Friday, August 17, 2007

Do Nice Guys Always Finish last...

Though its a very old adage, but it still holds relevance...Why do nice guys finish last?? Are they mawkishly sentimental in their behavior?? Is being nice, synonymous to being deceitful in this world of cynics? Let me answer these questions using my personal experiences (ya u guessed it rite, the nice guy in question is yours truly)....

The burden of carrying the "nice guy" image makes the self insignificant to others, in their quest to protect their image they cant even say no to an enemy, and the worst part of the story is that they dont even want to be acknowledged.....(i knw its hard 4 u ppl 2 believe, but its true...i m a nice guy....),it is this self-effacing nature that makes them lose most of the battles in life…take an example of rahul & sourav, a shirt-waving sourav with only one overseas test-series victory(outside sub-continent) is considered to be gr8 while dravid in spite of having an impressive captaincy record is ridiculed by everyone(from a layman to the so called expert…)…that is the price one has to pay 4 being nice….

Now, hv a look at my side of story…what price I hav paid 4 being nice over the years?..(u r rite again ..I m still suffering)..I cant do what I want to do thinking that my action cud possibly hurt the person I care abt, but never thinking that not acting wud definitely hurt me….but wait a minute..if I really care abt sumbody than hurting myself for that person’s sake cant be considered a loss…..

Irrespective of whatever I say , the normal world wont accept my definition of “loss”……so waiting 4 the day when …”A nice guy(me again…so humble na……) wont finish last”

I don’t expect much views 4 this post (“nice” syndrome) , in contrast if it was a scathing, ruthless post on any person it would have drawn many eyeballs……

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Discussing Politics on i-day

60 yrs ago we became independent...(i know u all hv good GK,but cudnt think of a better line to start...),the day is important enough to warrant a celebration,but as truly law-abiding citizens we decided to hv a small party on the eve of independence day...(remember today is a dry day..so dont even think of boozing.....),and for the fst time in my 1.5 yrs of MBA we discussed issues which are even important to the people sitting in the higher echelon of administration(dont laugh its not abt Brotain or protein or brittania or whatever....) I vaguely remember that the debate started with "sethusamundram" (still dont knw abt it) project and after 5-10 mins we all were discussing secularism,communalism,religion,politics......infact so involved was my half-conscious frnd in the debate..that he repeatedly labeled me "pseudo-secularist"(for my liberal views...i knw its a fad these days to have liberal views..but i seriously believe that i am certainly not a hardliner).....Finally the debate ended without any consensus on anything that was discussed.........and happily for the fst time in last few days,my personal life wasnt discussed,though ,sum passing references were made,but in general the wounds were allowed to heal in contrast to the other days....

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Mystery Unfolds.....Bad Day at office....Part2

hmmm...it was a terrible day 4 me...the signs were ominous since last night..my caring room(oh..come on man...its not a Hall) partners played choicest of songs at an audible level that cud hv even disturbed Kumbhakarna's sleep,and that too at 2:30 AM....nothing improved in the morning as the maid startd banging the door at 6....
Half awake-half asleep i went to coll again with an artificial facade( u knw the positive attitude that i always pretend to carry.....)but all of it was gone in 20 secs....a person special 2 me refused to sit beside me...and instead walked across the breadth of room to sit at a place farthest frm me.... nd the look on that person's face while leaving said it all..."You pervert soul ..u dont belong to this sacred place"... damn...i was dejected,forget abt talking , sum1 special to me doesnt even want to sit beside me.....Well i tried to put that incident behind me..but the day surely wasnt gud 4 me...

When i reached my flat,i saw dravid's struggle to keep the ball out of the wickets....it really hurts when u see ur hero being reduced to a mortal..his excruciatingly slow innings was rubbing tons of salt in an already rotten wound..and when he finally got out ,it seemed like a mercy-killing,the sarcastic claps that accompanied dravid's departure ripped apart my soul.......

Now even my badly battered soul is pleading 4 euthanasia,the pain has really become unbearable .....nebody listening????

Saturday, August 11, 2007

Mystery Unravels.....Part-1

Finally, i too hv started blogging...ironically, an aspiring individualist has once again followed the crowd -culture(most of my Coll frnds hv started blogging too...sounds very bengali na....)...As a pukka MBA student i would like to state out the objective of starting this blog...

1.This page would be about Me,myself & ......(damn ...m scared here too....)

Till the time i get the courage to speak out my mind on any issue be it personal or professional,this blog would be functional...

First a bit abt me(Now dont question my wisdom of putting my introduction in this post,after all m an IT engineer & that amount of leeway cud b given to me....)..Yours Truly is an IT engineer & currently a student in one of the premier???? b-schools of the country....well thats it ,i dont knw much abt myself...i think that m n introvert..who likes to be alone,who likes to think a lot before taking an action(& sumtimes doesnt even act...), i always feel that i m special and i m meant 4 bigger things in life(blame it on the scores of movies that try to induce a false sense of optimism in the most pessimistic minds....latest being "Pursuit of happyness"),but seldom i hv shown any signs that even remotely suggest that such feelings can be possibilities in future...
At Present, yours truly is going thru a personal trauma which can be best summarized by these two lines.....
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"Jaha Iqraar ka bharosa hoon waha bhi ye Dil kehne se darta hai...mujhe to INKAAR ka poora yakin hai"......