Sunday, August 30, 2015

Pour me a glass of haterade

Do you feel  like someone's following you,taking notes of what you are doing, judging what kind of a person  you are and reporting it to the entire world !  

I guess almost all of us are sailing on the same ship !! There are lots of people around us who try to judge us and give us taglines. Whatever we do , no matter what our intentions are , our actions are validated by someone else's view point .


Being sweet  => Jobless and fake
Being honest => Rude
Being reserved and self involved => Dumb
Try solving issues between two people => Manipulative
Trying to be responsible => Authoritative
Enjoy life and see beauty of minute things => immature
Talk to everyone and wear comfortable clothes => cheap

“If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.” 
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

And there comes a time when you feel like screaming at the top of your voice saying :
'This is my life ! Do not judge me , in fact you don't have the right to judge me as you haven't lived my life. You don't know what I have been through and what I am being through as well .Your miniature judgement on me, reaching me through the words and opinions of ten other friends of yours , can entirely ruin my day.' 
Irony is that , this changes nothing. Haters will hate and comments will still reach you.Slowly it becomes a part of your day and you can't change it. All you can do is cope up with all this, console yourself and tell yourself how wonderful and unique you are . 

It is absolutely fine to cry about someone's obscene comments on you.
It is completely okay if a good friend of yours turns out to being just another stranger
It is okay to call up your parents and crib about how the entire world is just  being a drama company and how you can't fit in .
It is okay if someone calls you arrogant/ fat/stupid/selfish..Language has adjectives and people use them in every way possible !

We learn to move on , we learn to overlook , we realise that we don't have to stop at every stage and explain ourselves. And later comes a stage where nothing really matters, some random person's opinion on you is not something you bother about. This is a place that I am in. Trust me ! you will get there too.Peace is when everything falls into place,just because you decided to see it that way.People are gonna still judge you,pour a glass of haterade on you ..all the time ! But by then , you will have moved way past all that ! you realize what success is , what dreams are and what passion is . You accept that you can't change dumbtards and all you gotta do is smile at their ignorance,they are not going to any greater heights with all this in head, as simple as that. 

All you have to understand is that , the only opinion that matters is yours,only person who can judge you is YOU , only person you are going to live with , is you ! You are the one who has the right to feel what you want yourself to feel and you can't let anybody let you feel what you don't want to feel . 'Compassion and forgiveness changes everything', too huge for us , but works ! 

Pour me a glass of haterade if you want to ! I don't care .. Coz I know it is my choice to drink it or to throw it.  










Monday, February 16, 2015

Giving hunger a voice

How many of you have been to interstellar ? I am sure you must have loved it , if you have.In addition to appreciating the talent of Nolan,we have also noticed the blight !! Well , we have sympathized with the situation of people in that movie. 

We open our refrigerator at least ten times a day and come across few food items which eventually go into garbage bin (unfinished !). That food never makes a difference to us , there is fresh and tasty food for next day anyway.


LOOK INSIDE YOUR FRIDGE, AND THINK ABOUT HOW AND WHY ITS CONTENTS TELL A BIGGER STORY ABOUT GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM - Bill Pritchard (Asso.Prof at university of Sydney)


We keep complaining 'dude ! there's nothing to eat in the mess today' and tend to eat outside the campus everyday. But how many of us know the real scenario of "nothing left to eat" in this world !?
Wait! let me tell you.

Even though there is sustainable development in production of food grains,at least 805 million people go hungry every day. More than 2 billion people suffer micro nutrient deficiencies. Chronic hunger is one of the main causes of death in India and 7000 Indians sleep every night FOREVER. 


When we talk about country like India where all the poor are scattered across the country ! It becomes difficult to identify and distribute food to everyone .. But still there's got to be a way and a chance to change this !!! 

As we all know that betterment begins with us and the best way to fight this is to take an oath of not wasting food. How much more effort would it take , to ask for small servings multiple times in a mess ,rather than taking large quantities at once and throwing it ? Imagine the amount of happiness you can see in a beggar's face when you give him food ,rather than just 'catch my coin' thing. Feed a hungry person on road ! Trust me , It would not take much time and effort ,but you will carry a memory and satisfaction for lifetime. 


When you know you can make a difference , what are you waiting for !

So you wanna change the world ! What are you waiting for !