Small steps towards great world

I was pondering over the term, “relationship”. May be, relationship plays a vital role in human existence. Human beings have a general desire to belong and that is usually satisfied with a relationship. From the early ages of human existence, people wanted to share their feelings and thus various forms of relationships started evolving. If we feel happy, we need someone to share with; if sad, someone is needed to render that supporting shoulder; if in love, someone is needed to express that emotion; if in anger, someone is needed to vent out. And all these need a relationship with another human being. Thus we need family, friends, lover and even an enemy (enemy is also a relation?). So, a relationship is a bridge between my existence and my emotional overflow. I exist, because I think and I feel. And a relationship exists, because I want to share that thinking or feeling with someone. When someone gives me a patience hearing or renders a helping hand or just a window for my feelings t

Few days back, I was a part of an interview panel for fresh MBAs and I met this girl during the interview, who was an aspirant for the job. Very average looking, smiling, wearing a saree and finding it difficult to handle the Indian dress. Once she cleared the written round, it was time for a personal interaction. We, at the interview panel, started with her family background (I strongly feel the family background is an entirely personal domain and we should not ask about it). She was very candid saying that her father is a helper in a Hindu crematorium and mother works as a sweeper in municipality. She also narrated that all along she has been helped by local social organizations for her studies. Believe me, the occupation of her parents did not generate much enthusiasm in the group, but her pride in declaring the fact, did. She held her head up and replied to questions very confidently. I was wondering about the source of her confidence. It appeared that she is very honored to belon

I was going through Wikipedia and the definition of Fear mentioned there is “a distressing negative sensation induced by a perceived threat”. The key words in this definition are very apt, “distressing”, “negative”, “induced” and “perceived”. Wiki also says that the most common fears include fears of rejection, intimacy, death and people. I was amazed to see that the list of common fears is mostly of human relations. I am afraid of rejection of someone whom I want to be intimate to, I am afraid of my interactions with people and overall, like many others, I am fearful of my death!! So, all fears are out of our perception of a situation? If I perceive that I am Shah Rukh Khan, let the world laugh at me, but for me, I am SRK. So, my perception is my reality and then my fear is also genuine. If the cause of such perceptions are analyzed, it may be deep rooted in my experience from childhood; may be I have been rejected from relations or I have seen people being rejected or I have seen so

Someone asked me couple of vital questions after going through one of my recent blogs. The questions are all elementary for a serious blogger. What is the aim of my blog? Who is the target audience? Why will anyone be interested in my articles? What impact does writing blog have on me? How is this going to change anything? What is long term plan for the blog? What other channels can express similar views with greater impact? What is the effort vs return in writing articles? – oh my God…I never thought that a simple act of blogging can have so many questions at the back drop. Now there are two issues about it. The first one, is may be, life is like that. Even an incident or a situation, which appears to be very simple, can have so many questions behind it. The very basic fact of my existence can be questioned, why to exist, why someone be interested in me, can my existence change anyone, what is the long term plan of my existence, and so on and so forth. Many incidences in life happen

Do you struggle every day morning to drag yourself from the bed for getting ready for your office? Do you feel sleepy while driving down to your workplace? Do you feel like not talking to anyone, even with your wife, once you are back from office in the evening? On Sunday evening do you feel bad that the weekend is gone? If answer to any two of these questions is ‘yes’, then there is another vital question for you. Are you just wasting your life in doing something which you don’t like, but you have to continue doing the same because there is no visible alternative? I remember how elated I was when I bagged my first job in campus. I was thrilled to discover that I could buy my own cigarette. I was excited because I was no more to be labeled as an unemployed-educated youth. And then, unknowingly, I fell prey to adjustments. Adjustments with daily routine, demanding boss, less cooperative colleagues, targets, meetings, reviews, responsibilities without much authority….the list may go o