Kunjumon (a new pokemon)

I am making this generalization from the acute observation of workmen sitting in an isolated place..I'm quite sure all Indians will relate to this post...

                                 Out of all the pokémon there is one who is especially trustworthy and is frequently summoned by my father- Kunjumon. Kunjumon is seen without fail on our door every month with a plan of tearing apart some or the other part of the society and re-fixing it in the most annoyingly comical way. He walks up to the door swaying from side to side like a duck and prefers to shout instead of ringing the bell. He prefers to wear a faded yellow or orange colour shirt that never fails to contradict his complexion. Yet his shirt never fails to expose the treasure hidden under it which is somewhat gross. He always has a trademark key hanging down his pockets on the pant which he never fails to pull at least twice in a minutes conversation (because it is habitual or wearing a belt doesn't fit in the job description I don't know.)

He is a contractor to the very core of his personality and now has become a phenomenal subject of satire not only in my family but also among all relatives. I am intrigued by his approach towards every problem. "The door is broken" His reply "okay lets break down the whole front wall to make a new frame and make a new door" and therefore most of the planning work is usually done by my father(trust issues you know..)

Just a week ago our society's gate needed replacement. This wise person walks into the gate contract committee meeting like Afzalkhan walking up for taking the contract of killing Shivaji. This perfectly fits the description because his force of workmen had no more of an IQ than Afzalkhan's entire army, and the structure of our gate no less intricate than one of Shivaji's forts. The first thing that he did was dig up both sides of the road in such a way that no car could pass inside or go outside the society except if the watchman is awake and lays the thin ever breakable ply-board, ingeniously arranged by our very own Kunjumon is laid across the door. 

No concrete account of the matter was taken for the next four days till the plank gave away to the SUV carrying a kitty of 6 auntys (I will describe nothing about the payload inside the car so let us just blame it all on the weak plank) Only the first two tires stuck in the entrance of fort knox, it was extremely difficult to even get out of the car. This particular pokemon then went into hiding for the next day and only appeared today morning with a truck load of material. He confidently crashed the truck which was taking a reverse into the nearby mango tree and shouted out to his workers to make his presence felt. When asked he said that he had run out of money to build anything and was waiting for the society advance. When further questioned about the motive of hurrying with the digging of the road he simply flashed a smile and quoted the proverb "Do what you are going to do tomorrow -today and do what you are going to do today-right now"(in hindi) Society members finally steamed their desperate frustration in a nonchalant manner swearing to get back to him in the next meeting and went peacefully back to their houses(not).......

Love #2

It was drawing period and he was exited because she was going to sit on the bench before his for the class. This is the time before he ever meant anything to her. He hurried into the class as the teacher walked in. She was already there and was engrossed in drawing something in her sketch book. He sat down as the teacher started explaining how they had to make a market scene. He pretended to nod his head but all his attention was even the slightest movement or sound behind him. After a long half an hour the teacher asked the students to take out their sketchbooks. She stood up behind him and said,"Sir I forgot mine." He turned back astonished because he distinctly remembered the sketchbook on her table. She had to go out of the class.
He had never done this before but he mustered all the little courage he had in him and stood up saying that he too forgot his book. He walked out of the class finding her waiting on the other side of the door. They waited for the teacher to start speaking again before he whispered,"why?" She gave a sly smile and said,"because I wanted to show you something."
 He never had known such a person who knew him so well. Who had already predicted his reaction to hers, Who had known that he'd walk behind her even if that meant being punished.
"Are you going to keep blinking blankly or are you going to ask me what I wanted to show you?" He struggled to get some words out as she took out a crumpled piece of paper from her pocket. "But that's the paper from your art book!" he said. "Yes and maybe you'll see what's in here if you keep your voice down" she smiled as she said. He took the paper from her hand and looked at it. It was a boy and a girl sitting on a bench and there were all kinds of disney cartoons drawn behind them with disney world written in bold letter under their feet. "The cute girl looks like you..." It was his first compliment to any girl ever. She smiled,"not bad for a beginner, and yeah the boy in whose arms the girl is is you."
 "wh..what?" he stammered.
"what?..I am in love with your innocence..And you..maybe..I guess..Oh what the hell..I Love You"
This is the part where the girl blushes but he smiled shyly instead. He said,"I love you too"
And that's how the journey began
Just like Deadpool says, "Life is a series of train wrecks with brief only commercial like breaks of happiness." Well this was the moment where life showed up with a commercial of people distributing free chocolates

Losing for Success

When Arjuna was about to lose in a battle against Karna in Mahabharat, Karna became overconfident and said, “O brother, you can back off and run away if you are afraid of death, or defeat, or both….” On that came the best comeback punchline I have ever heard. Arjuna simply laughed and replied, “You fool, does a lion ever run away from a deer?” And in the end the lion-hearted Arjuna won the Battle and killed Karna. My point is, even in that day without the RADAR, or the Drone technology, a smaller army, only 5 brothers out of which only 3 fought. Why? Because they had lost…

Today I am going to talk, not about winning to be successful but I am going to talk about losing to be successful. Have you ever thought why is it said that losing is a stepping stone to success? Well because there is no Tar road towards it nor is there any steel staircase. There is just a bold mantra engraved on the stone like hearts of great persons not by a chisel but by erosion of the perennial river of sweat and blood.

Close your eyes for a minute and think about every single one of those moments where you have lost to somebody, now think whether the feeling would have been different if the person would have been different, now think if the feeling would have been different if the event in which you lost would have been different, would you still feel bad? Who all feel that they would feel bad whatsoever, however they lost?----------- Losing is good… and feeling bad about losing is even better. But feeling depressed about losing is bad. No loss is permanent unless it is of your own heart and soul. You all know the story of the spider who kept falling from the same stone again and again until he found a way to make his web, well..he was stupid, because he tried doing the same thing the same way again and again and in the end luck supported him. But Thomas Edison was the real brainy one, because he not only found one way to make a bulb but 1000 ways how not to! Those 1000 ways were his stepping stones. So the thing to remember is that there is no problem in losing, the question is whether you learn from your mistakes, or else it is just as if you are arranging round glossy stones on top of each other…You know they are going to fail you again.

There are many ways to fail-

1)      Not preparing for the test enough

2)      Not wanting to prepare for a test at all

3)      Not knowing there is a test

4)      Thinking that god can help you can crack it on the spot

5)      Thinking that you may get away without the test

Trust me, …. The last one is the most trusted option by procrastinators. The first 3 are common mistakes and can be committed almost all the time, but the fatal ones are the last three because then you are confident not on yourself but on an external superpower.

Well, you never plan to fail do you? But the reason why you still fail is that you fail to plan. If tomorrow an indian soldies goes to the border saying maybe ill succed then he will never return back alive, that’s why it is taught in the army that failing is not an option, but people makes mistakes all the time don’t they,what do we do in such conditions? We still learn. Therefore learning through faliures is not only based on our own losses but others losses too.

Most important thing for a failure to do is not to listen to anyone's advise but to listen to someones advise. Stick to that person and take off with your upward trajectory to success.

Finally I'd like to end with a final example from my favourite subject (math)- Imagine a rectangle and draw a diagonal to it. Take the left side to be the failure and the right side to be the success. In the beginning the length of failure is more and success is almost just point. As time increases the area of failure decreases and success increases. Finally the failure is almost just a point and success is the largest

Love

She was his life. He never admitted it though. He always thought he'd have more time. Innocent as he was, he thought twice even before holding her hand. She said she loved him to and he always wondered why. She was the most beautiful girl in the world and he was a nerd.
It was time of a school play. They both had decided to join the choir so that they could be together. He knew that he should talk more to her, give her more importance, but he didn't have the guts.The shed was filled with about fifty students as the teacher entered. The teacher played the keyboard as the beat started to play.
                   just a song...
                 to say i love you
He instantly turned towards her and she was already looking towards him. 'damn' he thought
              just a song..
               from my heart
             just a song..
             to say i need you
            truly i do...
The music played as she smiled at him and he felt that feeling which books often describe as the 'butterflies in stomach' feeling. He thought it would never be possible because there was no scientific explaination for it. But he felt it, strongly, as her gaze melted him and brought the most vulnerable smile on his face. His friends used to say that in their relationship the girl played the role of the boy and he acted like a total sissy girl. but he didn't care, partially because it was true. The teacher shouted in the mic, "It would be better if the students concentrate on singing the song as a little orphan boy singing for his lost parents and not Romeo to Juliet." Every one giggled as cute pink circles appeared on her cheek and his friends started punching him on his arms. Everyone suddenly became owls because that's what their hoots seemed like. (to be continued when I am not as depressed)