Once upon a time on a sweet december morning, in the beautiful town of Ratlam a boy left his house to buy some groceries. At they same time time in some other part of town a girl left her apartment to post a letter.
The boy headed east, the girl headed west. They crossed each other on a busy street.
When they were 50 feets apart boy saw the girl.
The boy thought "Wish I could talk to her. Half an hour would be plenty: just ask her about herself, tell her about myself, and - what I'd really like to do ".
And when they got close to each other, they stopped...and deciding to start talking. It was a totally natural and spontaneous thing and it wasn't something that these people usually do. It just happened.
And these people just connected with each other on every word and at every level. It was as if, they had already known each other for so long, even though they had only known each other a matter of minutes...but it soon came a couple hours. And the incredible connection these two made was so strong it was as if there was a glowing light between these two people. They were 100% perfect for each other. So it was then that they decided that their meeting must be FATE, they thought people just don't meet "The One" this way, it wasn't magical or like they showed in movies, yes it was fate.
To test this out, the two went on their separate ways...and decided that if they would meet again, they would KNOW for sure that it was their DESTINY to be together. So they departed. They went on their separate ways.
Years passed by, they met 70%-85% perfect people but never a 100% perfect.
One beautiful April morning, in search of a cup of coffee to start the day, the boy was walking from west to east, while the girl, intending to send a special-delivery letter, was walking from east to west, but along the same narrow street in the town of Ratlam They passed each other in the very center of the street. The faintest gleam of their lost memories glimmered for the briefest moment in their hearts. Each felt a rumbling in their chest. And they knew:
She is the 100% perfect girl for me.
He is the 100% perfect boy for me.
But the glow of their memories was far too weak, and their thoughts no longer had the clarity of fouteen years earlier. Without a word, they passed each other, disappearing into the crowd. Forever. And they never saw each other again!
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What I think :
It's not a sad story. It just tell you that fate gives you amazing opportunities and you have to take advantage of that. Once fate gives you something you can't just push it and assume you'll get it again. It's like winning the lottery and ripping the ticket, thinking that if it's in your fate, you'll get it again.
A story of fate...
on Sunday, January 23, 2011Not time to blog.
on Tuesday, January 18, 2011So I thought I would be able to blog in the new year. I even made a new-year's resolution to blog atleast once a week but it's just not possible right now. I am in 4th semester of my post-graduation and I AM BUSY!
I have a 7 days military training coming next week (DAMN!) and extra placement training sessions in college.
I hope I will be able to write something good soon. Till then, adios!
A 'Chatur' inside us...
on Thursday, December 23, 2010'Chatur' can not die in din of three idiots. I am talking about Chatur Ramamlingam played by Omi Vaidya. And i am sure most of us identify with him. A satire on the Indian education sysem, Chatur exemplifies the rote learning education paradigm. The 'idiots' errr... 'heroes' learn the hard way to break away from shackles of unchanging curriculamassumptions outlined in educational scriptures. Kudos to the idiots with which we all identified as explained by the 340 crore business it fetched in just 3 days.
Each one of 'idiot' in movie is unique. Aamir is the child prodigy. Serving a different country using a different name. Idiot? Definitely. Then there is a poor idiot who survives a suicide and still manages to get a job. Idiot? Confirmed. And the third is Farhan- burning with passion for photography buried under engineering books to fulfill parental dream. He represents the ideal Indian son, ready to sacrifice his dreams for his parents.
But 'Chatur' is the 4th hero here. The real 'hero' Chatur carves a success story. Abused and ridiculed by the idiots, he fits himself to his milieu, translate his weakness (ability to memorize) into strength, does no fraud (atleast they didn't show it in movie), makes no suicide attempt (a cowardly act IMO) and remains focussed. Yet we all laughed at him. For, there is a chatur in all of us, wanting to break free from system, be an IDIOT. 
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