AN ACT OF LIFE

Shakespeare had once said, "The world is a stage and we are all actors!"

Well, it took me 22 years to conform to this fact!

Yes, we are all actors. And we all have important roles to play. One miss of the cue, and all the dominoes fall the other way!

Confused? Let me explain.

Lets start with a simple example from your childhood.

You go to a nice, reputed school. You are a naive kid and get easily influenced. Lets add, you are bad at Maths! Yes, that completes the character.

Enter: A horrible Maths teacher.

ACT: Your knowledge of the subject goes from bad to worse.

Enter: Another naive, simple girl.

ACT: Blossoming of a lifelong friendship.

Enter: A boy in his early teens, eager to dive into manhood.

ACT: The first break-up!

At the end of these acts, you are a new person! You do not get easily influenced, naive was a thing of the past and Maths goes to worse!

We are the lead roles in our lives and on our stage. But on someone else's stage, you are sometimes a background dancer, an extra, somebody assigned on prop duty or just a piece of furniture to fit into the scene!

And problems arise when we consider ourselves too important to be always in the lead role! But the truth is, it was never yours to begin with! In someone else's life, we are only a part of the supporting cast. Look at yourself! Dont you have a bunch of non-essentials hanging around you? You never asked them to step down the stage because they are needed to only complete the look of the scene! 

There are people whom you give permanent roles. To some, you give the authority to move in and out. To some, you give the authority to help you run the show! And for some, you have confiscated their passes into the theatre!

You are the director, the producer, of this magnificent performance. And nobody can take that away from you!

In your part-time, do enjoy being a part of someone else's script! 

CUT!

We, the youth!

We have been hearing about how the “youth” are essentially the building blocks of a nation. They should come up and take up responsibilities!

I always wondered one thing though… Who was exactly this youth? A 20 yr old (8hrs sleep, 8hrs college, 8hrs “relaxation”) or a 35yr old (5hrs sleep, 18 hrs on the job, a scraped in hour of relaxation).

I still have my doubts about the section of society that has been classified as youth. Today, when the Union budget is being announced, we discuss how much amount extra we are going to pay in Dominos over a billing of Rs. 500!

I belong to the same class! With a lot of plans and a lot energy to vent out. But I have no clue whom to approach! How to about being an “active citizen” of the country… And I don’t find any motivation around me to be one.

The youth today has learned a few things very fairly – This is our last year at college, let’s have fun! This is our first time at this restaurant, let’s try something new! This is our best friend’s birthday, let’s meet up and plan the surprise!

I had always aspired to be “the youngest” at something… But have failed to do so!

I wish our society had a structure where we could allocate a fixed amount of time to doing something that needs our valid contribution. Imagine the free time from all of us put together, to sum up a zillion hours! Will we still be complaining about the democracy in the nation or the “unfit” corrupt politicians?

One thing I have learned, when you don’t like something, stand up and take up the responsibility!