Serving the Parents

Everyone's Dream: A Happy Family.
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Parents, the only people who selflessly render their services to us throughout their lives, are the ones, whom we are unable to serve truly in our lifetime. But despite that, at every point of our lives, we find them standing beside us, eveready to help, support and guide us in any kinda way they can. The above statement has not been made just out of immense love for my parents, but it has been observed and perceived on the basis of the events happening all around us, in this fast and materialistic world of today. 

Well, first of all the notion of serving the parents has undergone a complete transformation. It is no longer the massaging of their legs and arms and obediently following every word of their advice. It is good to know that even today, kids do follow the above. But the parents' happiness lies in our happiness. Neither the parents expect us to be Shravan Kumar, nor we consider the option of imbibing the good qualities that existed in that great child. B'coz the bitter truth is: We are hardly able to carry ourselves together, so how could we imagine carrying both our parents on our shoulders !!! Additionally, we have a pre-conceived notion that making our parents live in some huge bungalow, surrounded by numerous servants and providing them every kind of luxury, would make them feel at home and help them attain salvation. But irrespective of whether these things are provided to them or not, they only wish to avoid experiencing the whims of loneliness, when the Aging takes a severe toll on their life, which was once rejuvinating and full of energy.

Parents always want that their kids may receive the best possible education and thereafter secure the best of the jobs. For that, they somehow make up their mind to send their kids abroad, far from themselves, with a hope that their kid would soon return equipped with a better life. But sadly, either the kid doesn't return (or is not able to) OR the better life which they sought after, doesn't allow him to sit back, relax and enjoy anymore. To earn more, he toils more but is unable to serve the parents, who day after day, equipped with loneliness, keep on waiting patiently and endlessly for their kids to arrive and just be with them. I find it quite disheartening that, right from our birth, our parents begin a routine of sacrifices which goes-on till the very end. From ensuring the best possible education for us, to making us go abroad; from making us settle in the new city for our Job to settling our lives after our marriage; from helping us raise our kids to being there in times of hardships, they are there for us, anytime, everytime, anywhere and everywhere. But when the tide falls on our shoulder to take proper care of them, we are far away, trying to sort out the cobwebs of our rat-raced lives. There We are, finding it difficult enough to: talk to them, respond to their queries and meet them: even once in a blue moon. As the time goes on and we become the parents of our children, may be we too would turn out to be amazing, caring and sacrificing parents but the paradox is "It's very difficult to be a good and caring Child". 

Although, just as there are good people in this world, there are good children too. But won't it be good if all the kids turn good. So, I hereby wish and pray that we may be endowed with such instincts and sense, so that we always remember our parents in our lives and care for them selflessly, just like they did throughout their life; irrespective of how successful we are, the job we do Or the status we enjoy in the society :)

Walking Together on the isle of Life.
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WWE: Beyond Entertainment

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I am sure most of us have fond memories of watching those semi-naked, customized and printed undergarment clad bodies, doing a sort of fighting in the ring which includes special tactics of holding each other; of picking one another in the mid-air and tossing them around like some toy. Yeah!! You have to be quite a fool for guessing that I am talking about World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). And Yes, people are still crazy for it. Specifically, the viewership of this evergreen show is not only restricted to the school- going students. Rather, Grown-up Boys (moreover, adults) like me and my brother along with many of our friends, are one of the members of that die-hard Fan Community, who eagerly wait for the once-in-a-lifetime matches held in the most awaiting show of the year-> WRESTLEMANIA.

Having grown up with the speculation that all these awesome matches were scripted beforehand; I was always unable to push that down my throat. But now being granted some presence of mind by the almighty, the truth is hidden from no-one. Additionally, looking at this booming entertainment industry beyond what the fights present to the viewers, we see that it depicts the common and unending tussle going on between the Good and the Evil, in our lives. In the beginning, the GOOD is outnumbered by the self-propelling forces of the EVIL, as obvious. But Just when every hope dies; The faith in Good trembles and the corpses are packed in the coffin, then suddenly the Coffin is thrown open and BOOM, The DeAd Man- UNDERTAKER Returns, leaving the perpetrators aghast in terror and then even the Gods can’t prevent their demise.

So, beyond presenting us with the Glamorous Entertainment (I am sure you haven’t been able to forget Lita, Trish, Stacy, EVe and the current ones too-> Bella Twins, AJ Lee etc.), WWE has always and would always set an example before us, inspiring us to lead a daring and “NEVER GIVE UP” life. Be it Through the “HUSTLE, LOYALTY, RESPECT” of John CENA, who comes out every night, energized and boosted up to accept any challenge thrown by anyone and  give his best to that; Be it through the short and courageous REY MYSTERIO, who has developed the agility in his moves in compensation of the lack of physical strength; Be it through the humble, Down to earth and friendly actions of superstars such as Christian, Sheamus, Shawn Micheals, RIc Flair etc. and most recently through the actions of New WWE World Heavy Weight Champion “DANIEL BRYAN”. You could beat him, hurt him, make him bleed, insult him publicly, thrash him, toss him around everywhere, make him wrestle with anyone - even giants but you could not deprive him of his determination and resolute will power to achieve his goal. And it’s because of these qualities rather than the number of matches won-or-lost, that people around the world have such respect and deep gratitude for these superstars. The results of these fights are momentary as compared to the eternal values and motivation that gets imbibed by the people watching them.  Not just WWE but everything happening around us is screeching at the top of their voices to make us learn something or the other. But As they say, “BEAUTY lies in the eyes of the observer”. So, it all depends on you, whether you want to look around for inspiration or are you satisfied with that dumb, grim and goalless life of yours.!!!

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UnWilLinG To SePaRAte

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The journey of the past 4 yrs, has been quite amazing. From being complete strangers to each other, we have now reached the stage where we pour in our efforts to avoid even the slightest imagination of the destined end of our Graduation Journey. Countdown has already begun and we are just a few months away from the official Shut-Down of our Friendly Processors. In order to drag the mind away from such Gloomy feelings, one needs to keep his/her mind occupied enough so that these “Ghosts Of Christmas-Future”, keep themselves at Bay. And that poses a serious and tedious situation for idle mind of people like me because our scores this time weren’t good enough to fetch us some calls from any good MBA Institute. As a result, we were left with ample amount of time quite early in this semester, where even the uploading and updating our DP’s on Social Media, became a daunting task for us. Not only this, but any activity that just involves our friends, be it as silly as: sitting on the grass under the sun, Singing songs together, blurring anything, anywhere out from the Never-Giving-Up mouth, playing child-like games with a childish ball or anything like clicking pictures, discussing and mimicking movies together; all these garnered our attention. Keeping in mind The-last-Mile that has to be walked together, the students are adamant to anyhow plan their Tour together, even when it requires going against the wishes of the administration, cursing or pouring out our frustration on them. 

But I would be wrong to limit all of this to MBA Aspirants only. With the GATE exam of many branches already over, I am sure they too are rattling with us in the same PolyBag and in the Upcoming Week whole of the Soon-To-Be-Graduated students would feel within them, the same sensation and restlessness of somehow walk through their time. So, having been said that, we all would be provided with ample time to Complete, enhance and renovate our Said-To-Be-Prestigious Projects but their speedy execution, seems to be a rare and distant dream. They would be definitely be completed and finalized but Half-Heartedly and that too, only when their completion is standing between us and our Graduation Degree. 

 As Great Authors and SRK himself has said that,

“Kisi cheez ko dil se chhaho, toh poori kainaat tumhe use milaane mein lag jaati hai…”. So, I hereby wish that: 

"May At some stage in my life, I be able to unite with all my friends, for any purpose, maybe Work or fulfillment of some secret job of the Almighty, so that we may Rock the world together, contribute our bit towards it and make it a better place to live in."

May Everyone Remain Wealthy ForEver. :)

Demystifying AAP

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The journey from “About Aspirations of People” to “Abrogating Aspirations of Police”.

The sanctity and purity of the day, when the Crusade of the people: AAP, dethroned the hierarchy and occupied the throne following an unbiased, transparent and governance delivering approach, could still be felt. Their win actually symbolized the win of the nation and its people, paving way for participative and corruption-free democracy. It was really worthwhile to notice how people from varied walks of life: Engineers, Businessmen, Doctors, housewives, rickshaw-pullers, officers poured in their contributions ranging from Rs.10 to several lakhs, to make this seemingly honest party, come to power. It set a contrast example of how elections could still be won, following the guidelines laid out by the Election Commission. Winning is not about hiding the donations of the party and wooing the voters financially but it’s about identifying the problems and providing the platform to eradicate them.

With their memorandum of free water and Free Electricity, they were the source of extreme form of Media Coverage across all-the Media-Channels, with each one of them running the same repeated documentary-type news of ArvindJi from morning till evening, portraying him as the messiah of the people, the traits of whom were amazingly bright, right from his birth. That’s how media functions in our nation, this moment you are The Great Captain Cool, winning the highly acclaimed series one after another and the very next moment you are a stubborn guy, unwilling to modify your Final Eleven. Well Never Mind. From rejecting support from Congress to overturning the request of personal Security; from abrogating the enormous govt. villa to the quashing of VIP culture; the Delhi CM has been the eternal source of limitless Media Attention. Whether the above declarations were declared to be followed or were just a mere act of publicity, is a debatable argument.

Whatever be the case, with AAP taking on the central role, people were quite optimistic that a revolution was in making. Wind of Positive Development and efficient Delivery of Services to the people was about to swirl across Delhi. But instead, what is being delivered to the people: ……  Yeah! You could substitute that Famous Dialog of KAPIL here!!  Though they have only been a month long Govt., they have a long way to go from this point. But there is a popular saying, “Poot ke Paon, Paalne mein dikh jaate hain”.

The CM of the capital of India goes onto a strike, shunning his responsibilities and urges the people and police to join him in the agitation in front of PM Office, demanding the Delhi police control to be transferred to Him, along with the suspension of 4 police Officers who tried to save foreign nationalities, from the Law Minister of Delhi himself!!! Improving the Situation doesn’t mean, going out there in public and humiliating anyone and that too women, just because they seemed to be involved in illegal activities. There are legal ways to do that. Flouting the laws openly and publicly and stamping yourself as an Anarchist, after being the CM, is certainly not a trait desired in any CM. If CMs too need to organize Strikes and Bandhs to get things done, without giving a thought to the discomfort and chaos being caused to the people, then why in all, there is a post of CM in the first place. 

Sir, people, after a long time have invested their support, time and energy, form the bottom of their hearts, in a crusade like this and are waiting for something good to happen to them and their country.  On top of this, instead of delivering them good governance, all of a sudden you are being so desperate to contest the upcoming Lok-Sabha elections (although you first neglected it). Your performance has not been tested on the State level, then how could you promise to deliver at the national level.  Without delivering any performance, you tried to cash-in your imminent popularity. Though it’s truly said, “It’s good to wash your hands in flowing water.” But only if you are going to eat after that. When You enter in a new house, first you need to sort some things out, arrange them a little bit and then you take up the task of relaxing and eating. Entering the home and directly thinking of relaxation could leave your house in complete disorder. There is no doubt about the effectiveness of the protests as the tool to raise your opinions against the existing system. But the sole reliance on them, even when you are the system and hold power is not a sensible idea. People supported the protests to make you rise to power, now it’s your duty to provide them the desired outcomes.

On a concluding note, it would be right enough to say that, we as people are too quick to pass our judgement and point-out flaws in phenomenon happening around us. But if we support something with full eagerness and zeal, then the least we expect in return is the proper solution to our grievances and the existing situation to improve. Well, your journey has just begun and have a lot to prove and a lot of time at your disposal to do that. But I wish and seriously hope that you don’t have to bear the same torture and disrespect like the UP govt. Let's See What rolls out in the future.

Superstitions have been integral part of our lives for long. At some point or the other, in some form or the other we have acted like its’ disciplined disciples, Be it: The Pauses we undertook after a cat crosses our way; Eating Sweet and Curd before leaving for some momentous event; Refraining from cutting Nails and Hairs on Thursday; Avoiding Non-Veg. on Tuesdays; Not Buying steel/metal on Saturdays and many more like these.

Although people strongly believe in Religion and God but they haven’t been able to comprehend the true significance of these terms. This in particular could be attributed to the older generations who have been hierarchically inheriting these beliefs along with their genes, generations after generations. In stark contrast to the above, is the perspective of the current generation of Youth towards these beliefs. Though during their childhood, they too were forced to accept those trends but now they are bold enough to question their origin. But the gloomy part is that even today, when the technological advances have undertaken a giant leap forward, people can’t give away their habit of clinging to these superstitions.

There are people or I must say highly acclaimed “Babas” across the nation, who through their actions and say are promoting this logic-less behavior and have already been successful in developing a large empire of superstitious people who have forgotten to believe in themselves.

“Pouring a liter of oil in some temple on a particular day would not wash away your entire sins. Rather, It’s only the service of mankind that would attain you salvation.”

Obviously, the believing and following of superstitions is certainly not justified because irrespective of advances in any field, our stance in any situation should be driven by pure logic along with the past experiences, rather than being influenced by some superstitious belief. But it’s a quite difficult task to convince the people that superstitions are not the reason for their success and happiness but they are just the propeller of their ignorance. Rather, it’s their Hard-Work, Determination and their resilience that would bring laurels in their life. Despite such ‘Never-To-Shun-Superstitions’ attitude of many, there are ample efforts being made in the form of Movies, Daily Soaps, Publications across the nation to make the people aware of the realities of their lives. Sooner the people realize the truth, sooner the happiness, joy and prosperity are going to follow.

 

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