expected I had written a handful of things and then happened something. As always happens with me, a voice came from within asking me to scribble down what am I doing to achieve the ephemerals on the wish list. I started and within minutes I was finished with the writings.....
LESSON LEARNT !


I stood up, took out another paper and prepared a list of things I need to do. I knew I was taking a step in the right direction but somehow I was still not convinced, something was holding me back.
I kept writing(rather planning) and then 4 hours later I realized that I had slept in the balcony that night and it rained heavily. I looked at the paper and I was dazed to see that at the end of the list, I had unconsciously written, "I wish it rains !!!!"
I don't remember if I wrote this. I don't know what prompted me to do this but I started to tear off the portion where "I wish it rains " was scripted and suddenly amidst the shining sun and clear sky was a streak of lightning and thunder, I could see the clouds being tore apart, whirlwind, rain and cyclone.
And I was brought to senses, yes, with my mother shouting at me, it was then that I actually woke up, I ran back to my room with the paper folded in my hand. I unfurled the paper there. The words that followed changed the way I used to think and approach life.


YOU WOULD NOT BE GRANTED A SECOND CHANCE !!!

I realized that it was something that was always dwelling inside the sub-conscious, may be I was too lame(rather lazy) to go about it.
That night still remains as an unsolved puzzle.....but after that night I rarely saw a question mark in the sky.. :)

Still proud ??

This is an earnest request to please read this post with zeal and feeling and if possible loudly too otherwise the post just isn't worth your read.

After all that happened, gradually everything started to settle down and as time passed everything was just left in previous days' newspapers and then it became history. And you told yourselves that life moves on and so have you !
Well, if you thought so, then i will say you are a loser, you are a coward, you are just a person whose existence holds no meaning, you don't have it in you to accept that you ran away.

Terrorist attacks in local trains on July 11, 2006 or the terrorist attack on The Taj on November 27, 2008. The whole nation was in a state of frenzied hysteria. Each one of you were in tears after seeing the whole scenario on the (daily soap dominated) television. And then as the days passed, the tears dried. You told yourselves that we have seen enough deaths in our lives that now we find tears hard to come.

I say, "WOW !!! What a reason to hide your weaknesses, your inability to do ANYTHING, THE THEORY OF ESCAPISM...."
And you people say that we are PROUD TO BE INDIANS.
How many of you even remember the dates, Well.....congratulations if you do !!!
All of us saw movies like Rang De Basanti and at the end of the movie, we were furious, we wanted to be the change, we wanted the precarious yet uniquely structured system to be overcome by a more efficient one. And we did something, we clapped, we praised the actors for their work and said that the movie was worth the money. Ohh yes, we also voted for the actor to win awards.

WAKE UP LOSERS, WAKE UP !!!

The words may hurt you and some may even give up before reading the whole article. I would like to tell all of you who felt offended or hurt, YES ! YOU ARE GUILTY !