Liberation…Here I come…Oh wait, hang on for a sec.. !!

To me, shopping has always been a liberating experience. An evening out at the malls has never failed to cheer me up – be it to pick up my monthly supplies from the departmental stores or to get a couple of books to read, shopping has always left me with a sense of fulfillment.

And what with the credit cards and all that, one (read me) just has to take a stroll through the various racks set up inside the departmental store, simply staring at all those products and mentally calculating which ones to buy (but which you can very well do without). Sometimes one simply stares at those racks absent minded and suddenly with a snap, coming to his senses, realises that he has been staring for a considerable amount of time at the women’s sanitation section (if you understand what I mean). By then, the damage would have been done.

But what is more damaging is a couple of articles that I chanced to read over the newspapers and on the net that actually detailed such habits.

Oniomaniacs – The Asian Age Article

Have I become a psychopath ???!!!

(Now, I don’t need smart replies for the last question….That’s only there for decorative purposes..Atleast I use all the stuff I buy !! )

Maxim…

Friendship and wine get better with years !

- something that I remembered while returning in the auto after meeting Dhiva..

Yours Hypothetically…

Ezhil messages to the Girl Ezhil Likes (G.E.L)

Ezhil: Happy New Year…

G.E.L: Happy New Year to you too…

A few minutes pass by…

G.E.L: Frankly, Ezhil, do you like me?

Ezhil: Well…yes I do…

G.E.L: You could have told me that.

Ezhil: I had no clue that you knew…

G.E.L: Would you have told me if I told you that I like you too??

Ezhil (After a prolonged silence): Oh… My… God…. !!!

And they lived happily ever after….

 

 

Sigh…..Why isn’t life as simple and straightforward as this conversation ??? Dammit…….

Videre videnda…

The imperative question is, how do we differentiate ourselves from the rest of the world ? Does an education abroad mean that I am a cut above the rest ? Or does going onsite for a couple of years qualify as an achievement ? Does an MBA degree from an IIM mean anything at all?

Frankly, everything in life is losing its meaning. Whenever someone comes up to me and informs that they have secured an admission abroad or have calls from 5 or 6 IIMs , I am filled with an air of indifference. I cannot understand why people lung for all those certification exams, so that they might get a promotion or maybe get an opportunity to go abroad or a better pay, or simply to prove that they are better ? And what do they achieve by proving it? I can only stand by the side and watch,with amusement, them madly scramble for something that rarely holds any meaning in the long run.

Why are you doing what you are doing? Is it to lead a better life ? Or to boast your so called achievements to this world ? Or to simply differentiate yourself from the rest ?If you are really intent on differentiating yourself, you will realise that running with the crowd does not make you any different from the rest of them. You may have an MBA or an MS, but still you are running. You are running with them. Survival of the fittest, you might say. But survival to attain what?

The lines that separate each of us are so thin and slowly fading that someday or the other uniqueness will be nothing but a figment of your imagination. And before long, you are no different from the others running around you. You are one of them.

Take a moment. Step aside from that mad journey and reflect on your position now. Are you going to prove that you are unique by running along with them ?

I am yet to find out the answer to the question of purpose. But I have stepped away from the crowd. I am standing on the side path and observing, rather than holding on to my breath and running.

Someday, when you step away from the crowd, you will see what I see. Videre videnda.