Shades of Being Alive

Years throughout my childhood, i have grown up listening to this phrase from my parents. As i grow up, i am understanding its real meaning. Last few days, i have had an encounter with this more than ever before. i found my habit which is born out of some form of ego, of not saying No. And result is i overburden myself. Layers and layers of such acts and then finally comes a state, when the bird inside me feels enough of it and then it struggles to break free. Break free from the cage of procrastination. And when the cage is broken, it affects relationships, both work and personal. Now, i can imagine one of the many reasons of red-tapism in the country. And how it is linked to this habit of not giving straight, honest answers. By the way, in our journey last few days, we had some intriguing experiences with NDMC and its bureaucracy. The hypocrisy. The bottle necks. The policies. The rules that keep gathering dust. The files that keep travelling to-and-fro between tabl...

Why do we need numbers to prove ourselves? Why do we need marks to tell us that a student is brilliant or not? Why is it achievements in competitions only considered achievements? Numbers, marks or competitions as far as I can think were just a tool to relatively consider various items in a space. Not to make conclusions that one is superior than the other. Probably to say by the given standard, various items may be placed relatively in a particular order. But now, it seems we are obsessed with them. Until we do not have our GDP growth rate falling, we do not know that this country need policy reform. A student must have marks to prove her/his mettle. A simple application of common sense can tell us what piles of analysis of numbers can't. Every child has a genius, but when looked with different perspectives, not forcing them to go through a rigid system like in a factory. It pains me when students catch inferiority complex because they do not get good ...