non fiction

A vague sense of Hypocrisy

Well i’m gettin back to my blog after a long time..I too had those “Ah-nothin-in-my-mind-to-post-on-a-blog” times..A break!!
I thought today would be a better day to restart posting..
I took an off from work cuz..um..no particular reason as such..Just needed some time off..
So i thought i’d do somethin useful today..Talked to one of my frenz and gotta know that there was an orientation program regarding social service in this association called “Youth For Seva”..
The name of the organization seemed pretty familiar cuz i had read about it sometime when i was surfing the web a couple of days ago..SO i thought to give it a shot and i attended it..
Turned out to be a disappointment actually..Major reason was the fact that the orientation was for ppl who were ready to volunteer full-time..Sadly i cant..

So it was pretty much of an info session for me today..However i did take off during the first break..But when i was sitting thru the first session a couple of things hit my mind actually..The person who was orienting us was talkin about a thing where a lot of ppl actually do social service just for recognition..
But a very contradicting thing i felt was the simple fact that whenever anybody goes to an organization to join social service,be it full time or part time, the first thing they do is to orient them to the organization rather than social service..
A simple opinion is that social service is not something u teach in class or by telling ur experiences but is something u have to learn on the go..Quite similar to the “On the job” training given by corporate companies,it would be better to actually learn about social service WHILE doing it instead of sitting in a room and listening to experiences or DISCUSSING it..

Ppl who are novices in Social service, all they can do is analyze the situation by looking at it but not experiencing it..And for ppl like me who lack patience in such things, tend to lose interest cuz there are a lot of formalities of knowing the organization instead of actually helping somebody..
There are a very few places where formalities should be avoided and this should definitely be one of those.

A very hypocritical thing about few of such organizations are that they are more interested in explaining about the organization rather than making the volunteers do social service..
They do not want people to do social service just because they want recognition, but they want their organization to be recognized..Isnt this hypocritical??

A better thing to do by such organizations would be to actually take the novice volunteers directly to the place where they can indeed do some social service instead of trying to explain it to em..Once they actually have an on hand experience about it at least for a couple of times,then it would make sense to discuss about it and take some actions..
One more advantage of this is that if the volunteer is satisfied about the kind of work the organization does, he automatically develops interest in knowing more about the organization..It need not be forced to him..If he doesnt feel they’re doin a good job he would quit and join some other place where he finds solace..
Is this something to be thought of or just my misconception!!

P.S – Youth for Seva do seem to be a promising organization..However no solid opinion from me as of now..Ppl can join it either full time or part time..FYI visit www.youthforseva.org

Adaptation

Adaptation is the most common biological behavior..
Also it is a very funny thing..
It makes ppl adjust to “change” in their normal lives easily..Nevertheless it also makes it harder to adjust to “new” changes in lyf cuz of the previous adjustment..
I’ve seen about 5 places by now as my new home..Everytime when i move to a different place..
It becomes easy to adjust to the new place which also makes it very hard to forget the old one..
There are a couple of things which will be lingering its sweet scent even after u move away from it..And its the course of time for it to eventually get replaced by the fresh fragrance of newer things..
Few of such things are the ones which happen totally unplanned, and unexpected..Enigma is always interesting which definitely makes it worth of remembrance..
Meeting unexpected ppl..a pleasant conversation with a complete stranger..a journey with a fren on a diff side..a hitchhike in a place u do not know..
Is it adaptation which makes us enjoy such things or is it the same adaptation to “new” things which makes it harder to forget the “older” ones..

P.S – Will miss you Mysore 🙁

Take Off….Touch Down !!!

What the Hell !!!

This was the first thing that popped into my mind when i got down with my pals infront of Gate 7 ..I hadnt even seen the tickets cuz one of my frenz got it for us..My reaction was like that cuz the show was supposed to have started by 10 AM which it did but we reached there by 10.30..So immediately as we got down from the bus a MIG just whoooshed high above us with its typical whooping sound which seemed as if the pilot cursed us for being there so late..It did boost our spirits nevertheless..(Come on its a MIG for god’s sake)..So the caps,the shades,the umbrellas which were dwelling peacefully in our backpacks were disturbed..We then entered the air force base after a series of checks..We started hurrying towards the front row of seats which were full..By that time 2 more jets were decorating the skies which pretty much seemed like a warm up session for them.. Then we went to the front row and after a lot of searching and asking a couple of the audience who had extra chairs,we finally found one for each one of us..(BTW we were 5 of us)..So its then when we had the first proper look at the jet which was pulling on to the runway like a silent assassin without a sound..The view was magnificent..Military green body..Sexy wings..Double exhaust..Who wouldve thought that even the “metal-birds” were so mind blowing to look at !!!

Then the engine started roaring..Vrroooooooom..
Its such an underrated sound u can come up with to describe the sound of a jet…The “real” sound is not at all reproducible..
The MIG moved to the beginning of the runway..engine powered..Fireaway..and Then that was it!! It started moving and within 6 secs it was right in front of us and we yelled..”Take Off Take Off” and thats it..It had escaped the gravity’s feeble attraction and was right off to the sky..The pilot maneuvered it so elegantly..He took a 45 degree turn to its left and zoomed off high above the clouds..We were lookin at it with bated breath waiting for it to return..7 seconds..Thats all it
took..The jet swooshed above us and the pilot fired the engine with a boost and it was just Woooooooooooow!!! The adrenaline in mybody started pumping up so hard,it made the hairs on my neck stand up!! I started to wonder if i,a commoner was so excited to look at it what would be the pilot’s feeling at that time..But then my wondering was stopped buy the jet which took a U-turn in the sky and came back and then the pilot did it..The move i had read about recently..The Cobra!!
It was simple exhilarating..

Ten mins later the pilot landed smoothly on the runaway as the landing gear just thudded the ground with a lil dust and then a parachute shot out of the jet’s rear to slow it down..It was amazing..So within ten mins of being there we already saw at ake off and a touch down..

The rest of the show went on as magnificent as it could have been and we thought every instant was worth the wait..There was the Jaguar,the Russian Sukhoi,the French Mirage!!And my fav of the day..The F-16 !!! And believe it or not it was loaded with 2 missiles !!!

And the grand finale was by our very own “SuryaKiran”.. 6 of them..They took off simultaneously from the ground,with the tricolors shooting out of their rear..forming the country’s flag which made a mark in the sky which made my heart swell with patriotism..Nothing else couldve been a better end to the show than this one..They also made a “Prevent Aids” symbol on the sky..And even a halo which was of tricolor..The sight was astounding..After 15 minutes of coordination and absolute perfection which made the crowd gasp with wonder they 6 planes went high above together at a perfect 90 degrees and then made a sharp turn downwards and before we realised what was happening,they broke apart and
flew in 6 different directions..and THAT was a perfect end to the “ending”.. We cheered and clapped and shouted our heart out..The show had ended..
So we did a lil bit of shopping there getting posters and toy models of planes..I got a F-16 model for myself..And then we started walking to the exit of the air base..The show was over..and it fulfilled every ounce of expectation..

A perfect end to a brilliant day..It was Valentine’s day and whats better to spend the V-day than watching metal birds!!!

P.S – Event was Aero India 2009..Yelahanka..Feb 14th..And it definitely was one of the best days of my life !!

Dilemma due to a Paradigm Shift

What is a Paradigm shift??

“A Paradigm Shift can be thought of as a change from one way of thinking to another. It’s a revolution, a transformation, a sort of metamorphosis. It just does not happen, but rather it is driven by agents of change.”……………….Anonymous

From a slightly complex point of view:
“Paradigm Shift is a popular, or perhaps, not so popular shift or transformation of the way we Humans perceive events, people, environment, and life altogether. It can be a national or international shift, and could have dramatic effects — whether positive or negative — on the way we live our lives today and in the future.”……………..Anonymous

You must probably be wondering why are the scientific terms involved and what can be the dilemma involved with a paradigm shift..Its simple..Well not exactly simple but pretty much comprehensible..
There was a time when the world believed that the planets and the sun revolved around the earth and that assumption led to the formulation of a number of theories which tried to prove the main assumption right..But then a man with a long beard and a few inches of glass embedded in a metal casing came across and disproved the major assumption…The geocentric system..
(The man was Galileo)..That led to what was probably the biggest paradigm shift in the history of the universe..
But that is something which happens in a millennium or more..

However there are lots of events that occur in our daily lives which we overlook but which are majorly responsible for drastic paradigm shifts..One such event which has kept me wondering and which i came to know about recently was about a gal in a guy’s life..(since both the gal and the guy were pretty good frenz of mine)..

The Story Begins:
There is this guy..And there is this gal..She has been one of the guy’s best frenz for quite sometime now..I dont exactly know how it all started or when it started..All i can recollect is it started and for good..They both know each other pretty well by now..Tats usually what happens when u consider the other person as your best friend..This was one of those common cases as well..But the i-am-wondering-how part of the story was that they never really used to meet up personally quite often or anything..It was the usual casual talks,occasional online chats until one day they exchanged numbers..Then UNlike all the typical guys,AND his usual nature too,he “didnt” text her quite often..It was infrequent,just the usual kinds..info about college..fwds…and stuff..but these two never really had the initial spark that was necessary to induce a mutual liking ..And considering the number of times “they” might probably have gone out together the count might some up to a meagre value of 4 or so..But however things started getting better between them..One other surprising part of the story was that there seemed to be not a single common interest between them..No similar habits..No common goals..Nothing..EXCEPT Similar way of thinking..

Thought is said to be the most powerful weapon of a human being..It can project the impossible as possible and vice versa..

So all they had was a similar way of thinking..for a start..
So time flew by and they eventually became very good frenz..Started exchanging novels,advices,opinions and all the usual mumbo-jumbo stuff that people do these days..
But coming to a add a lil detail about their persona..Both of them were equally stubborn and the especially the guy had loads of attitude but they were still friendly..In fact the gal was very friendly in the class and had loads of frenz..The guy too had his share..
But there was one more common thing which they both used to do amongst themselves..Listen to each other’s point of views..Well its was a different issue that they rarely differed but nevertheless they always used to do it..So due to all this they started getting closer to each other and became best frenz..And their friendship gradually advanced which led to the change in their attitude but for good..They both had an influence on each other..Mainly the guy..He reduced his i-dont-care attitude which was overflowing..So that’s when the typical “sharing stuff” thing came into the picture..Both of them started sharing their daily experiences and personal stuff which led to the betterment of their friendship..Now they have a lot of care and concern for each other..A day is never ended unless they talk or chat with each other..They just knew that its automatic and natural that they just think of each other when there is something to share..

But Life always has its own way of putting you in a situation where though u know what is the right choice you still expect or hope that the wrong choice is the right one..
One such similar thing happened in their lives..A “few scenarios” made them wonder if it was something more than friendship that they have between them..Was it you-know-what?? Was it something else..So then it started..Their way of interpreting things was changed..They started wondering why they were doing the things they used to do..Was it out of sheer care and concern or something else??The gal was the one who brought this thing to their attention..The guy was surprised but he did try convincing her that it was just friendship with a lot of care and concern involved..But somehow his points were not so strong to get the gal convinced this time..Cuz he wasnt too sure himself..Even though he did try,he had a few days of wondering himself..He was not sure..
One of the mundane things in day-to-day life is this..When u start thinking about your best friend in a different way as in that u might be in you-know-what with him/her you’re at the highest level of dilemma in life..Its an extremely weird feeling..Cuz the only person with whom you’ll be thinking to share such a thing is the same person due to whom you are in the situation in the first place..So your way of thinking about that person changes and THAT is exactly when the paradigm shift takes place..
And so it did for them too..
They were stuck in the “mundane” dilemma due to the paradigm shift of their lives..They wondered and wondered and are probably still wondering cuz such a dilemma persists for quite sometime..I hope they must’ve made a choice by now..But if they did..Was it the right one or the wrong one?? If they havent..Will it be the right one or the wrong one??
We will never know cuz choice of a person is just an outcome of his/her perception..
Like, this story was “my” perception of “their” lives..

P.S– If you are wondering about their present lives..both of them are very happy and single and are still best friends…
And i hope i’m not assassinated for writing this one..Lol.. 🙂
And i sincerely apologize for people who read this thinking it was a sci-fi post..

The 1st Chapter——Enter:- The Blog

Well the first thing that probably comes to the mind when u see the title is..”Wait a minute..Did i hear this right?”..Well you sure did..I dint mean “Enter:- The BLOB” but i meant “Enter:- The bloG “…
I always used to wonder why people maintain diaries when all it has are just events or things that wouldve occured in thier lives,or opinions which wouldve popped up in thier ever unsure minds which they were never able to voice openly,or feelings which they were never able to express..but nevertheless all of these are consequences of thier own actions or choices which they would never be able to “forget” in the first place..
But later i realised its probably not there to “remember” those things but its just there to “remind” you to think about those “not-forgotten” things..
So i decided to write down a few my own in the blog so that it’d “remind” me to “think” about it sometime when i felt like “being reminded” of the “non-forgotten” things of “my” life…
P.S– For those of you who dont know..BLOB is the fat guy mutant in X-men..So this blog “Definitely” doesnt have to do anything with him…