Monday 16 April 2012

RICKSHAW

Nothing special about today.....neither does the hot burning sun show mercy,nor do the rickshaw wallas!
The only thing that encourages me to step out of the house after noon is a bottle of chilled water and, a rickshaw. However these days, the attitude adjustment issues of the auto drivers and the rise in the petrol prices is burning a hole in my pocket!
Today was the first the of the indefinite strike of rickshaws.. trust me on this, the crowd in the buses and trains was far more than I expected it to be.
So, from today, to the day the entire matter is resolved, afternoons will be spent in the bathroom for an hour long shower or may be playing cards with friends, watching a perfect Hollywood movie or simply writing something you might as well agree with!!

Wednesday 4 April 2012

Do questions lead to hope?

     Some things we say, some things others say to us and some things we do, or some things others around us, do to us..... make us think! Think so much so that.. we end up building a mountain of questions, that we never seem to find answers to! Questions that become nightmares and trouble us. Its like a certain desperation to know something one is not supposed to know, something that one can perhaps, not know!
     Speaking of questions, I thought to myself.. does anybody have an answer to anything? Are we fooling ourselves, by waiting for somebody to come by and just spill those words out, that deep inside we want to hear? Are our thoughts and wishes based on the approval of a second person party, with no individual interest in our issue? Is it that difficult to just go with our gut and fulfill each of our desires, without being self judged? 
     Why can't we say it.. "nobody cares", "nobody knows", "I can do it", "I am good enough"
Instead of asking.. "does anybody care?", "does anybody know?", "can I do it?",  "Am I good enough?"
     These questions give us hope.. to hear the correct words, to see the correct scenarios. Instead of looking at everything negatively... we must get only a different opinion from nobody.. but ourselves. The positive, affirmative look out to our issues!
     May be its time to stop questioning everything we feel. May be its time to 'say'... not 'ask'!!