There are times when you just feel a kind of bliss in your surroundings, in your existence..... a sense of general happiness as they put across colloquially. Invariably, the associated feeling of being a bit clueless about the actual reason for such an aura surrounding you, adds on to the mystique of the whole phenomenon. And I say , 'a bit clueless' because depending on age and phase of one's life, one can always find a reason or two to explain the state of mind. So, to a youngster, it could be falling in love (even though love is independent of age, I am trying to be as close to the mean as possible!), for an oldie, it could be watching grandchildren grow and for the lot in-between, reasons could be in-between too. So, as I key in these words, I am focussing on the general ambience and aura that set us off to our much awaited summer internships earlier today.
With 3rd Trimester winding up today, we are a freer lot, at least for a little while. With the pressure of exams over and with a little break ranging from a few days to a week and a half for most of us, happiness was bound to be felt but then we have been through similar situations on at least two occasions over past one year. This was, however, definitely different. The overall handling of the trimester and the fact that signing off was a bit different this time, leads me to conclude that it had something to do with the aura at Era these days. Whether it was generally handling of the trimester or breaks or exams or the informal chit-chat session to wind up the day or a keenly contested competition of a different kind OR a mix of all this....whatever it was, the end result was good. Just have a look-see at some of the closing moments..... bliss can be felt, I am sure!
(The Spitfires of EBS)
Brings me to an issue that was discussed during the chat today. The key question was about the ease or difficulty that people generally face while opening up to others and whether it is humanly possible to share everything with someone or the other? And we had mixed responses: someone claimed to be like an 'open book' (open or closed, book needs to be read and who has the time?); someone else thought he was 'totally transparent' (and yet he could be seen...........not really like 'Memoirs of an Invisible Man'). Well, that was on a lighter side. My personal view is that even if we grant ourselves our obligations (related to our respective professions) to keep certain things to ourselves, it is still very difficult to be 100% open in all other aspects. Like someone said even though we are not counting the attitude or reliability of other people around us, the trend remains the same. I look at life and such issues as a circle..... a circle that begins with our birth and ends with our departure. And unless we have reasons to kick the buckets too soon, most of us will land up as oldies. They say that a person becomes a child again as she grows old. So, it is either the child or the oldie (practically a child again) who can afford to be 100% honest in her confessions. We do not have to conduct research to make ourselves believe that children are actually very honest. Just a look within our family or friend circles and we will feel the truth. As far as oldies are concerned, lets have a look at some of the most honestly written autobiographies/ accounts, our own dear Mr Khushwant Singh for example, and we can conclude that even though exceptions are always there and yet the oldies do tend to be honest. To everyone else, except children of two categories, life does not allow such a privilege.
Dilli is getting too warm.... time to run; run to a place known for its greenery and tropical weather even though traffic nowadays is a bit of pain there!
SO LONG....!
Brings me to an issue that was discussed during the chat today. The key question was about the ease or difficulty that people generally face while opening up to others and whether it is humanly possible to share everything with someone or the other? And we had mixed responses: someone claimed to be like an 'open book' (open or closed, book needs to be read and who has the time?); someone else thought he was 'totally transparent' (and yet he could be seen...........not really like 'Memoirs of an Invisible Man'). Well, that was on a lighter side. My personal view is that even if we grant ourselves our obligations (related to our respective professions) to keep certain things to ourselves, it is still very difficult to be 100% open in all other aspects. Like someone said even though we are not counting the attitude or reliability of other people around us, the trend remains the same. I look at life and such issues as a circle..... a circle that begins with our birth and ends with our departure. And unless we have reasons to kick the buckets too soon, most of us will land up as oldies. They say that a person becomes a child again as she grows old. So, it is either the child or the oldie (practically a child again) who can afford to be 100% honest in her confessions. We do not have to conduct research to make ourselves believe that children are actually very honest. Just a look within our family or friend circles and we will feel the truth. As far as oldies are concerned, lets have a look at some of the most honestly written autobiographies/ accounts, our own dear Mr Khushwant Singh for example, and we can conclude that even though exceptions are always there and yet the oldies do tend to be honest. To everyone else, except children of two categories, life does not allow such a privilege.
Dilli is getting too warm.... time to run; run to a place known for its greenery and tropical weather even though traffic nowadays is a bit of pain there!
SO LONG....!
No comments:
Post a Comment