It's been long overdue,and I think I am kidding only myself if I attribute it solely to mental blocks- though they have been around for a while. I've pictured myself doing the blogger.com > New Post thing for a while now, even been encouraged by a friend, but to no avail. All of my posts DO get saved, but only in the dungeons of the Draft section of my mind.
I've been thinking for long on how to come up with the funniest,wittiest,casual but yet oh-so-intelligent write-up I could do. Something with a lot of thought, and yet manages to exude carefree vibes.Something different, new and arevolutionary thought that will be appreciated by all my million(e) readers. Ok,cut the crap, who am I kidding again?
But I did consider writing a travelogue-ish blog. Still giving it some thought. Rajasthan is kind of inspirational for the average traveler not awed by the Incredible India campaign. AND,it helps that it will be slightly guilt-free on my literary conscience that I can't write regularly. Alas, everyday life is not a getaway.
That brings my thoughts to something else. The obsession with being unique. I feel idiotic about the whole I-need-to-write-an-awesome-something-because-nothing-else-is-acceptable.
I watched Ek Main aur Ekk Tu recently ( shitty movie; brilliant marketing. Don't believe the :well-paid: reviews in the newspaper,unless you are super bored). Imran Khan's shown as this typical too-good-to-be-true-boy (They don't exist btw - this goes out to all the people who love debating on the issues of portrayal of reality in cinema these days :/ ) and there's this scene where he realises that he is "perfectly average". Not too good, and definitely not too bad. Just a really well-blended mixture of both.Well,it's a mockery of neat-freaks and organised people, but my disdain with THAT shall be dealt with later. I liked this concept, though - being perfect and average. Why be good, when you can be both - and kickass overall?
How our society truly loves ostracizing anything not unique! All those inspirational one-liners about being the only one in the world, totally different, "I am what I am" types. A query though - what is wrong with being regular? Not big, not small, but just medium? Of settling into the crowd and being a part of it? Do we really need to stand out and get a spotlight on our head all the time? Would it be wrong to feel nice when you go unnoticed? Is it wrong to want to be a little insane when everyone expects you to be the "one who leaves a mark?" Or,to make a failure and skip one of those "stepping stones to success" just for the heck of it?
You know those Bell Curves we Psychology people love displaying everytime there is a discussion on the distribution of intelligence amongst the general population? Tap here if you don't know what I mean. The only reason 2% of the genius population are gifted is because there are almost 76% people who are supporting them by being "ok" intelligent. I suppose you could argue with the "Jack of all trades, master of none" theory - but the truth is, it is the Jacks who run the world.
I'm not condemning the idea of being ambitious. In fact, few things are better than you knowing the exact purpose and aim of your life. Neither am I saying you should not stretch beyond your best abilities . Go ahead, surprise yourself! But just because you are not the guy a million people know, doesn't make you any less special. And special is not unique. Special is not being one in a million. Special is finding contentment in the smaller things. In knowing that a good day is sunshine and rain. That being a full grown adult does not mean staying away from lollipops or balloons or crayons. That rolling in the mud is in the Top 10 fun-nest things ever ( and the jealousy that your dog can indulge in it and get away with it). Knowing that you'll find someone nice when another someone nice does not like you back. In finding a song you can hum all day into the night and wake up the next morning still singing it. Or looking at the mirror, wolf-whistling at yourself and smiling because you are sexy and you know it.
So be a little you, a little someone else. The world runs on the Indian secret of जुगाड़ : iski topi,uska sar. Imitation is a good form of flattery,really. Ask China, they've been doing such a fantastic job.
Don't always stand out in the herd, find a squashy well-worn chair, settle in, make yourself comfy. Nothing wrong with it. Feel like you're being Another Brick in the Wall? Big deal, it's a sturdy wall, and sometimes, that is what matters most. Find a mutually weird carbon copy. Maybe, it's about time some of us started being different by being similar.
"Baanwre se mann ki dekho, baanwri hai baatein
Baanwri si dhadkanein hai,baanwri hai saanse
Baanwri si karvaton se neendiya tu bhaage
Baanwre se nain chaahe
Baanwre jharokhon se baanwre nazaaron ko takna"~ Baanwra Mann from Hazaaro Khwahishein Aisi
Note to self : For a sermon to self, I am rather liberal with certain words. tut tut.
I've been thinking for long on how to come up with the funniest,wittiest,casual but yet oh-so-intelligent write-up I could do. Something with a lot of thought, and yet manages to exude carefree vibes.Something different, new and a
But I did consider writing a travelogue-ish blog. Still giving it some thought. Rajasthan is kind of inspirational for the average traveler not awed by the Incredible India campaign. AND,it helps that it will be slightly guilt-free on my literary conscience that I can't write regularly. Alas, everyday life is not a getaway.
That brings my thoughts to something else. The obsession with being unique. I feel idiotic about the whole I-need-to-write-an-awesome-something-because-nothing-else-is-acceptable.
I watched Ek Main aur Ekk Tu recently ( shitty movie; brilliant marketing. Don't believe the :well-paid: reviews in the newspaper,unless you are super bored). Imran Khan's shown as this typical too-good-to-be-true-boy (They don't exist btw - this goes out to all the people who love debating on the issues of portrayal of reality in cinema these days :/ ) and there's this scene where he realises that he is "perfectly average". Not too good, and definitely not too bad. Just a really well-blended mixture of both.Well,it's a mockery of neat-freaks and organised people, but my disdain with THAT shall be dealt with later. I liked this concept, though - being perfect and average. Why be good, when you can be both - and kickass overall?
How our society truly loves ostracizing anything not unique! All those inspirational one-liners about being the only one in the world, totally different, "I am what I am" types. A query though - what is wrong with being regular? Not big, not small, but just medium? Of settling into the crowd and being a part of it? Do we really need to stand out and get a spotlight on our head all the time? Would it be wrong to feel nice when you go unnoticed? Is it wrong to want to be a little insane when everyone expects you to be the "one who leaves a mark?" Or,to make a failure and skip one of those "stepping stones to success" just for the heck of it?
You know those Bell Curves we Psychology people love displaying everytime there is a discussion on the distribution of intelligence amongst the general population? Tap here if you don't know what I mean. The only reason 2% of the genius population are gifted is because there are almost 76% people who are supporting them by being "ok" intelligent. I suppose you could argue with the "Jack of all trades, master of none" theory - but the truth is, it is the Jacks who run the world.
I'm not condemning the idea of being ambitious. In fact, few things are better than you knowing the exact purpose and aim of your life. Neither am I saying you should not stretch beyond your best abilities . Go ahead, surprise yourself! But just because you are not the guy a million people know, doesn't make you any less special. And special is not unique. Special is not being one in a million. Special is finding contentment in the smaller things. In knowing that a good day is sunshine and rain. That being a full grown adult does not mean staying away from lollipops or balloons or crayons. That rolling in the mud is in the Top 10 fun-nest things ever ( and the jealousy that your dog can indulge in it and get away with it). Knowing that you'll find someone nice when another someone nice does not like you back. In finding a song you can hum all day into the night and wake up the next morning still singing it. Or looking at the mirror, wolf-whistling at yourself and smiling because you are sexy and you know it.
So be a little you, a little someone else. The world runs on the Indian secret of जुगाड़ : iski topi,uska sar. Imitation is a good form of flattery,really. Ask China, they've been doing such a fantastic job.
Don't always stand out in the herd, find a squashy well-worn chair, settle in, make yourself comfy. Nothing wrong with it. Feel like you're being Another Brick in the Wall? Big deal, it's a sturdy wall, and sometimes, that is what matters most. Find a mutually weird carbon copy. Maybe, it's about time some of us started being different by being similar.
"Baanwre se mann ki dekho, baanwri hai baatein
Baanwri si dhadkanein hai,baanwri hai saanse
Baanwri si karvaton se neendiya tu bhaage
Baanwre se nain chaahe
Baanwre jharokhon se baanwre nazaaron ko takna"~ Baanwra Mann from Hazaaro Khwahishein Aisi
Note to self : For a sermon to self, I am rather liberal with certain words. tut tut.
