This being my first post, probably I'll write about myself. Frankly speaking it's very difficult to write about oneself. The reason being that most of us want to be modest, while within us we know what we are really worth, but we don't want to write it because we feel that when others will read it, they will think that we are too proud of ourselves. I don't say that I am an exception to this universal rule, but I would say that I'm trying my level best to get away from this bad habit of being too modest. Modestly is good, but being too modest is definitely not.
In fact, there should be times when one should think about oneself and his fields of strength. This will give him a certain degree of pride and confidence, and pride and confidence are really necessary for a person to tide through this challenge, called life. However one should not be foolish not to recognize his limitations. Once a person becomes aware of his strengths and limitations, he gets the optimum amount of confidence to act in the correct manner.
Enough of gyaan...
Coming back to myself...
Where should I start... well... the first thing I'll say is that I am a good student. Though I don't study too much, I manage to study enough to get good results, when they matter. In fact, as a student, being good in studies is my real source of confidence. Had I not been that, I think I would have suffered from an inferiority complex, because there is no other field where I score above others very convincingly.
But seriousness regarding studies does not mean that I don't enjoy life. I try my best to take out time for a lot of things, but I really don't manage to because I am a very lazy person and I spend a good amount of time day dreaming, watching TV, etc. I had always wanted to be good at playing a musical instrument, (my current crush being the guitar) but I never managed to even set the ball rolling just because I never had the time, though there is no reason why I didn't have the time. This thing really hurts me. I feel that I am a very capable person, but this laziness will never allow me to achieve my dreams. I am confident that academically, I won't be a failure, but there is a lot more in life than just academics and I want to do well in at least one more thing.
Coming to my passions, I think I am a very passionate person - passionate about crazy things such as flying kites, getting wet in the rain, playing football in the mud, and not too crazy things such as cricket, wildlife, music, etc. One thing that hurts me is that I am not an avid reader, though I know that there can be few hobbies better than reading. It doesn’t mean that I don’t read at all – I love Ruskin Bond and have read quite a good volume of his works. Jim Corbett is another favorite. I cannot say whether I developed an interest in wildlife because of Jim Corbett or whether I liked reading Jim Corbett because I was interested in wildlife. I guess it was both ways and they complemented each other. Being passionate is very important and equally important is being among passionate people. When you are passionate, you become enthusiastic about your passions, you get a ‘kick’ in life - you can actually enjoy life more than other people. But if you are passionate and the people around you are not passionate enough, you begin to lose your own passion.
Coming to music, I am not very knowledgeable about international music, but I do like Pink Floyd a lot. There is no other group or artist I am crazy about, but there are certain songs of Metallica, G n R, Eagles, Scorpions, Deep Purple etc. I really love. Basically songs with good lyrics and guitaring attract me. In Indian music, I like some works of A.R. Rahman and certain old hindi songs ( the ones with amazing lyrics) , but I simply hate those typical Kumar Sanu – Alka Yagnik types.
“Coming Back to Life” by Pink Floyd remains my favorite.
As for movies, I watch English movies very rarely. From whatever little I have watched, I enjoyed Life is Beautiful, Forrest Gump, Shrek, Troy, etc. I don’t like most Hindi movies too, especially the romantic ones. I like movies with a strong message and those that teach some moral values – Anand, Jagruti, Bawarchi, etc. Among others DDLJ, Dil Chahta Hai and Hera Pheri are my favorites for various reasons ( I will give a vivid description of why I like these movies in a later blog)
I don’t like romantic movies, not because I don’t believe in love. I very much believe in love, but I don’t much believe in love at first sight. I think that a person falls in love with another, because of certain qualities in that other, which he can discover only by knowing he/she for sometime. For example, the characteristics that attract me apart from beauty are cheerfulness, helpfulness, sacrificing nature and above all, the ability to enjoy the small moments of happiness that life brings with itself. Such qualities can never be deciphered in one sight. But I must clarify that just having these qualities wont make me fall in love with someone – obviously there is an invisible factor that actually makes you love someone.
The concept of ‘love’ of the current generation disappoints me. People enter into relationships not because they actually love each other, but because they want to have relationships and they are always searching for people with whom they can fall in love and have a relationship. It is not for no reason that nowadays there are innumerable cases of depression at young age. I know a few people who have had relationships for no reason, but for having a relationship – they broke up – and they had months of depression, poor results, etc. I don’t say that no one in the current generation actually falls in love, but the proportion is really low. Most other cases are that of infatuation and not love. Well that is my funda about ‘love’, though I am sure that quite a few people wont agree with it.
Coming to people who have had a strong influence on my perspective in life – The person who tops the list is my mama (maternal uncle) – an out and out genius and an impeccable human being. I can write endlessly about his greatness, so I wont bother to make this blog too long writing much about him. Others are Rohit Bhaiya, a friend, 13 years elder to me, who works in the Merchant Navy, Mahatma Gandhi, and Mr. Kapadia, a teacher in my school.
From Rohit, I have learnt to remain a child at heart and to spread a smile where ever I go, from Mr.Kapadia I have learnt to give up anger and to forgive people who make mistakes out of foolishness, and from Gandhi I have learnt the power of determination and self confidence.
My favorite one-liner is “Hating someone is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die”. I don’t think I need to comment on this line.
Well I have written quite a bit about myself, which might give you some insight about my ideology, likes and dislikes. I am sorry if I bored you ( u should have stopped reading in that case). That’s it then … more later….
In fact, there should be times when one should think about oneself and his fields of strength. This will give him a certain degree of pride and confidence, and pride and confidence are really necessary for a person to tide through this challenge, called life. However one should not be foolish not to recognize his limitations. Once a person becomes aware of his strengths and limitations, he gets the optimum amount of confidence to act in the correct manner.
Enough of gyaan...
Coming back to myself...
Where should I start... well... the first thing I'll say is that I am a good student. Though I don't study too much, I manage to study enough to get good results, when they matter. In fact, as a student, being good in studies is my real source of confidence. Had I not been that, I think I would have suffered from an inferiority complex, because there is no other field where I score above others very convincingly.
But seriousness regarding studies does not mean that I don't enjoy life. I try my best to take out time for a lot of things, but I really don't manage to because I am a very lazy person and I spend a good amount of time day dreaming, watching TV, etc. I had always wanted to be good at playing a musical instrument, (my current crush being the guitar) but I never managed to even set the ball rolling just because I never had the time, though there is no reason why I didn't have the time. This thing really hurts me. I feel that I am a very capable person, but this laziness will never allow me to achieve my dreams. I am confident that academically, I won't be a failure, but there is a lot more in life than just academics and I want to do well in at least one more thing.
Coming to my passions, I think I am a very passionate person - passionate about crazy things such as flying kites, getting wet in the rain, playing football in the mud, and not too crazy things such as cricket, wildlife, music, etc. One thing that hurts me is that I am not an avid reader, though I know that there can be few hobbies better than reading. It doesn’t mean that I don’t read at all – I love Ruskin Bond and have read quite a good volume of his works. Jim Corbett is another favorite. I cannot say whether I developed an interest in wildlife because of Jim Corbett or whether I liked reading Jim Corbett because I was interested in wildlife. I guess it was both ways and they complemented each other. Being passionate is very important and equally important is being among passionate people. When you are passionate, you become enthusiastic about your passions, you get a ‘kick’ in life - you can actually enjoy life more than other people. But if you are passionate and the people around you are not passionate enough, you begin to lose your own passion.
Coming to music, I am not very knowledgeable about international music, but I do like Pink Floyd a lot. There is no other group or artist I am crazy about, but there are certain songs of Metallica, G n R, Eagles, Scorpions, Deep Purple etc. I really love. Basically songs with good lyrics and guitaring attract me. In Indian music, I like some works of A.R. Rahman and certain old hindi songs ( the ones with amazing lyrics) , but I simply hate those typical Kumar Sanu – Alka Yagnik types.
“Coming Back to Life” by Pink Floyd remains my favorite.
As for movies, I watch English movies very rarely. From whatever little I have watched, I enjoyed Life is Beautiful, Forrest Gump, Shrek, Troy, etc. I don’t like most Hindi movies too, especially the romantic ones. I like movies with a strong message and those that teach some moral values – Anand, Jagruti, Bawarchi, etc. Among others DDLJ, Dil Chahta Hai and Hera Pheri are my favorites for various reasons ( I will give a vivid description of why I like these movies in a later blog)
I don’t like romantic movies, not because I don’t believe in love. I very much believe in love, but I don’t much believe in love at first sight. I think that a person falls in love with another, because of certain qualities in that other, which he can discover only by knowing he/she for sometime. For example, the characteristics that attract me apart from beauty are cheerfulness, helpfulness, sacrificing nature and above all, the ability to enjoy the small moments of happiness that life brings with itself. Such qualities can never be deciphered in one sight. But I must clarify that just having these qualities wont make me fall in love with someone – obviously there is an invisible factor that actually makes you love someone.
The concept of ‘love’ of the current generation disappoints me. People enter into relationships not because they actually love each other, but because they want to have relationships and they are always searching for people with whom they can fall in love and have a relationship. It is not for no reason that nowadays there are innumerable cases of depression at young age. I know a few people who have had relationships for no reason, but for having a relationship – they broke up – and they had months of depression, poor results, etc. I don’t say that no one in the current generation actually falls in love, but the proportion is really low. Most other cases are that of infatuation and not love. Well that is my funda about ‘love’, though I am sure that quite a few people wont agree with it.
Coming to people who have had a strong influence on my perspective in life – The person who tops the list is my mama (maternal uncle) – an out and out genius and an impeccable human being. I can write endlessly about his greatness, so I wont bother to make this blog too long writing much about him. Others are Rohit Bhaiya, a friend, 13 years elder to me, who works in the Merchant Navy, Mahatma Gandhi, and Mr. Kapadia, a teacher in my school.
From Rohit, I have learnt to remain a child at heart and to spread a smile where ever I go, from Mr.Kapadia I have learnt to give up anger and to forgive people who make mistakes out of foolishness, and from Gandhi I have learnt the power of determination and self confidence.
My favorite one-liner is “Hating someone is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die”. I don’t think I need to comment on this line.
Well I have written quite a bit about myself, which might give you some insight about my ideology, likes and dislikes. I am sorry if I bored you ( u should have stopped reading in that case). That’s it then … more later….
1 comment:
"I feel that I am a very capable person, but this laziness will never allow me to achieve my dreams."
My sentiments exactly! :(
"But if you are passionate and the people around you are not passionate enough, you begin to lose your own passion. "
If you ask me... you become fking lonely! >:/ And really true, though, how people lack passion. But hey it will be wrong to say people lack passion... the Kyun-ki-saans-bhi-kabhi-bahu-thi-Jassi-jaisi-koi-nahin shit inspire a lot of passion in people! :-| Anyway... I just feel pissed off with people around me. Ignore my rants.
"“Hating someone is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die”."
Good quote that! :)
And well... this post only proves what I had always felt- you are a smart kid! :P ;)
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