Dawn with the Lamp Shade

There is just too much negativity in the surroundings. The rupee fell from the top of Antilla and has entered the phase of dying a slow death, petrol price having an inverse relationship with the rupee, shot up, corrupt politicians dancing to the tunes of “Pungi Bajakar” as their Parliament sessions came to a close was well shielded by IPL, cronies of them crying that every IPL match is fixed and still watch them anyway, torrents banned in the country, AI pilots still on strike, KF Airlines would have recovered had he increased the price of a pint by Re. 1, mining regulatory problems continue, 2G-3G-4G fiascos are falling apart like a Parle-G dipped in hot tea and various other issues that come under the “C” class issues of Pareto Analysis. Flicking the essence from Animal Farm and a slight modifying suits well for our country – “In this country, everyone is equal, but just that some are more equal”. Amidst all these, people dream.

There is a lot of hostility around us. Everyone is ignored by everyone yet conveying the fact to everyone that everyone is ignored by everyone. We don’t respect our fellow citizens. No one smiles, no one cares and no one laughs. Suddenly it seems as if people have forgotten the basics of life. There is nothing called courtesy, while yelling is the newest form of communication. How about an App for that too?? How simple life would have been, if only people used all the smileys that they use in text messages and chats in real life?

One learned person said that we need to learn to handle ambiguities and uncertainties. But the real challenge here is, what is ambiguous today may not be ambiguous tomorrow, but may be ambiguous the day after. The situation that we deal here is uncertainty in ambiguity. A few years before, we could ascertain if we are in an ambiguous situation or not, but now we are uncertain about ambiguity and are caught in the web. That web was created by ourselves and the easiest way out that we have designed is to blame others. Our problems have evolved over time and have become more robust, but not our solutions – we still blame others.

This is a country with varied problems, but a varied history too. We have weathered changes and have come a long way forward. Dictatorship will not prevail here and what we see right now won’t last long. Things will change and let us be the change. To survive in a hostile environment and handle the situation without getting angry or frustrated is the greatest challenge that an ordinary man with extraordinary dreams face.