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| Jack and his daily thoughts! |
HE returns home from office, after completing his nine-to-five daily job & calls to The Ladyship
'Hey Hon, I am home' .. No response, as usual to his first call.
'Hon, I am home, where are you?', emphasizing his presence this time.
The Lady responds, 'Up here in the Kitchen'
Drawing himself up to the kitchen, he meets the Lady, embraces her from behind and plants a gentle kiss on her shoulder.
In a cheerful tone, she uttered,
'Jack, you know, at this time of the day, I am always in the kitchen, by now you should know where to find me'
'Anyways, how was your day?'
'Yeah, good, same as always, nothing exciting, The boss had this meeting..' sensing weariness in the response she cuts him in middle,
'Never mind, you were right not exciting;
On the contrary I have some exciting news!'
Lemme guess, 'You pregnant?'
'No baba, I had that "thing" 3 days ago...'
Hurriedly, she continues with her saga..
'Kiku Sarda, the comedian, has been put behind bars, for mimicking some self proclaimed GodMan, how pathetic it could be?, you also write comic and satire, better beware!'
'Also do you know, Priya Malik from Bigg Boss 9 was eliminated, but I would tell that Bigg Boss this season is...'
'Uh Huh', Jack responds and slowly descends away from the kitchen to the living room,
Thinking about his humdrum life,
'Get up at 6, take shower, get ready, reach office by 7:30.
Go through the same turmoil in office over and over again, end the day by 5;
Come home, stare at laptop and phone for hours and hours together,
Dine at 9, Sleep by 10.
Despite having so much spare time time, main Kuch Nahi karta, nothing productive'
This is not the first time this thought has crossed his mind, he says thinks about it everyday..
He could still hear The Lady murmuring about Bigg Boss.
But Today, he was determined,
Stationed himself on the chaise lounge, grabbed his laptop, launches browser and impetuously starts typing 'F.a.c.e.____'
Guess what?
He inadvertently enters the rabbit hole of Facebook.
Spends good amount of time there and totally forgets about the purpose why he grabbed the laptop.
Snapped back from his fairy tale of Facebook by The Lady. 'Here Hon, Garma garam masala chaai' and concludes the story, 'Don't you agree that this season of Bigg Boss was dull ?'
Nodding, Jack carefully takes the cup and mumbled,
'Ye Facebook aur Priya Malik ke nakhre, mujhe aage nahi badhne degi'
[In other context, this could have been a kernel of another Mahabharata episode, but The Lady was too engrossed with her story]
Sipping his masala chai, he thinks, 'Seriously yaar kuch toh karna padega.'
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Please don't mistake Jack as meagre.
He has spent good 8 years in IT industry and earns heftily.
"Bhagwaan ka diya sab kuch hai hamare paas.." dialogue from Welcome movie fits aptly to Jack's family.
It is just, that he has a lot of spare time and is desperate to utilize it in a constructive manner.
Pulling his beard while he ransacked his muddled brains for some means of escape from this horrible thought..
"Tinggg" heard a message on his phone from one of his friend DK,
His eyes grew wider, as message read as 'Bhai, kuch socho , khaali baith k bore ho gaye hai'.
It could be mere coincidence, but was sufficient enough to temporarily ease his thoughts.
Unwinding a little bit, Jack thought he was not the only one going through this, here was another his colleague, a friend working in the same industry with same experience having the same feeling.
Taking a deep relieving breath, he said to himself 'Yay! I am not the only one!'
Immediately decides to talk to his close aides, Rajesh, Savy, Kapse, Ritesh, Alok, Ashwin, Bipin to understand more..
Almost everyone had the same feeling and reaction;
'Yaar kuch nahi kar rahe, Life has become stagnant' some suggested 'charity', some 'marketing', while some 'Chodon yaar aise hi sahi hai..'
Everyone is sailing in the same boat of saturation. Its that era where most folks feel the pinch of stagnancy.
Don't know whom to blame, ourselves, the age, or the predetermined daily drills ruled by our Industry!
Hearing all the chitter chatter, The Lady walks up to the living room, sank herself into the armchair beside the lounge.
Cleared her throat and said..
'Hon do you know, there are parents, very old parents who carry the burden of
their capable children throughout their entire lifespan, hoping one day their children
will understand and take their own responsibility.
Poor parents fail to understand that their children are pre-occupied with worldly
whims and fancies.
There are people who, despite having all the resources, choose not to capitalize on
them. These are the ppl who come under category one -
Beta kuch kar lo, Zindagi ban jaaygi - They deal with different kind of pressure.
Then on the other hand, there are folks like you; qualified, well established,
well settled..
But then, want to break the shackles of the mundane life.
Always trying something or other, Innovating, which is necessary to keep the
spice going.
Point to note, there is a very thin line, between trying and trying too hard;
Setting personal milestone and competing with yourself is a good way to track
progress, but it becomes real tricky when they start pushing too hard and
start blaming themselves.
They come under category two - 'Main Kuch nahi karta!'
You see; Logo ko aksar kuch karne ka Pressure hota hai, lekin..
Aap logon ko kuch नही karne ka मान्सिक Pressure हैं ".
What this does is, it makes you victim of 3 C's.
You Crib, Cry and eventually are Confined to the trap of negativity.
Jack was still wondering, where did all these come from -
Kuch नही karne ka मान्सिक Pressure .
'Now Hon, Stop pulling your beard, its dinner time, I have prepared bitter gourd' - she chuckled at the astonishment drawn on his face.
'Bitter gourd Arrrggggg!,
Geez, its another kind of pressure I have to deal with now.. ' - Jack burst out with laughter.
