RIGHT FROM OUR CHILDHOOD, WE ALL ARE ASKED, WHAT DO WE LIKE TO BE. I WAS ASKED THIS QUESTION BY MY AUNT WHEN SHE VISITED US BACK IN 2005. AT THAT TIME, I WASNT AWARE OF THE WORD CAREER AND IDOL. I ANSWERED WHAT EVERY CHILD AT THAT AGE WOULD RESPOND,’ MAYBE AN ENGINEER, DOCTOR OR SCIENTIST’. THIS PHRASE WAS THE ONE WHICH WAS ABOUT TO CHANGE MY DESTINY OR I WIOLUD LIKE TO SAY, LAND ME IN MY PRESET SITUATION.
WELL, WE LIVE IN THE 21 CENTURY, WHERE THE MENTALITY OF PEOPLE HAVE PROGRESSED OVER THE YEARS. MANY SEE WORLD AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENT, SOME TRY TO HIDE THEIR TALENT. I BELONGED TO A MIDDLE CLASS, HIGHLY EDUCATED JOINT FAMILY, RESIDING IN INDIA, WITHOUT ANY POLITICAL CONNECTION. WELL, I SAY THIS WITH PRIDE BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE CALL LIFE AT ITS VERY BEST. WHILE YOU ARE CHILD, YOU ARE ALWAYS TAUGHT, TO BE HONEST, SINCERE, ATTENTIVE AND OBEDIENT. ALONG WITH THIS, YOU ARE EXPECTED TO BE GOOD IN ACADEMICS AND GOOD IN CO CIRRUCULUM ACTIVITIES. RGHT SINCE CHILDHOOD, I WAS SLOW, IN GRASPING CONCEPTS, USED TO BE A CRY BABY, AND USE TO TELL EVERYTHING TO MY PARENTS. WELL, OF COURSE, I WAS BAD IN ACADEMICS, BUT MY PARENTS ALWAYS TAUGHT ME, THAT HARDWORK PAYS, AND NEVER WORRY ABOUT THE MARKS. WELL AT THAT TIME ONE ALWAYS THINKS TO BE BIG ENOUGH TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITIES AND DECISIONS. AS I GREW OLDER, I STARTED TO UNDERSTAND THINGS AND HOW THEY PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN MY LIFE.
I WAS ALWAYS CLOSE TO MY GRANDFATHER AND HE Uses TO TEACH-M THE PRINCIPLES ESSENTIAL IN LIFE. TIME FLIES AS THEY SAY, INDEED ITS TRUE. SOMEHOW I WAS IN GRADE 7 WHEN I STARTED TO ANALYSE THINGS IN DIFFERENT PROSPECTIVE. I WANTED REASON FOR EVERYTHING, BE IT A SUM IN MATHS, OR BE IT ANYTHING. I STARTED TO WORK HARD, EVERY DAY, SO THAT I CAN BE AT PAR WITH MY FRIENDS. MOREOVER, I HAD A TWIN BROTHER, WHO WAS INTELLIGENT AND JOYFUL. THIS MADE ME FEEL REALLY A=BAD AND I EVEN DOUBTED WHETHER I WAS ADOPTED OR NOT. I WAS A PERSON WHO USE TO TAKE EVERY TO THE HEART, BE IT A JOKE OR ANYTHING SORTOF THAT. MY GRANDMOTHER ONCE TAUNTED, THAT HE Won't DO ANYTHING IN LIFE BECAUSE HE IS BAD IN ACADEMICS. WELL, MY PARENTS DISAGREED WITH IT, BUT they KNEW, IN TODAYS WORLD, ONE HAS TO GO THROUGH EXAMINATION TO PROVE HIS WORTH TO THE WORLD OUT theirs. I SOON UNDERSTOOD THIS AND WORKED REALLY HARD TO BUILD MY MIND. I STUDIED HELL LOT OF BOOKS, IMPROVED MY COMMAND OVER THE LANGUAGE AND TRIED TO BE AT PAR WITH MY PEARS. THE AGE OF CHANGE, THE TIME OF ADOLESCENT WAS ABOUT TO BEGIN IN LIFE. IN THIS AGE ONE ABSORBS EVERYTHING FROM HIS ENVIRONMENT. GRADE 8 AND 9 PASSED BY, I SCORED WELL IN SOME SUBJECTED AND DUCTED IN SOME, AND MY PARENTS HOPED THAT I CAN DO SOMETHING WELL IN LIFE. AT THAT MOMENT, ONE ALWAYS THOUGHT, THAT, THE TIME WHEN WE ARE CHILD, IS THE BEST MOMENT OF OUR LIFE. ON THE FLIP SIDE, WE ARE ALWAYS TOLD TO WORK HARD TO GET A SUCCESSFUL LIFE AHEAD.
AT THIS POINT OF TIME, I CAN CLEARLY SAY THAT, An ADOLESCENT GOES THROUGH A WAVE OF EMOTIONS, PHYSICAL CHANGE, AND HOW HE TAKES LIFE IN GENERAL. BUT THE THING WHICH IS COMMON IS, NO ONE HAS EVER WITNESSED FAILURE. THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFE, THEY ARE TOLD TO WORK FOR THE LIFE AHEAD, BUT AN ADOLESCENT WOULD ALWAYS THINK, WHY NOT ENJOY THE LIFE NOW. WHAT IF YOU ARE ALIVE TOMORROW OR NOT. COMPARISON BETWEEN COUSINS, FRIENDS ALWAYS TAKE PLACE. WE SEE SOME GOOD EXAMPLES AND SOME BAD EXAMPLES AS WELL.SOME OFFSET GOOD MARKS AND SOME GET BAD MARKS. PEOPLE WHO TOP, ARE ALWAYS CONSIDERED HARDWORKING, EHREAS THE PEOPLE WHO SCORE BAD MARKS ARE CONSIDERED INFERIOR TO THEM. THE TERM BAD MARKS IS A RELATIVE TERM AND PARENTS TRY TO RELATE IT WITH THE TOP GRADES. SOME PARENTS LIKE MINE ALWAYS SAID THAT, IF YOU WORK HARD AND STILL DONT SCORE MARKS, It's NOT A BIG DEAL. WELL, NO PARENTS WANTS A CHILD TO BE UNDER PRESSURE AND LOSE HIS CONFIDENCE.
EVERY SCHOOL GOING CHILD WANTS TO GET INTO TOP COLLAGES AND EARN IN MILLIONS, BUT WE TEND TO FORGET THE EFFORTS BEHIND IT. WELL, AT SOME POINT IN LIFE, ONE HAS TO WORK HARD TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT HE WANTS, BUT IS NEVER SATISFIED. A PERSON OF MY AGE WOULD WANT TO LIFE A HAPPY LIFE, AND NEVER EXPECT FAILURE. THE HARD REALITY IS THAT, SOME OF US ARE NOT READY TO ACCEPT IT AND FACE IT, WHY CAUSE WE ARE NEVER TAUGHT TO TACKLE IT. YES, ACCEPT IT OR NOT. WE ARE NOT PREPARED FOR IT.WE ARE ONLY PREPARED TO BE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE WNT US TO DO. MOST OF US FACE DIFFICULTIES IN PERFORMING WELL, BECAUSE WE DONT HAVE THTA MOTIVATION FROM WITHIN TO DRIVE US TO, WHY WE WANT TO CRACK ENTRANCE EXAMS, WHY WE WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT THE PHRASE WOULD DETERMINE MY PATH. WELL, IT DID. WHENEVER I ASK MYSELF WHY I WANT TO BE AN ENGINEER, I SAY THAT BECAUSE I WAS GIVEN THE DIRECTION TO PURSUE IT. YES, IT MAY SOUND WRONG, BUT THINK ABOUT IT, WE SAY EVERYONE HAS HIS OR HER CHOICE WHICH STREAM TO PICK, BUT SEEING SO MANY OPTIONS, LEADS TO CONFUSION AND MAY BE DIFFICULTIES IN LIFE. WHAT ANSWERS ALL QUERIES IS THIS “ WHAT LIFE MEANS TO YOU ‘. A HARD QUESTION TO ANSWER, WELL YES, IT IS, BUT HOW MANY OF US KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS. NO ONE. AS TIME CHANGES, SO DOES DESIRES AND WANTS, AND SO DOES OUR ASPIRATIONS. A SCIENCE STUDENT LIKE ME WOULD ALWAYS WANT TO GET INTO AN PRESTIGIOUS INSTITUTE TO PURSUE Mine UNDER GRADUATION. BUT WHEN I LOOK 8 YEARS BACK, I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE AN MATURED ADULT. THIS THING JUST STRIKES ME FROM WITHIN.
TO BE VERY HONEST, ONE CANNOT ACHIEVE EVERYTHING IN LIFE. ONE IS NEVER SATISFIED FROM LIFE, AND THAT MY FRIENDS is A DREAM WHICH CHANGES EVERY NIGHT. A DREAM CALLED LIFE.
