POWER CUTS…

Off late, things are being planned according to the time of power cuts! Yes, with the increase in power cuts, EVERYTHING, right from cooking to doing projects… are planned as per the scheduled time of power cuts. Any change in the time of power cut, and our entire day is ruined! But there is no point in panicking since Generators and U.P.S are used to have power even during the cuts.

I remember the days when “Candles” were used to get some light in the darkness. Blissful time, indeed. It used to be so much fun sitting around the candles and playing games or listening to stories from my Grandmother. The buzz of the mosquitoes never bothered us since the fun we had in those ‘dark’ times were great! Memorable!! My Grandmother used to pray to God and ask Him to give us power soon… listening to ghost stories was another level of thrill. Playing hide and seek was the ultimate level of fun, finding everyone in that darkness was a heroic act! Power cuts were considered “family time”. Everyone actually sat down together and shared stories, and talked about things that we would cherish or learn from. Well, power cuts were found irritating only during Cricket Matches though! My mother would manage to cook a great dinner with the help of a candle only. Every house would find their quality time in this break. Playing cards or ‘Snakes and Ladders’ was so fun and interesting when the entire family played with you!

Nowadays, everyone is so busy with their work and with the coming of U.P.S or Generators; the quality time needed is long gone. If power goes, people just stare at each other for the power to come in the “U.P.S mode” and everyone would get back to their work. One good thing is that, even the U.P.S runs out of charge once in a while, so people eventually look away from their laptops or work and start talking! And yes, everyone has also become systematic due to the scheduled power cuts. Every minute detail of the day is planned according to the availability of power… I too am writing this before the power goes. The “Save” option is my hero now! 

Yes, the U.P.S is a luxury and has made our days easier. But, I really miss those “pre-U.P.S” days. Days like them would never come back. The joy of blowing out the candle would never be the same than checking if the power has come or no, by seeing the color of charge in the U.P.S.

CROSS ROADS

People say, “Listen to your heart when confused.”  Well my heart is kind of singing a remix song, all choices coming up at the same time.

I’m standing in such a place in my life where I have to choose between 2 right decisions! It’s the end of my U.G. life and I have to decide ‘what’s next’? I thought I would get placed by the end of my final exams and be working for about a year or 2 and then pursue P.G.

Well, life is all about expecting the unexpected! I didn’t get placed... at all... as there were no proper placements! Disappointed, I turned to pursue P.G...  I cannot decide as to what to do. I want to work so badly since I want my father to finally sit and relax. It’s high time he sits back and enjoys the cricket matches and movies.Coming back to my P.G., I don’t know from where all of a sudden everyone is telling me to do mass communication. Literally everyone! From my sister to my teachers to my friends, they say they’re surely going to see me as a journalist. On the other hand there are people telling me to do something in commerce only, since I have been learning it with great difficulty for 5 years… I have absolute no clue as to what I’m going to do. I see people around me filling up forms, I’m happy that they’re sure about what they are doing, unlike me.I’m scared for the very first time in my life… scared whether I’ll be something in life, scared that whatever I’ll be doing will give me happiness and satisfaction. I got so scared that I wrote this at 2 in the morning…I stand in the cross roads of my life not knowing where to turn, I pray to god to give me a job because that’s the ONLY thing I’m sure about. It aches within me to see my father work so hard even now.

All this reminds me of Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” poem!

Let’s see where life takes me…  

Will let you know sooooon…. Hope for the best!