The fight continues...

Week after week after week, the fight goes on. The struggle continues. I know not till when.

It was not the usual devil this time. But it was a closely related brother.

You think the brother is not so dangerous. That you can easily owerpower it. That finally it will be you who will be victorious.

But by the end of the bout, its him who is laughing at you. Just like his brother does everyweek. Lauging at you from the corner after he has made a mockery of you.

And you hope that next week it will be your day. It will be you who will be laughing.

Week after week after week, the mocks come and go. They hit u so hard that u don't even realise. And by the time they go u are left wondering what to do.

This week it was not mockCAT, but mockSNAP.

SNAP is considered to be easy compared to its counterpart CAT. But then you forget that it got more questions and less time. 150 questions in 120 min.

Add to that the GK section. 40 questions of general knowledge. What do they get by putting all those history, geography & civics questions which you had studied but don't know when. I mean its an MBA entrance. Let there not be GK. And if it is there let it be only business related. Not some 100AD waala history.

Then there is the analytical section. Well its heaven for me atleast. Scored more than 50% of marks in that section. Glad they give 2 marks for a right answer here.

And then comes the verbal. The ambiguous VA. Where you never know what the actual answer is. 40 questions where you are not sure whether what you are attempting is right or wrong.

And when you finish these three sections and you feel that time is up and so is the paper, QA stares at you. 40 questions still to solve. It may be easy but dude!! you need time to solve even the easy ones. Where in the world is time?

Finally the invigilator comes and tells you its time. Snatches your OMR sheets as you try to mark that last answer which you think might make or break your life.

Now that you are out, you think about all the things that you will do this week, so that you do well in the next mock.

The next mock comes. Its the same ol' story. It keeps on happening. Mock after mock after mock.

Well i don't mind the blows i get now. I don't mind what i score now. I'll be too happy not to score now and score finally on D-day. To have the last & final laugh.

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Let's Live India!

Its time we start living!!!

Happy Dussehra!

Its Dussehra today. It marks the win of good over evil. Victory of Rama over Ravana.

Today's world/society faces many evils. Terrorism, corruption, gradual fall of human values to name a few.

Don't we need a Rama now to free us from these Ravana's?

Festival season is here again

Yes, its here again. Durga puja, navratri, dussehra and finally diwali. Its the festival season. The fun, frolic is back again. The lights, dandiya, fireworks, pujas...Enjoy the season to the max..

Happy festival season to you all.

Survival of the Fittest

Its 7:55 monday morning. I am at the Dombivli station waiting for my 8:01 semi-fast local. I can see the first class coach of another train in the adjacent platform. There is a crowd just outside the entrance. All trying rather fighting to get in. Someone is pushing people inside. There are some shouting at others to get in. Quite a few are holding on to the pole at the entrance. Few are hanging on the door only on their toes.

In the whole fight i see a young kid trying to make his way through. He is not as tall as others. He is not as strong as others. He cannot shout as others. But he surely knows how to make his way inside. Within seconds this kid is in while others are still struggling.

Its not just this morning. This whole episode goes on and on and on, 7 days a week, 30 days a month, 365 days a year.... this never stops. The fight only gets tougher.

My thought goes back to the kid in the train. What his parents must be teaching him? To respect elders, to be polite with strangers, to help others, not to be selfish, learn to give, etc, etc...

But what does he learn in reality?
He fights, he pushes, he shouts, he abuses...

And this is what each n every child in this society is learning. Imagine a society where everyone is only fighting against each other, where people only hate one another. Where there is space only for the strong, the aggressive. No place for the mild, the sober. Where all people will know is to get their job done ... without thinking about its effect on others.

Are we going back to the Darwinian days of survival of the fittest? Where only the strongest animal survives.

Are we then becoming animals again?
Our recent actions suggest that. Everyone of us carry an 'attitude' with us. The rough the better. An attitude which says 'who the hell are you to tell me anything?'.

That is the attitude we carry with ourselves everywhere. To work, to home, to parties, during travel. And that is how we express ourselves. This attitude reflects in the way we talk, act and react. To be different, be polite is just out of the question. Its unthinkable.

But is it that difficult?

Oh! there is a loud horn. I can see my train arriving at the station. The crowd gathers in a huddle. All ready to jump in. The train slows. The coach approaches. And then ... here i go ...