Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying

As I took an day off from work and sat down to ponder upon the workings of my daily life, a strange feeling crept on me. I think it was part my existential angst and part all the tension that has built up following the app process. I felt the need to do something, shout out from the roof tops or take a hike to some mountain. It felt as if the days were moving very slow and somehow I had no clue how I arrived here.

As i reminisced about work i felt a queer sense of joy, the days when i was a ravaged maniac, trying to squeeze out minutes from every possible thing i did. In my current assignment things are smooth, no hectic schedules to keep up with or arguments over the right approach. Don't mistake me for one of those people who work all the time. I enjoy my free time as much if not more than the person next to me but when i am at work i like to work like there is no tomorrow or yesterday. As a matter of fact, when many of my friends who told me the days they lazed out at work, i thought wow that would be entertaining. How wrong was that notion?

Two years have gone by since i started working. Have these two years been great? You bet on it, they have been some of the best times. Still, i have no clue what i would be doing for the next 10 minutes, given the freedom from the society and culture. Probably i might take to travelling or music, but mostly i would be writing all the while. As i sat through and pondered i could only remember those famous words by andy from shawshank - "It comes down to a choice really. Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying"

The maharashtra elections last

This series of election last was abysmal for Indian politics. As I took the a swig at the morning coffee and switched on the news. I saw the blaring results at first. Not to say the least, I was disappointed. yet another loss for BJP. I could not fathom the levels the party had sunk to, from being a united front under vajpayee which ruled the country successfully for 5 years, first apart from the congress to do so.

What ensued after the election results was even more appalling. There was a hue and cry about the politicians buying their time on the telly and promoting themselves through the channels. Amazing to notice, it was the media which brought this to light. Now I may want to argue, this is probably a channel which did not get its fair share of the pie.

Leaving that discussion again for another day. The thing that astonished me the most, or probably what irked me enough to want to either nuke the politicians or vent myself here, is this "None of this, as some editors point out, is new. However, the scale is new and stunning." This from an article in the Hindu. If nothing ever upset me about Indian politics and media, this would.What do yo mean by none of this is new? You knew that politicians were lying and deceiving before and never brought that to light? If it was upto me i would have those editors flogged and fined and flogged again. The politicians, not to spare them any embarrassment, have the editors flog these guys in turn.

Dear god man, if this was my source of information on the politicians, how would i ever trust it and go in to vote. If my image of the indian politics was that of a whore house this event surpassed all imaginations. Integrity seems to be a lost virtue in todays politics.

Rahman at it again

The amazing AR Rahman composed and produced the couples retreat soundtrack

http://www.couplesretreatsoundtrack.com/