LIFE IN A METRO THROUGH MY EXPERINCES

We shifted to Indirapuram, Ghaziabad in 2012 for a better life and better opportunities, as normal people have a thinking of metropolitan cities having all the luxuries and the amenities which they do not have in their own non-metropolitan cities or to say Tier-2, tier-3 towns. We being the part of the society and have a similar thinking and set of mind, thought to relocate to a better place where opportunities are abundant, life is better and all those notions.

At first, when we shifted here, we started liking the place as it has got all the luxuries, amenities which our old place of living didn’t had and likely to not have in many coming years. It was initially good, no Great!, As we had finally got rid of the troubles looming over our heads for a long time and big question mark? Over our heads about the future which had taken a stronghold on our lives after the closure of our work back then in the old days. Everything was going smooth, I had started something new which I was planning from my graduation time on doing a master’s degree after the graduation gets over.

A new city to explore, new places to go which we had never visited in the past or never had time or the opportunity to visit. New people to meet. We started enjoying the perks of a metropolitan city which was clearly visible to us or to most of the people who come seeking something better from life. So keeping it strictly personal to my family experiences, life was good, no better, as what we thought of initially was coming to us in the way we wanted, life was merrier with the materialistic approach towards it, we overlooked most of the more important things in life such as family, friendship, kinship, companionship and most importantly emotional connection to a particular place which being technically deficient  in amenities and all that stuff, it felt like home, felt like our own, felt like we know it, but practical and logical step is what most people take and following the logical practical notion we too decided and shifted to a new unknown place.

Being in a metropolitan city, it feels like speed of time differs here than that of other cities. It feels like time is always in a hurry here, two years has gone by and it feels like it was just yesterday when we shifted here. Back in the old city, days felt like months and months felt like years altogether and so on. It was so calm and relaxed back then it felt like time is in slow motion itself, we had all the time in the world for the things which generally people avoid to do due to its hefty time consuming process but still we did and loved to do them. Back then, the thinking was, why are we doing these things coz we have nothing better to do or we had all the time to do these things and still have time other regulars also!  But here, the thing which is the most deficient of all is, time! How, I never get to understand it, it just so weird about it.

Anyway, here we never do or think of doing those things we did back then in the old city coz there is no time, day comes and goes by in a jiffy, that by the time we get to know what is happening, the hands in the clock has turned greatly further forward and the day gets over. That is how all the time has gone past by and we never noticed of it coz life has made us so busy that we don’t have time for ourselves. It’s not that we didn’t had work to do in the old city, we had greater work than that of current’s but it was different back then.  Being busy never meant that we didn't had time for the family, friendship, life and all. But here, it’s all so freakin’ fast, that even having time available at hand, we are still busy or to say in a sense of busy-ness. Doing nothing still makes us busy!!!!!!

Moving forward with the blog titled “Life in a Metro through my experinces”, as time went by and we became familiar with all the things here, the materialistic approach we initially had, has faded off in the course of time. We have all the amenities and all that stuff but the sense of “something is missing” has crept in.  I initially did not understand this notion at all but after some time (months, almost a year), it came to me, what we did not have in here is those “more important things in life” what we initially discarded. And this sense has now grown too much to a discomfort level that it might become a mental agony. We have met new people here and meet them often, but the sense of belonging-ness is not there. It feels alien every time we meet these people. The city also feels alien almost every time I go out. What is missing in here, what is the difference, I really do not understand this notion. But it is there. That calm and compose is missing in the equation. Back in the old place, we had big, no huge troubles but those siphoned off in a way that we did not feel the pinch as there were people around every time. Here, the story is different all together, without any trouble we feel that pinch and with the trouble it’s HEIGHTS!!!!

Was it worth to have that change we had in our lives?, only time will tell. Until then life has to go on.

Random lines, random thoughts, a small perspective

Work hard and smart,

Respect is all about give and take,

Life is all about what you make of it,

It’s the journey not the destination that counts,

It describes the way you take things which come your way,

There is always an option but we plainly ignore to take notice of it,

Every crossing, every turn, every junction, leads to an unknown place, don’t fret coz it’s the experience you gain is the gold you earn,

In the race to be in the larger picture of the world, we often ignore the small things in life which actually makes us real happy,

Seeing through the eyes of the life itself, makes me yearn more of it,

It’s about living on the go, meeting new challenges everyday be it big or small,

Living on the edge of the cliff with the struggle to be on top of it while being calm and composed makes you feel alive!!

Happiness is not in the things what we want but in those things which we actually get/need,

Random kindness and humbleness is the way of life,

We try so hard to become what we want to be but still it turns out in a way that we become what we actually are,

Don’t regret what have you done so far, just look forward what you still can be,

Life gives you things as and when it is needed to move forward/ahead but not the way as we want,

Music is my life,

I write what I feel like and the way it should be,

Trying to make the sense out of life as it should be, not the way it is portrayed.

Trying to make  a name source out of me to become a namesake,

Much to write but less a word. I stop here!!!!

Love, happiness, that strangely special feeling

Sometimes it feels like there should be someone/something, apart from friends and family,

who cares for you,

misses you,

wants you by his/her side for no reason,

gets upset, sad if he/she doesn't hear the sound of the voice of that  special someone which keeps the person going all day long even if the world goes upside down for him/her,

Being on the phone for hours, even if not speaking a single word,

Sitting beside each other silently, holding hands and looking towards the view in front of them, which looks like scenic view even if the actual view is not,

Smiling at the very thought of the person even if the day is going hell down under,

makes you believe that this world is the dearest place to live in rather then any other place if it ever exists,

makes your day by a faintest of smile of that special someone,

makes your day by a very thought of that special someone,

makes you believe that nothing is ever lost, it just changes shape, form and comes back to us again,

makes you believe in the words "HOPE" and "BELIEVE"

Keeps you kind, humane and subtle

And that feeling is simply called "LOVE"

Being in love with a particular person is not a necessary factor for this kind of feeling but being in love with anything which is priceless, dearest of all for you. Even if you are not in love with someone/something or yet not have realized and or identified, just feel it inside you and you'll be happy for no reason.

WHAT ARE WE?

It’s been time since I logged on to my blogger account, even I forgot that I had a blogger account and used to pen down my thoughts into the electronic diary a.k.a my personal blog, but something today as I was as usual after dinner having a stroll out in the building campus and listening to every genre jumping from soft to EDM to rock to R&B music etc. happened that some thought or the other instigated inside me to write some crap again ,must have been some lyrics in some song that must have provoked me into thinking deeper into the uncharted and forbidden territory  of the that particular words  of the those lyrics and yet again forcing me to rethink what actually is life meant to be and why are we living on this planet, what is our purpose of living?

Now, I start with one simple question “WHAT ARE WE?”

For this I really don’t have a valid answer because we all are unique individuals and have a different thinking and thought process all together which might create a difference of opinions.

But our thoughts really different from each other’s?. What I think is that our thought processes are different but the thoughts we come up with are one way or the other, same, but with different angles attached to it, not much to bother about it though, just a thought. Writing down things above have deviated me from the original question.

We as human beings are a bunch of self-proclaimed, self-inflicted, self-ish beings. I am not trying to blame and condemn the whole species, no offence, but seeing it as a whole what are we trying to show each other, competition?, self-portrait?, better than one another?, or is it in the word of unique that we often trying to see the brighter side of world and its people end up seeing the world and its people as we see fit or we desire the way as it should be?

 

YOU DECIDE!!!  As we all are UNIQUE individuals we must be having different opinions from each other, and those opinions I really want to know. So think about it for a minute with a clear mind as to “WHAT ARE WE?” and let me know of those thoughts in the comments box below this post.

Your thoughts awaited.

The little things which matters the most

03^rd  of October,2012, any other normal day for me, returning from college, met my friend, had a great little chit chat at his place, talked all sorts of crap-o things with him, in-short had a great time as usual, boarded the overly crowded metro, it was like standing on everybody’s heads, overly crowded in the sense that I was stuffed in a way that I can’t reach even my own jean’s pocket and fetch my cell phone. After some stations the situation eased a bit and I was like huff! And took out my cell phone and called my mom coz dad usually never answers my call at this point of time, why I don’t know and it’s like pure co-incidence that whenever I call at this point of time, his phone is kept at place where no one can hear its ringing. So, coming back to, I called my mom and asked if dad can come and fetch me from metro station and she said yes, I was glad on hearing that. Reaching the metro station, I waited impatiently about 15 min and in that impatience I bought shades from a local hawker and my parents arrived and literally jumped into the car and felt like  I have been standing from eternity and now I get or earned a chance to sit down and relax. During commuting back home, we stopped at a chaat wala and stood in the long que for our number to come, being impatient, again, I just started to walk to a nearby market plaza, searched for a washroom, got relaxed there…aah!! And moved into the Dominos restaurant to check if they had that new offering for which advertisements were coming on television and remembering that my mother wanted to have that particular dish. So I decided to surprise mom and moved-in for ordering, while approaching the billing counter where a overly smiling attendant was gazing upon me like I am some kind of messiah coming to save her from the target completion sort of situation but on reaching the counter I got a kind of gut feeling that I should check my wallet first, being an gut-feeling believer, I checked my wallet and alas! it had only Rs. 40 only and in denomination of ten rupee notes. I gazed upon it for some seconds and those seconds was like eternity for me. Returning back to senses I closed my wallet put it back in my jean’s back pocket, raised my head, feebly smiled at the overly smiling, now suspicious attendant and in a turn I swiftly walked out from the restaurant to that  chaat hawker where my parents were standing and enjoying gol gappas. I went to my mother and in her ear I told her about that new dish she wanted. In that small fraction of second, my eyes met hers and saw a small gleam for a fraction of second from which I sensed that she wants to have that dish, but being a parent and having a wiser thinking, she was reluctant to go to the restaurant, but I managed to persuade her and took mom and dad to dominos, where proudly and stomp-marching with my chest doubled in from its original size, ordered that dish and a butterscotch moose and sat with my parents. While sitting and chit-chatting and them asking about what i did in college today….not again!!! I simply deflected that question on countering them by asking that where you guys went today and getting the usual answer. In that convo I saw my mother smile and felt that she was actually happy from inside which is getting reflected in her smile. On seeing her happy from inside I also felt happy and relaxed and all my tiredness was gone in a flick.

We got our order, moved back to our car and started again on the way to home. While going back we were chatting as usual and from where, I really don’t know from where the word “movie” came in and we decided to for a movie called “OMG oh my God”. Mom right away dialled my sister’s cell phone number and asked her to check the timings of the movie. As I was driving, I turned the steering and headed towards the multiplex. We got there, luckily got tickets for the next available show and headed back to home.

 On reaching home we all ate, while eating I asked mom, how’s the dish and she was like it’s okay-ish but not great, but while having that I sensed that mom is enjoying that dish not by its taste but by the emotion attached to it. I was like totally happy and satisfied in seeing her happy and offered my own piece to Dad coz I was then kind of not-hungry not in the literal sense. We all then moved out as we were already late and my Dad’s usual way getting decently dressed for going out of the house. We reached the multiplex just in time and the movie was, in my words AWESOME and on which I will share my thoughts in my next blog….so bye for now and a small song which comes in the Vodafone advertisement might suit this particular situation. Here it follows:-

 

“The little things you do for me and nobody else make me feel good, the little things you do for me makin’ me smile when no one else could”

 

Are human beings, MASTERS or SLAVES?

In today’s fast paced world, everybody wants the best things in their life be it a swanky sprawling home, most technologically advanced car, the latest gadgets and many more to make their life simple and AUTOMATED!!. Everything in our life from the smallest of things to the International Space Station is made up of tech which makes our all tedious tasks (as we say in our times), simpler or to be said again, AUTOMATED! at its best.

But really, do we are the masters of our own wilfully created technology or we have just become the slaves of the created!!

General people often make mistakes by relating technology to the computer related stuff  like hardware, software, lines of codes etc. etc., but it is more than that to it. It is for sure that the area we think about today is TECHNOLOGY, perhaps the last two decades in our country is TECHNILOGICALLY driven. As to become a more advanced nation, every country in the world is trying to bring out  better and better results from the tech we use by simply upgrading it, making it work faster, finding ways to make the same technology work in different ways but to get the same outcome or result…or to say INNOVATING.Being innovative is better or being inventive?. From the beginning, the advancement of the human race is entirely technology driven. For e.g. The spark created by banging two stones, using them as weapons, round stones as wheels and the list goes on and on.

There is a big saying  “NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF ALL INVENTIONS” which compels the human beings to find out ways to overcome an obstacle in their evolutionary path, but why this saying is always been connected to technology, why is this “technology” have been the driving force of our entire species?

Technology generally simplifies our lives, our day-to-day work and keeps us safely away from the mundane tasks that we dread, but does it implies that it makes us more intelligent by not doing the things which are supposed to be done by us, which might bring out new ways to do it and also new outcomes or to use a better word for it, RESULT, might be achieved. But we let the “set things” or say “tech” to do it just for the ease of not doing it, or to say not wasting our “precious” time on it by doing it. Really?, Is our time wasted in doing the things which could be done by a machine more efficiently and in small span of time. Alright, I also give in to the point that something’s are more efficiently done by a machine than a human, but what the heck, humans again has created that machine giving in countless time just to make it functional and bringing it out to the whole species to make use of it so that the countless hours required to that piece of work can be reduced. But does this indicate that doing that piece of work, has to be done in the same manner or the way the machine does it?  Or are there other alternate ways to do that kind or work which might lead to different outcomes or results.

Sadly, this has become the way of our life that we don’t bother to look upon the steps of doing a piece or work rather than focus on an outcome or better to say RESULT. If the desired result is achieved then everything’s fine and if not then we try it again and again and don’t see what’s actually going wrong in there. We don’t even try to take up that task, as it is mundane (our perception) for us and work it out in a different way to achieve the result which might be better or effective than the previous one. We just sit there blindly, helplessly and wait for the technology to solve that for us.

Have we not become the slaves of the technology that we have created to simplify our lives?

Have we become too dependent on technology that we can’t move a bit without it?

Have we become too blunt, dull, helpless, lazy and blind, that we can’t survive without it?

YES WE HAVE!

Because we need technology to get us the information we need, when we need it. Over the years, we have blended or to say moulded our lifestyles around technology in a way that it cannot be removed or extracted out of our way of living. We do numerous tasks everyday be it very tiny, negligible or very important but without technology at our disposal we are just helpless beings. We do a lot of things like making calls, texting, video calling, internet surfing etc. and we do in manner that we have put in an auto-pilot mode!

Automating things and forgetting about is one different thing but to make our life more and more simple, we are giving the power of our minds to the machines so that, it might work in the way we want it to work. But will it really work in the way we want it to be or will it think in its own way like a sentient species of its own kind. As we humans wage wars overs petty differences and kill thousands of ourselves just to make ourselves right….In our own way?  Will this self –conscious piece of tech might become our greatest threat as we have given it power of the human mind which in-turn might make human kind its slave or wipe out completely. Numerous movies and video games have been made to give human beings the hint of the horror of what lies beyond!!

Aren’t we ourselves becoming or have become cyborgs in first place?

My idea of writing this article was simply to explain that make use of the technology as a stepping stone, like a side assistant and not as the crutch to the human kind to discover new and unique ways to enhance technology and human kind. Or keeping it in simple words “STAYING HUMAN”

PS-with help from an article.