DHAM-DHAMA-DHAM: Being 21

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Being 21

Well for all those who don't know it is my birthday on the 5th of July.
I expect you to wish me even if you stumble upon this piece of information 6 months later or even later than that. Call me shallow but everyone deserves a Happy Birthday wish.

Now I am not any of the following: the heir to a massive fortune,the descendant of a great emperor, an immensly gifted individual, someone with even decent athletic abilities and I am definitely not a hit with the womenfolk (big surprise, right!). What I am is a confused-soon to be a 21 year old-with no clue about life kind of individual. Agreed with so many of the above options knocked off there isn't much I could be. What could I have been ?? Hmmm..... may be, Studying in IIT, preparing for an MS, be one of the 5 lac people trying to bell the CAT (whats with that expression?). Due to my limited academic abilities (oh I forgot that shortcoming), I can't say I am taking any of those options. I hear that a lot of people born in the year 1988 are in the same predicament (if any of you are out there, we have to stick together!).

But being 21 and having no clue is tough. I mean it. Sure I am not going to present the Union Budget to a billion people (Pranab da reduce those taxes!). I am not trying to reach out to the Muslim world as the leader of all free countries(Obama, Obama.....). I am certainly not trying to form a cricket 11 that will perform to the expectations of a billion people ( As far as i am concerned Pranab, Obama, Castro, Ahmedanijad,Zardari and everyone else can take a hike, Dhoni is the greatest leader in the free world!!!!).

But i too have decissions and choices to make. Which side of the bed do I wake up from? How do I waste more of my parent's hard earned money? Over an over priced restraunt or movie tickets? Which colour underwear must I wear today? There are of course the less important decissions like What am i doing with life? What are my career options? yada yada yada.................

The world is a tough place to be in. And in these times of limited underwear colour combinations ( this may be just with me), half a dozen movies releasing every week and a general lack of motivation in life, one can only hope that the world will become a better place to live in.

It is a tough life but I guess I will be OK. I am a survivor. A veteran of 21

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Muhammad Ali

A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.

Einstein

"The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax."

Winston Churchill

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Paulo Coelho

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Russel Peters

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Gandhi

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.

Shashi Tharoor

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