Kush Srivastava's Blog, page 42

Sleepless Nights

Have you ever experienced a situation where no matter how hard you try to get yourself to sleep, you are found wanting to do so?

Today is one such night for me. I got into my bed at around 11 p.m. feeling blessed to have hit the bed so soon. An hour passed by, and then another one. And as I write here, it is already 2:50 a.m. in the morning.

I wonder why is it that I am unable to get myself off to sleep. It might have looked perfectly logical if I had slept for a couple of hours in the afternoon or in the evening or I had some deadlines to meet.

But nothing of that sort has happened. The only conclusion that I can draw is that there is something going around in my mind which is preventing me to avail the luxury that nights have to offer. Something, strong enough, that I am unable to stop thinking about it. Something, very close to my heart.

There is something that has been left unresolved on my part which needs to be brought to its culmination. Something, that is left unfinished. Something which needs urgent attention and action on my part.

The most surprising thing, though, is that I am completely unaware of what this something is. I have no clue on how to decipher this code behind this something. I am not able to even differentiate the very nature of this something, whether it is anxiety or whether it is restlessness.

Whatever the nature of this something might be, I need to get myself off the hook. I need to free myself from this thought process. And the best way to do so is to try some meditation or to get involved in some activity which interests me the most.

And here am I writing this article and guess what I have already started to feel much better having shared my state of mind with you guys out there.

Can I say that sharing and discussing things indeed helps us in getting rid of our anxieties and tensions? It indeed is a great technique and the very foundation of the same is based on a fact that a man or a woman is a social being.

So, the next time you feel like what I was feeling a little while ago, get yourself to pen down a few things. You can even try writing or talking to a friend and if you don’t find anyone at this time at night, then you know where to pour out everything that is going around in your mind .

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Kiss Miss ;)

In recent times, don’t know why, but I have developed a propensity of watching these chat shows in which they make the celebs sit on the hot seat and try to decipher each and every aspect of their lives.

In one such show that I happened to be watching a couple of days back, a very famous celeb, the heart throb of the girls of our nation, was at the receiving end of the intriguing queries that was being thrown at him.

And one such question that came up or would have come up in any case, the celeb being the person he is, especially when the interviewer happened to be a very charming and beautiful girl, was: what is the most weird thing that has happened to him while interacting with a girl?

As expected, the answer was a shocking revelation to many. The most weird thing that he had experienced while interacting with a girl was to find her staring at him amidst a kissing sequence that the duo seemed to be enjoying in the initmate ambience provided to them by the luxurious interiors of the girl’s room, when he happened to open his eyes while being involved in the activity.

Somehow, the statement makes me wonder about a hell lot of things about the very activity that he has described and the amazing emotions that form an integral part of this symbolic activity.

I am sure many around would have experienced the same thing as this celeb has, but have they ever wondered about the reasons behind the same? I am very sure and confident that you will be able to decipher the code sometime, hopefully, in this lifetime .

Is someone listening?

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Dream On in this Roller Coaster of Life

Life is very much like a Roller Coaster where one would have to go through both ups and

downs in one’s life. We do feel bad when we are on the receiving side of the same so as to make us really disappointed and shattered.

What is more important though is to bounce back from these setbacks. The people who are able to do just that are called successful in our society and the entire World bows down to the sheer resilience that they demonstrate while each time moving closer to their self chosen goals.

And one such person that I would want to tell you about is a fellow classmate from my

school who used to be average in studies and no one would have imagined at that time that he would make it so big in life so as to be sitting next to Mr. Shahrukh Khan in one of the award ceremonies being hosted by the Filmfare magazine.

To tell you a little about this guy, after passing out from school, he went on to do his

graduation from St. Xavier’s College in Kolkata (BA Hons). Mind you, he didn’t have the

luxury of attending any of the premier institutes of the likes of IITs or IIMs which ensure a

lucrative job offer immediately after passing out from the same. Yet, he has made it big today with his sheer ability and motivation that he very well managed to maintain all through.

The thing that differentiated him from others was that this guy had an ambition and a dream to make it big one day, which he made sure that he would pursue all through his life without worrying about all the criticisms that he faced during this journey. He made sure that he kept trying each time emerging stronger from his setbacks.

One might not be so good in studies, but each one of us develops a liking for something or

the other during one’s growing up years. It can be anything ranging from Sports to Music; or from Dance to Writing.

Whatever might be one’s area of interest; one should always have a belief in one’s

convictions and abilities and should try to pursue the same at any cost at the same time

believing that dreams do come true.

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The Snake & Ladder Game

I am sure that many of us might have played this game when we were young. Even now, it is not a bad pass time. And while playing this, how many times have we faltered at the last step on 99 from where the longest snake sends us back down to 2.

We do feel bad but since it is just a game and there is not much at stake, we don’t feel the same pinch as we would have otherwise. But when such a thing happens in real life it is pretty obvious that one will be shattered and broken by the consequences of not having achieved one’s goal which he or she might have been craving for years.

What is more important though is to bounce back from the same. What is more important is to ever remain positive and work even harder for the same. What is more important is to let your frustation out once and for all and move ahead with a new zeal.

The people who are able to do just that are the so called successful lot in our society and the whole world bows down to the sheer resilience that they demonstrate while each time moving closer to their self chosen goals.

From times immemorial, one thing that has remained constant is that the World salutes those who are able to overcome the adversaries in life and are able to emerge as winners.

So try and be a winner for I don’t think there is any other option but to keep working hard for the thing that you would so want to be yours.

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Birth Place Revisited

One might call it nostalgia, one might call it home coming, whatever might be the words used to describe it, the feeling of going back to the place where one was born is amazingly emotional and full of expectations.

The moment I stepped out of the train and started to walk on the platform, I could feel a connection with my surroundings. I didn’t know anyone there walking besides me, I had mostly forgotten all the routes and ways to reach different places, but one thing that was surely not missing was a deep sense of satisfaction and excitement.

I was scheduled to stay in a hotel right opposite the railway station. After checking in, I was blessed to get an opportunity to move around in the city. The extreme heat wasn’t enough to deter me from walking down the lanes of my very own city.

Later in the evening, I was scheduled to attend my cousin’s engagement and visit one of the most traditional houses in the city where I would get to see the local culture and get an opportunity to take a shot at the various delicacies.

Though the evening came to a climax earlier than I would have wished for, courtesy my scheduled departure that very night; I was more than enthralled to have gone through this enriching and fulfilling experience.

Have you ever wondered about the place where you come from? Isn’t it time to explore the very foundations that you were once an essential part of? Think about it .

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Parents: A Blessing in Disguise

Sometimes small things or small incidents in life can make you get closer to or can help you to decipher or better understand certain things in life which you would not have otherwise developed the art of deciphering the same.

And day before was one such small thing which I happened to watch on the idiot box. I was watching this episode of DID (Dance India Dance) that was being telecast on the Zee Tv.

After a stint of performances, walked in a child namedFaizal.Son of an auto rickshaw driver from Mumbai, this child seemed to be an epitome of truthfulness and purity. There was indeed something magical about his persona. A halo of innocence seemed to pervade all over the Tv screen and I sat there on a chair in my living room perplexed and amazed at what I was witnessing.

After his performance, the DID judges invited his father on the stage. Clad in a very simple shirt and pant, and a very humble guy himself, he went on to tell the judges how he can see all the dreams through his son’s eyes. How he would love to be a part of his son’s success and how he would leave no stone unturned when it came to doing things for his son so that he is able to accomplish all his dreams.

In all senses of the word, it was a very touching and an emotional moment and the love and the bond that the father-son duo shared was very much visible. Somehow it reminded me of my days when I was young and it reminded me how my parents made sure that I get the best of the best facilities in the World.

Without caring about their comforts, how they made sure that I received all the possible luxuries in life, at the same time giving me enough space and opportunity to develop my own thinking and opinions about various things and issues in life.

On one hand where there are children who do take good care of their parents when they get old, on the other hand there are some who tend to run away from their responsibilites towards their parents.

Is it because we are becoming too individualistic and selfish? For those who lie in the latter category, my advice to them would be:

“Think about the days when your parents gave their life away just because they wanted you to get all the happiness in the World. Think about the days when they would hold you for hours at night in their arms to make sure that you slept well. Think about the days when they would spent hours and hours with you to make sure that you wouldn’t feel left out and ignored when you were down and out.

Guys, first of all I don’t believe that you can return what you got from your parents because it is beyond our scope and ability to even do 1% of what they did. But the thing which you can do is to love them and give them all the respect in the World more than you would love and respect anyone else in life.

Make them feel important and wanted. Make them feel that they still play a very significant part in your life, even though they have got old. This is the least we can do. Trust me, there are very few other things which would make us so happy.”

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Work on Your Present

Have you ever wondered as to on how many occassions we tend to lament about our past and on our failures for which we can’t do any thing to bring about a change in the same or to make it better. Then, why the hell we are so bent upon doing so?

Is it because we are scared to accept what happened in the past or is it because we want to still hold onto it citing it as a reason for the failure that we are encountering in the present and an excuse for not so glad a future, as it is extremely easy to do so?

Whatever might be the reason, if someone does get caught up in this vicious circle of justification of his or her failure, he or she finds it really hard to move on in life and as a result it might result in depression or a loss in self-confidence.

The remedy lies in giving oneself a chance to move on. After all, to err is human, and if everyone was so perfect as to not committ a mistake ever, then life would become so much less challenging and boring.

What one needs to do is to take on life as it comes to him or her at the same time thinking about all the positives that resulted from doing something. For the critics and the people who draw great pleasure from someone’s failure, my only advice to them would be to look into their own selves.

At least the people who weren’t able to make through tried and they certainly deserve the credit for having the strength and belief in themselves which inspired them to give it a shot.

And for those who have faced it first hand, my only advice would be:

“Thinking about the Past is really funny and for future you need not worry. Instead what you can do is to focus on your present so that the future becomes really honey .”

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The Dynamics of Love

Long time back there was a guy who used to tell me about his girlfriend: “love her or ignore her but you can’t hate her”. That was a time when I used to be little aware of this emotion, as I had never been fortunate enough to be hit bythe Cupid.And the assertion made by my very dear friend went beyond my level of comprehension of the same.

But now times have changed. I am no more the same person I used to be and proportionately my thoughts and understanding of the same has evolved over time. Still, I feel that there is so much to decipher and at times I think whether it is at all possible to come out with a complete understanding of the much craved for emotion which we all call love.

Sometimes I come down to a conclusion that why am I even trying to understand it? After all, it is to be experienced rather than researched upon. And why the hell am I wasting my precious time in doing so, which brings us to a question as to why human mind is so curious? Why our mind wants to know more and more about things in life? Why can’t our mind remain at peace without really delving into the unknown?

And when it comes down to loving a person, why does our mind focus on the less obvious rather than accepting the obvious and moving on with it? Why do we have to question the very intention which led us to accept the same?

At the end of the day, the conclusion that I could draw was that there are some things which are not worth deliberating and thinking upon. Rather than investing our times in thinking about what and why’s of the emotion, we should instead focus on what’s in front of us and how we can move on from here to make our future brighter and more beautiful.

It is not often that my fiance agrees with me but I am sure she would want to agree with the last assertion that I have made above .

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The Big Bash

Yesterday night was one of those crazy nights which one would definitely not want to include in his or her collection of nights . And none would agree with me more than thethree musketeerswho shared the same with me and were a party to all the things that happened yesterday.

Not going into the details of the same, as I have been strictly instructed not to do so , the very fact that I got to experience such a thing is enough not only to put me right up there on Cloud 9 but also, on second thoughts, put me in that category which the whole world calls crazy people.

Thebig bashlasted till around 7 a.m. in the morning, after which none of us had the slightest of energy to do any thing other than to throw ourselves on the beds in our houses.

How often when you have lot of fun and when that phase ends, there is a feeling of emptiness or cavity that follows immediately after. Thankfully, there was no such thing that could trouble us all as we were too engrossed in constructing our dreams in the cosy ambience of our homes.

And as I write here, another friend is all set to lose his single status in a couple of hours. And guess what the three musketeers and me are all set to rock on once again .

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The Idea

When someone calls you up at 2 a.m in the morning, you wouldn’t think about not taking the call especially when that call happens to be from a very dear friend, thinking that it might be something important.

As anyone else would have done, I followed suit and answered “Hello! What happened?”. Expecting that I would be confronted with an issue of some sort which would require either patient listening on my part or would require me to get into action on an immediate basis, I was met with a surprise when my insomniac friend sounded really excited and pleased about the prospect of awonderful ideathat had occured to him just 5 minutes back.

The very nature of the idea had propelled him to take it out of his system even at 2′o clock at night and finding none, he was but forced to call me at the very hour and share his new innovative thought:

“Man! Think about it! How wonderful it would be if everyone would get 2 days off in a month? Why does everyone need to run after prosperity and growth even at times compromising one’s own health and leisure?”

I know, his wonderful idea could have waited till the next morning, but that’s not the point that I would want to emphasize here. The thing that I would want to talk about is the rat race that we all have got so used to in our lives and have forgotten the small yet happy moments that we used to share with our parents and grandparents before entering the arena of the ever evolving competitive World.

At the end of the day, who wouldn’t want to be rich and who wouldn’t want to live a king-size life, but in doing so we must all remember that on one hand where we are experiencing all the luxuries in life, on the other hand we are losing the few precious moments that we will ever get to share with our elders.

The decision is ours as to on which side of the table we would want to be. It is upto us on how we would want to lead our lives ensuring at the same time that a healthy balance is maintained between our personal and professional life, for in the end satisfaction and happiness is nothing but a by product of this very balance.

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