To Do or Not to Do

I know a lot of people who regret not getting a college degree. It’s hard to not feel bad too, because all anyone’s ever talking about is what you do after high school, and after the first degree. Somehow, people have taken a liking to the idea of children living off their parents.

In India, in particular, parents are proud to spend for their child’s education – for as long as they want to study. Even though education has become one of the highest earning businesses in India, they hardly accept the futility of a degree.

So for everyone who regrets not getting a degree, Paulo Coelho has said it well. Besides, the world already has too many engineers, what it needs now is artists.

Letting Go,

People protest

men argue

women clean

children wail

vast lands opening

shy grass peeping

decayed flowers rustling

stained corpses rotting

the sky’s alight

sun’s set deep

wails have died

conches have blared

veterans they’re piling

with bloods boiling

loud is the calling

of brethren crying

So, off to the rescue

mission’s not impossible

Heck, how hard can it be

to stand straight and shoot?

Man!

Did he who made the lamb make thee?

For no sane reason, it just popped into my head: “Did he who made the lamb make thee?”. What an iconic piece of writing by Blake. When I thought of ‘letting go,’ a lot came to mind, but one thing was profound: letting go of innocence. Growing up, realizing the true face of the world. And that’s when Blake crossed my mind.

The Tyger is one of my favourite poems, it depicts a fierce beast so beautifully that I could see it in my mind’s eye when I read it. And then comes Blake’s question: how can the same power create both the ever so gentle lamb, and such a contrasting beast?

It just doesn’t make sense.

So much like the world. Growing up, the world never really made sense to me. There were all these confused and contrasting thoughts among people. No one really is sure of what’s right and what isn’t.

Outgrowing your innocence is the hardest phase of a person’s life. But it happens to us all, and once it does, it will pass.

Happens to Us All

She sat down to write –

the perfect story ever.

Life intruded. Left

what remains of a first draft.

What I Learnt from Fast & Furious

Sometimes you learn some great lessons when you’re least expecting them. I was watching Furious 6, and this particular dialogue hit me hard. Not only the truth in it, but also the conviction with which the character delivers it.

That’s when I realized; in all my stories so far, I have never been able to create a character so strong and powerful as this one. It’s one of the things that make a character stand out, and be remembered. It’s the self-belief, the conviction, and – to an extent – arrogance that defines a character.

Between a character like this and a character that remains silent in that exact situation, I’d always prefer this one.

That’s a writing lesson I’d never forget; for a character to linger, she must display powerful attitude.

What say you guys? Any other lessons from movies?

It’s the Time, to –

I have had enough.

Enough of peer, and enough of pressure.

More than enough of awareness.

And also of social conformity.

It’s the time, to step down

From the pedestal, and accept

the harsh truth. For acceptance,

is the first step to recovery —

or so they say.

But —

I have had enough.

Of pointing fingers, and

of ‘sharing’ responsibilities

I respect family — they adore tradition.

It was my duty, they said

To care, and cure — and nurture

The future of our country.

Why should I make a home —

When my richer counterparts

party? After all —

We are all 19.

It’s the time, to make a stand

To step up — and step out

To a future of my choice.

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