It was a beautiful evening in the city of York in England. Sitting right beside the river Ouse, while having few fags along with freshly brewed local beers , Sam said, “ Tarun , Its all about perceptions !” .. ..... no wait , he didn't say Tarun ( as usual you rarely hear your name while talking to him). He just said “its all about perceptions! “. Yeah!!! You can expect a sudden dose of knowledge from him suddenly out of nowhere, hahaaha.
My mouth was filled with beer, I gulped it down suddenly and howl , what the f*** is this Sam, you should warn before showering knowledgeable quotes , what if I would have fallen into the river out of fear , I didnt expect it at that moment when my tongue was trying hard to find out all the flavours of the beers which were mentioned on the menu we ordered it from......and my mind was working hard to find out which is more cool?, The riverside breeze ; The beer or Our company? {Hasn’t that been all about the companionship! Day in and day out... things keep happening and you don’t notice it.. and as things happen, just out of nowhere... it’s the unpredictability of life that makes it intriguing}
Then the humiliating session starts, Sam keeps on crushing my view that “ I don’t care what people think about me, I ll do whatever I want , in whatever way I want it to be”. The lecture goes like this------- > U r right, do whatever u want , but people don’t look what you are in real, its only the image you portray to them , which they believe on. If you don’t look serious, if you don’t mean business , u will not be taken seriously. ( hmm that was really heavy discussion hehe). But all this while my brain was behaving like a nuclear reactor , where protons and neutrons of thoughts keep going on colliding with each other. Thoughts like “ is it like that ?; or its not like that ; was I right all these years just being myself?; should I start meaning just business; and blab la blab la bla” But finally horses of my mind reached a conclusion, which even though I wanted to express but didn’t and just kept it to myself. It was
Of two Brothers one is always the watcher, one the dancer. Bhai let me be the dancer because its my age to be and you be the watcher , and after few years I am gonna be a watcher and someone else gonna be the dancer. And as far as meaning business is concerned , I will........................................ Right now to hell with perceptions but I will think about it....
We are who we are, but the world has a perspective on watching us as who they want us to be. We can't change their perspective and they can't change ours. There is always going to be a gap and the only way to bridge it with a bottle of wine :P
ReplyDeleteu gave the concept of dancer n watcher... yeah things are always relative.....perceptions changes as u change your frame..
ReplyDeleteI believe originality should be kept intact. It should not be touched but in today's bad bad corporate world, the diplomacy of portraying oneself is politically true. Whats the point in making people perceive about yourself, how does it matter to you, why are you bothered what people think about yourself? to hell with other's perception, enjoy by doing whatever you feel like and say " aey ganpat chal daru la"
ReplyDeleteNice Try... Its all about perceptions.... but finally its all about who u r that matters to those who value u and ur thoughts.... rest all are perceptions... and who cares about wot others say....baki badnaam hoge to tumara b kuch naam hoga...
ReplyDeleteInteresting read...You lose your identity when you start playing to the gallery.. Nothing's more important than one's identity! But then what's the point if one's perceived otherwise?
ReplyDeleteI like the way you wrote it Tarun, but I honestly don't understand the meaning you implied :(
ReplyDeletecatty - even i dont understand it :P
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