We all are different. And we all have different choices. We like different food. We like different clothes to wear. We have different opinions and we like to talk about and write on different things. Like this friend of mine writes good on topics related to aesthetics, that too specially on Nature. Another one scripts well about factual information. We all have different likes and interests.

Personally speaking, I like to talk and write on topics which generate multitude of opinions. Topics on which strong views and counter-views are generated. I like to listen to different views and I express mine as well. It sometimes familiarizes you with the other side of the coin of which you were hitherto unaware of. It not only widens your spectrum of thinking but also makes you shed your biasness for or against someone or something. Some days ago my room-mate was enumerating the positives of corruption (a good news for all the Modis and Kalmadis and Rajas and Chavans). He wasn't justifying the act, obviously nothing can be justifiable for the inappropriate use of public exchequer, but only listing the benefits of corruption that we tend to miss. It was something about which we had never thought of. A nice topic to write on.

But come what may, the topic which would always be my favorite to write on and talk about would be Life. For all its vicissitudes it unfolds, for all its uncertainties it holds, for all its inscrutable ups and downs and turn arounds, it clearly transcends all the human barriers of understanding. And I am not the only one struck by its beauty. Volumes have been written about its ephemeral,vacillating nature. And still it continues to grab the attentions of thinkers, philosophers, writers and ordinary people like me.

And with every passing day, every passing incident and every passing phase of my life, I continue to remain awestruck by its every big and small maneuvers. And as I prepare myself for its next wave, lyrics of one of my favorite songs reverberates in my mind.

Kho jaana, pa jaana, na paana
Hai zindagi jaane le
Bik jaana, lut jaana, bas jaana
Hai zindagi maan le
Karle yakin
Jo kal gaya woh phir se aata nahin
Gujra hua jo waqt hai woh dastak lagaata nahin
Jo aaj hai bass wahi hai tera
Kya teri hasti hai, mitti ki basti hai
Pal mein hi ho jaati hai yeh fanaa
Kar salaam


I salte you- Life.

Heisenberg got it wrong. He should have given his theory not on electrons but on life.It is the biggest X factor of life-Uncertainty. You never know what may happen the next second. One day you might be sweating profusely in the scorching summers of north India in the month of "May" and it "may" rain suddenly the very next day. ( Like it did yesterday :) ). You might be expecting your best friend's call some day only to find he didn't turn up. Someday your phone rings and as you receive, you find it is some stranger from diametrically opposite part of the world who has called upon just to talk to you. If there is one word that describes life the best, for me its UNCERTAIN.

If you know what would happen the next day then there would be no fun living the day. If you know India would win the match you wouldn't see the match. If you know what would be the next line of this blog you wouldn't read it.

And I am not the only one who is saying it. Just read what Achilles said in Troy-

"I'll tell you a secret. Something they don't teach you in your temple. The Gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal, because any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again. "

Here comes the third in the series. And following the trend, this one is different from the last one. Today, I am in a philosophical mood.

By far, a lot has been said about life by a lot many.And a lot many would keep saying. Some consider it as a rat race meant to be won. Some consider it as a lemon race, who think that there is no point coming first if one has dropped his lemon (lemon being health, relationships blah blah). Some even consider it as a longest orgasm anyone can ever have (sorry if I am getting too explicit). These people are hedonists who consider that everything is meant to be enjoyed.So exactly what is life?

For me life is a sinusoidal curve with varying amplitude. There are times when you feel like you are THE happiest person around. And there are times when you feel that things couldn't have gone worse. Your coordinates on the X and Y axes define your reactions.

Everything looks so optimistic and hopeful in good times. You feel like you are the master of your destiny. You meet people and they become your friends. You make plans and they work. You make guesses and they work well. You try your luck and it pays. You climb the first half of the curve very fast. And you feel things would never gonna change AND you make THE mistake.

And soon, everything changes.

Till now, the same belie of yours, which had proved you right, suddenly, start collapsing. The world seems to be a totally different place. The situations change. And so do the people around you.You feel out of place. A yearning for the "past-perfect" does nothing to alleviate your pain. It only worsens it. As, recently, one of my friends said to me, "Past is never past". I read somewhere that a person's glorious past is his biggest sorrow. "How perfect things were" becomes more important than how present things are. Reminiscence becomes you enemy number 1.

But as I said-Soon, everything changes.

We humans are traveling towards our destination. We are shortsighted and can not look beyond a fixed point which MAY NOT be our destination (though, at times we feel like it is, but eventually it turns out that wasn't). But THE ALMIGHTY is sitting right at the top of the cliff beside our road. He knows from where we are coming and where we DESERVE (and not DESIRE) to go and accordingly designs the optimized curve for us.

Have we ever realized the petty things of the past, which would often give us a feel of this-shouldn't-have-happened, actually turned out to be blessings in disguise. Things like getting less numbers in class tests, getting scolded by parents, "India not winning the match"(especially for me, and for most of the guys) seemed to be so unlovable . But if I look now, had I not got myself accustomed to getting less numbers in school class tests, I wouldn't have been in a situation to complete my engineering. Had my parents not scolded me, I wouldn't have been the way I am. Had India not lost the match, it wouldn't have known the feeling of being numero uno after being at the bottom of the charts for long.

And similarly, today, the things we feel, that shouldn't have happened, would ultimately turn out to be blessings in future.

Life goes on. Sinusoidally.

As of now, I feel that I have completed one full wave of my life. An era has ended, and another has started. And as I said earlier, it has all the characteristics of a sine curve. The highest highs and the lowest lows. The agonies and the ecstasies. The curvy smiles and the misty eyes. The laughter and the weep. The should-haves and shouldn't-haves. But till now, I am contented with the curve I have drawn. For, I know that I have tried my best in whatever way I could have.

And I wish to do the same in the second wave that is coming towards me. Or am I going towards it??

Lets Wait and Watch.