Rationality Ruins Us

Sometimes life puts us in such a deep trance that we lose track of what is life and what is not. The life that we all lead, me, you and all of us maybe seems to be a fitting example of it. Why are we alive, why are we existent. I am sure that I wasn’t sent on this earth to create ads or an aspiring movie maker wasn’t sent to make movies. How important are the things we do? The answer is not at all, if you think of it. We were sent with the best people on the planet, mom and dad , most of us found love in some form or the other but we keep running and running to find the “so called best things “ which even we don’t know about. We keep running madly in this rat race. Trying to win, to achieve, to strive but for what?? You have the best things, your body, your soul, your life, your parents and your loved ones than why is it that we can’t stop running?? Why is it that we choose to be a rat when we were sent as humans? Is this what we are all alive to do? Is this our purpose of existence, this is a question no one has been able to find the correct answer to. Some may proclaim that they have the answer and that their work is their existence but think about it? Is it really so? Are we doing the right thing by being the mad-men and women we are or should our priorities in life be different and the approach is to experience as many things as we can?

Sometimes I feel I cut through these shackles and just let go free , roam ,wander and experience but again my rationality gets hold of me and says so how is that going to help you ?what about those people you said matter and are an integral part of your life ? Where did they go now? And once again I am left speechless, with no answer, brain trying to understand the ulterior purpose. Rationality trying to shift my focus to my and your presumption of reality, “the brain proclaimed reality”. I suppose that the reason to this rat race, this running blindly after other blind man business is because we haven’t seen the light.

Once our lives see the light of knowledge, of the answer to these complex problems, all our miseries shall drown and life would not be what it is. Maybe it would just shift back a hundred years because maybe life was supposed to be like that. I want you to think, to understand, to consciously think about what we are doing. I know there is nothing I am going to do about it and there is not much I can do but Yeah, maybe this article hopes to find its way into a new path in your life. A path where you pick what your priorities are and for once not listen to the rationality but are true to your heart and soul and your purpose of existence.

It’s about that moment when you decide that a person or that moment is more precious than the fickle deceiving lives we lead. When you choose your loved ones, the things that matter to you over the one’s you shouldn’t. If that happens than unlike the question I posed. The purpose of writing this article is achieved and it shall find its happy ending right there.

A fellow human being killed by rationality.

Rationality ruins us.

Chintan Buch

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

There is one person who loves you unconditionally, who will always be with you, who can be your biggest strength and at the same time has the potential to be your biggest weakness. That person is no one else but you. Yes, you can help yourself, it is true!

What many of us lack today is the belief in ourselves, many a times we feel that there are things we cannot do. This is something I cannot do! Whom are we fooling?? We are just trying to fool ourselves! Yes, it may not be the easiest thing to do. There may be many stones in our path. We might need to stand up against ourselves perhaps against near and dear ones or others too but if there is something we truly believe in ,we should give in our hundred per cent towards our dreams. We can do it!


Often it is not just about the dreams that such pessimism comes to our minds, it is about the things we do daily. Once that fear of failure comes in your mind, getting over it is one of the most difficult things to do. People say I am scared of heights, of ghosts or from dingy creatures but research and statistics have proven that the biggest fear that lurks the minds of millions across the globe is the fear of failure. This is what should not be the case as “achievers and brave people are not the ones who do not have fears but they are the ones who overcome those fears”. The moment you conquer a fear, you don’t just conquer that fear but you become a stronger person and add to your self- belief. Self belief is something that is present in each and everyone , often in life it may get deranged but it is in our best interest to get the optimism and re-instill that belief within us that yes, we can do it.Remeber “you can , If you think you can! “.

It is your best friend because when you have self belief even the most difficult task will start to seem to be simpler for you and if not simpler at least you will be positive about your potential to do it but the moment you lose it, it will become your biggest foe by hindering you to do even the simplest of tasks which you are otherwise capable of doing.

We have been blessed with a healthy body and a mind; we have all the ingredients that are required to lead a life that is zestful. Now it is up to us to blend those ingredients we possess and get ourselves what we truly deserve. You are who you think you are thus, have faith in yourself and set out to achieve those things you think you truly deserve, there is no reason why you should not be able to achieve them!

Here‘s hoping that you will learn to trust, have faith and belief in yourself and all these will be your biggest assets and tools to polish the diamond – “life”.


Chintan C Buch

Droplets from Heaven

Droplets from Heaven

Out of the windowpane I watch below,
The sun has stopped smiling,
The sky has lost its glow.
Moist winds strike in the face as they blow.

Tears of happiness fall from the sky, calm and slow.
Thirsty were the beasts, the trees were hollow,
But now it's lush green all over; the lakes and rivers flow.

The green velvety carpet adorns
The plains, mountains high, and valleys low.
The sky has the look of newlywed bride,
As the rainbow shines in heaven with pride.

All I can say
Is that happiness prevails all around
When the heavens sparkle and scatter
The droplets on the ground.

Chintan Chaitanya Buch

Moments

I wrote this poem for my college magazine but never published it .. well , I will share it with you guys, hope you like it ..

Moments

Pleasures, sorrows, tears and joy,

College life’s a package, come take it my boy.

All the time we’ve spent is soon to fade

Reality strikes, there’s self to be made;

Those conversations with friends till the strike of the dawn,

Sipping of coffee after every yawn.

Those painful submissions till wee hours of night,

Those smiles, jokes and all those stupid fights.

Buying of books with just a month to go,

Even then managing to put up a good show;

Dedication sincerity in every game,

After all it’s about college’s pride and honour,

Name and Fame.

College has helped us in more ways than one,

Tried us, tested us, catapulting us towards perfection.

Here we’ve seen the highest highs and the lowest lows,

Times running out the groping fear grows.

Have served it like a priest taking care of the shrine.

Yes, this is my college, this college is mine!

These moments can be forgotten never,

In my heart they reside, forever and ever.

Chintan Buch

Poetry

Hmmmm .. is the word which I frequently use as a filler while I am thinking or before I am about to say something and right now I was thinking as to how should I introduce what I want to post in this particular blog . So , basically the thing is that I do little poetry when I am in the mood to write and there are a few poems I have written. I will share one of them with you today and gradually over the days try to write some more and hopefully get better with time. Here it goes...

That face

That face which resides in my heart
Bright and shimmering, lovely and smart.
Those eyes which glance through my life,
Azure angelic, cut through me like a knife.
That smile that glitters in my thoughts,
Pushes me to survive all the odds.
That look which gets me blank in the mind,
She can see it, then why does she react as if she is blind.
This emotion called love, its too much pain.
However how much you feel it's all in vain.
Life's a cloth and love's a stain,
Love is a grinder, life is the grain.
I know this emotion is true; it's not a craze,
Its life, it's not just a phase.
Who'll explain to her that I am the one,
Who'll die for her, live for her, through bad times and fun.
Her eyes, her smile, that face is tough to face,
Now I am on my knees and it's a disgrace.
That face that resides in my heart,
Bright and shimmering, lovely and smart.

Chintan Chaitanya Buch

New Life Begins ..

Finally , time to kick the laziness which prevents me from doing anything which is useful apart from what I am required to do at college.Smack !! Thud !!

There ,I just knocked it off and shall proceed to write the blog which will state what I have been doing all these days.

Joined the new college in Pune,its a fun city . the life at college is chilled out and not as tough as I thought it would be . This is the first time I am experiencing the hostel life and trust me it is fun.The very first time I am outside on my own , away from my city but thanks to my parent who have been really liberal and given me all the freedom while I was here at baroda, I do not feel any drastic change and feel that I am living with the same ease and comfort over there as I as a person have always been independent.I am a person to whom choices are confusing but have a strong sense of what I do not want . I may be confused in what I want but in what I do not want I am very clear . Not getting into a mediocre college was one of the things I was clear about.Symbiosis , the place I study at is a known brand in the country and is recognized internationally which gives a sense of pride when asked about where are you studying ?? the feeling I never got to experience after school because the college I did my graduation from was always in the news but for the wrong reasons . Would not want to get into details of that as of now.

So this place I am studying at is on a hilltop , a very serene beautiful place to study .If you wish you can absorb the visuals for a long time and not get bored of it . although many seniors say that you shall soon get bored of seeing the mountains and the valleys and the clouds passing through the campus .I do not think that it is going to be the same case with me as I am a person who wouldn't acknowledge the beauty of this place all the time but yes , in evening when I am by myself sipping on hot tea or coffee, I do not miss a chance to appreciate it and store those moments in my memory captured by the camera I carry all the time , my Eyes.

The exposure to media is amazing which rightly justifies it being one of the best institutions , cant say the same about academics and placements but hey nothing much to complaint about too. Eventually when life provides you with salt, pepper and spices ,it is eventually you who has to go about find your eggs and prepare omelette's using your skill.Lot of opportunities coming my way over there which I do not wish to write about but I hope to make the most of them.

I do not realize how the time is flying as the first semester is about to get over soon.wow !!!

life moves at such a fast pace that tomorrow I shall be on my deathbed saying the same words !!! I have realized that when you have the things going in your favor, the time seems to move swiftly which obviously is a positive sign.There is so much I want to write about.for example the people there , the things we study , I wish I had started much earlier like my dad advised and quoted what the famous and the inspirational people who have visited the campus ,I want to write about all the parties we hold,all the pranks we do.. but well will take up each and every one individually as if I try writing everything here , it will be a never ending blog.

more later hopefully, wishing that I do write soon :)

chintan

weekends !!

Hello everyone reading this ,
well people , its weekend time and today is the lazy sunday morning , afternoon to be more precise now after checking with the watch.Just had a nice chat with my cousin back in guwhati and news of the century is that he booked his flight ticket for a cheap 3500, I was expecting him to add one more zero to it so that I may feel good about I having to shell out 7000 everytime I would wish to travel to baroda but no, I was to be deprived of that joy too.Gosh, anyways yesterday was a saturday , which you might have figured since I told you its a sunday today !! hahaha .. not too smart of you to think you are smart , was it ?
so our friend was supposed to leave for mumbai yesterday night ( I have been careful about what to call it, haven't I ? just incase the political parties read this blog :) ).So all of us had gone over to her place and were just talking and clicking pictures.She has lovely pets, I shall put up a few pictures if possible :D.Later on, I had a chance to see the second half of the CSK-DC match sitting on a leather recliner in 22 degree C,what a bliss in this temperature,so I did that followed by 15 minutes of some show called truth love cash,where the task was so dumb, hahaha, straps were tied to the male members of the team at the position which would lead to their future generations and the girls were supposed to pull the ropes attached to it and run as far away from the pole where the male members were tied as possible and whoever goes the farthest wins.I donot know what gives reality show scripters such ideas but believe me ,it did look painful and guess what , as I expected, the girls were loving it and giggling, of course they would man, after all , unka kya jaata hain, hamare bhavishya ka unko kya lena dena,nor are they expected to understand the pain and the torture which we(guys) can understand the participants must be feeling.Gosh, so much at stake for some amount of money and fame.luckily no one was seriously hurt.The evening concluded with a brief stint at TCR-the chocolate room.We had some yummy snacks and people were chit-chatting while I was hoping that dada(ganguly) doesn't get out staring at the LCD screen.Most part of the day after that was usual,with match and some biryani for dinner apart from my friend calling me up disturbed and telling me about some guy troubling her with some annoying messages since a long time so , I was like give me his number and then made a sweet and a pleasant call flowering and subjecting the guy with some nice adjectives and things should be fine now onwards, I guess.Wow,I go into so many details, I am sure people are not at all interested about them but well guess what "ITS MY BLOG :P" so you are going to face the music.
Anyways , so today is sunday,I am blogging and killing time on the internet.I plan to kill some more time after which I shall watch IPL and then get my lazy bum out of the house sometime in the evening. By the way , I had bought tickets for mom-dad for the movie prince before I had seen it so they are going to have a ball watching it tonight but they will try to sell the tickets off ,if possible they say :) .Now, enough for today,more soon.All of you , take care and have a safe weekend.bye for now.
chintan