While clearing out a lot of junk from my hard drive today, I found a story that I had started to write 3 years back, a romantic story (maybe because of the overdose of romance in my brain!). I thought I will finish it but my fingers were hesitating to type. The voice inside me that gave me words and expressions, was awfully silent!
The voice gave direction to my thoughts and words, be it penning down in my diary, my daily interactions with my friends and family, a friendly discussion about politics, or a heated argument with someone! So why was it silent?
I realized that its because there are a hundred things around me that I was ignoring because of my own personal humdrum. In the course I was ignoring the little voice in me too! And well, like me it has a mind of it own and short temper too (it seems), and decided to abandon me till I realize its absence.
Its strange really, how we are stuck in our own petty dramas. And I am speaking about most people I have seen around me in Delhi. Few will pretend to care, but forget the real cause in the drive to become too big themselves. Some will just ignore it like a fly buzzing in the background score.
Off lately so much has been happening in the world, Be it Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, and the commonality between them is the demographic that is driving these revolutions.
As educated youth of one of the biggest democracies, there is so much that we can do. However, around me here, there seems to be a lack of passion and drive, and the personal goals and problems seem to have taken front seat!
The rampant corruption and shocking scandals involving every possible powerful entity of the country elicits at max a cynical 'This is India, This is the system".
The voice gave direction to my thoughts and words, be it penning down in my diary, my daily interactions with my friends and family, a friendly discussion about politics, or a heated argument with someone! So why was it silent?
I realized that its because there are a hundred things around me that I was ignoring because of my own personal humdrum. In the course I was ignoring the little voice in me too! And well, like me it has a mind of it own and short temper too (it seems), and decided to abandon me till I realize its absence.
Its strange really, how we are stuck in our own petty dramas. And I am speaking about most people I have seen around me in Delhi. Few will pretend to care, but forget the real cause in the drive to become too big themselves. Some will just ignore it like a fly buzzing in the background score.
Off lately so much has been happening in the world, Be it Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, and the commonality between them is the demographic that is driving these revolutions.
As educated youth of one of the biggest democracies, there is so much that we can do. However, around me here, there seems to be a lack of passion and drive, and the personal goals and problems seem to have taken front seat!
The rampant corruption and shocking scandals involving every possible powerful entity of the country elicits at max a cynical 'This is India, This is the system".
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