A minute with myself

The beautiful and natural process of a baby taking birth can be termed as magical or miraculous. A child is born and raised by the mother and in that process, the child learns to speak his/her mother tongue. He/she learns and imitates the surrounding people. After some years, his parents keep him in a playschool and ultimately in a school. The process of going to a school and learning something creates an impact on the child’s mind. Throughout his childhood, he keeps on learning and imbibing thoughts that his parents and teachers have taught him. After some years, a child transforms into an adolescent and undergoes body as well as hormonal transformations. He starts developing feeling for the opposite sex or preferably even his own sex. This is the age which makes the teen most vulnerable, the age of 12-16 years. We also see the teen distancing himself from his parents at this age. This is because he favors his friends at this age. Thus, he needs a parent to be a friend at this a...

Since time immemorial, humans have been searching for the purpose of life, “why we were born”, “what is the purpose of this life”, “how did life even come into existence” and those mind-numbing questions to which we don’t have any definite answer till date. Well I am not the one who can answer these questions but I can definitely come up with my own philosophy about living life. Being a college student, I am still not familiar with the harsh facts of earning a living but I don’t want to live a life with regrets. I don’t want to end up being disappointed with my job and ultimately my life. When I am 60 and I look back at my young self, I would want to remember “the life I lived, not the money I made.” I am a kind of guy who wants to do everything. I have very unstable mind and I hope most of us at this stage of our lives have one. I always thought that I wanted to do something for mankind by offering my devotion in the field of science. But then I realized I would better want to make m...

On my last visit to Surat, I met my school mates on the day of Holi (Dhuleti) and indeed that was one of the best days of my life. It was a long time since I had met them. They usually met each-other frequently but I didn’t have that luxury obviously. Nevertheless, it was a day to remember. It was followed up by a friend’s birthday (Kashish) after a few days. So, this visit to Surat was a dream come true. I have a wish and I will fulfill it somehow. Someday, probably few years from now, me and my friends will go on an unplanned trip, say a trip to Goa. It would be such a trip that “we decided it on Thursday and we are going on Saturday”. Usually it would involve all of us to stay in Surat because only then it would be possible. After taking our necessary things, we would vanish into oblivion. After reaching there and doing the mandatory arrangements of staying and lodging, we would head out to the beach. We would spend the whole day at the beach but finally when the Sun is about to se...

Today, Social media has rendered the global youth into oblivion. It is revealed that people now spend more time in Social Networking sites in a day than they do sleeping. This has created a lack of public awareness and moral code of conduct. It has also affected the youth, mentally and physically. People suffer more from depression, head-aches, body-aches and what not! This was bound to happen as we saw the over-reliance of the human civilization on technology. We have forgotten the moral values and the art of conversation. There is a lack of new ideas and creativity. While we can also see the positive side of it, its risks can’t be overlooked. We see the increasing popularity of roasts and vines on YouTube among teens as a way of earning money. Here I am stressing the importance of YouTube as a medium of gaining knowledge and skills rather than as a potential source of entertainment. Blogging, on the other hand, has enhanced the writing skills. It has given a platform to young minds ...

Some days ago, I read a beautiful quote 'Airports have seen more sincere kisses than wedding halls and hospitals have heard more prayers than churches.'  Indeed this was so true. The mere thought of getting separated from your loved ones sends a chill down your spine. On Airports and similar places like that, people bid goodbye to their loved ones but internally they feel emotional. They want to postpone their farewell. Similarly, hospitals have seen so many people die and so many people pray for the betterment of their loved ones.  The entire human life is based on attachment to the others. We have blood relations and other relations. We have friends and a life partner. It is the beauty of human life to form relationships with people that last a lifetime. A true affection between two or more people based on unconditional love. This love is so difficult to find these days when technology has made the world small but indeed it has deteriorated human relations. ...

Today a friend made me think something very important and urgent. He says that engineering was never his passion. Yes, he used to study and score well. But he never expected engineering to be dumb and so boring. In college, you go to attend lectures. Some people ask doubts and some just pass the time. But only few ask genuine doubts. While attending labs, you do the experiment for just some time. Rest of the time you sit and complete your files. One completes his files and the others just copy. These were the thoughts of my friend. I thought for a while and then wondered that his argument was absolutely right. But no field is dumb and boring. It depends on individual’s interests.  After coming in the 2 nd year of Engineering, I have realized that this is what I always wanted to do. This was always my passion. I know that sometimes tutorial work and file completion can be boring, but here the Indian Education System is to be blamed. They made it that way. But college is ac...

It’s pretty difficult to find the purpose of life. After a long day’s work, you come at home and find your wife and children asleep just because you came late. You wanted to talk with your wife to relieve the stress. So then you think is this the life you demanded? Yes, you are rich and earn a lot. But at the end of the day, you just aren’t satisfied. You just think you lack humor in your life. Just these thoughts popped up in my mind and I was reminded about my life purpose. As an engineering student, I am going through the usual norms of assignments and submissions. According to most, they are just a mentally-harassing thing given so that students remain busy for most part of the day. I just think I lack excitement. I am still searching the purpose of my life. So far I have really loved two things the most, Cricket and Writing. The latter is my genuine choice, the former one is more of a hobby. But can I make my passion my work? Surely, yes. After all, I don’t demand a life invol...