Friday, March 24, 2006

Being Grown Up?

“What is meant by being adult?” This is the question that is lingering in my mind these days. What do we mean when I say, “I am adult, and I am grown up”, to be in the real world, to fight with all the things & prove you? Has anyone thought about it? & if anyone ever has, has anyone find out the answer? If so, please tell me.

Where do we lose innocence we carry for years & then suddenly give it up under the name of ‘Maturity’? Does being mature mean being introvert? Stopping to share, stopping to laugh, stopping to seek friendship, stopping to see at any relation innocently & even stopping to cry? Are all these the symptoms of being matured?
I knew my friends for last so many years & they are among the best I am talking about. They stop talking, showing the signs of maturity. At least they call themselves of being mature, thinking that in this whole real world nobody needs anybody, everybody has its own life, and if others do not bother then why should I bother? I am confused. Is this what is meant by being grown up?

I never wanted to get there so fast. I knew we will eventually go away and everybody will start his/her own life with better half. We will not meet often still we should not go apart. At least that is what I expect. These people are the ones whom I will rely; I will talk to during the sad & merry moments. But now if they think that being grown up means going away from each other & wearing masks, Hiding emotions from near & dear ones, where will I go?

Want to quote few lines from rockband 'U2' song 'City of Blinding Lights',

Don't look before you laugh,Look ugly in a photograph
Flash bulbs purple irises,The camera can't see
I've seen you walk unafraid,I've seen you in the clothes you made
Can you see the beauty inside of me?
What happened to the beauty I had inside of me?

I suffer from these questions, do you? & if we do, what do we do to resolve or we blindly go & mix up with this world, real world as it is being called?

Monday, March 20, 2006

'Raj' Karan

Postas karan aahe te 'Raj' karan,

Yesterday after a long time, I could see some stirring up inside me because of any political activity. Once I was avid follower of politics knowing in & out news for all the parties etc. I was excited about BJP coming to power & Vajpayee being Prime minister. But later on it all diminished. This politics which is being done only for the sake of corruption & individual profits has let me down all these years. Though Sonia did well in parliament elections, still there was nothing which could take me to the previous excitement.
But yesterday I could sense that excitement on the road. I could not attend the rally & I was not even intending too. But I was keen to know about what Raj will speak. What will be his vision? Will he again push the same things which his uncle is pushing for years or will there be some makeshift difference in attitude & approach?
I was pretty sure that he will be serving Maharashtra as it is his base & he cannot go beyond that, still I was keen to know the vision for Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS). He did well in yesterday' rally. Spoke about lots of things, about developments in Maharashtra & what way he want to take it forward, albeit in his own 'Thakri' style.
He is a young leader. After a long time you can see a lot of youth following to somebody in this country, mind you, I am saying in this country. There is nobody from any party which can gather such a crowd only with his name (Except Rahul Gandhi, but I doubt what he has in him except surname Gandhi at this stage).
Political screen surely stirred up because of Raj's rally yesterday. The question is, will he able to turn this up in some really good work? Turning rally into votes in far thing to achieve but can he utilize this energy in really good manner? Because of him can Maharashtra really prosper? Let's hope so & wish him luck.

Friday, March 17, 2006

College Days

Hi All,

I am writing after very long time. Perhaps, not perhaps, but surely, this will be my first serious post as such.

I entered Willingdon College, Sangli in June 1997 after passing my 10th exam with flying colours. Those day were fantastic. I opted for computer as vocational course as i always wanted to be engineer, possibly computer engineer & as i moved ahead through my junior college days i got to be more confirmed about my decison. Those days were realy fun-filled. in the 11th standard we used to play a lot, majorly 2 games, cricket & table tennis. We had a gymkhana in our college where we used to play table tennis from morning till 1:00 PM when finally "Gajya" used to come to close the doors. Disappointed we used to get out of the room 7 then usually started going in search of beloved bat & bowl. then starts the battle of cricket. We used to play till we drop & then finallly after exhausting "Samosa Pav" at Nilesh would typically end the day.
I do not remember doing anything in that year except than occassionally attending some classes. Yeah, there were two girls from our batch, do i need to mention the names or should i just point out the black sunny. :) I know many would understand the hint.

You remember TP's Physics classes? Where this black sunny was evident & got noticed first. Morning physics classes were like the breakfast. We used to start our day with the same. The TP starts with TP, u certainly can say so.

What else did we do? i doubt we did anything gr8 except for such things. But, that year was really amazing. That was the most tension free year i ever had & given the chance i really would love to go back. what about you friends?