The Words with Wings

I've lived within a 30 km radius of the India Gate all my life but it was only recently that I finally got to see it. Now, open up your imagination and come on this journey with me! It all started when one of my office friends visited me in Gurgaon. Oh! And he had a scooty (trust me, that scooty is the star of this story). So, we sat and talked and soon, realized that the weather was nice outside, so we thought of going on a quick 5-minute scooty ride. We met after dinner, so had no intention of eating something. Now, we started and the cold air felt good on our faces, so we decided to extend this quick ride. I'm not sure what we were thinking at that moment but we decided to go and touch the Delhi airport and come back. This was about 30 minutes away from my place - felt doable and here starts the adventure. While on the highway, we started seeing some signboards with directions to the India Gate on them. We ignored it for a while but within the next 5 minutes, I was like ...

If we look at what course I've been studying for the past 3 years, then I sure am gonna be an engineer. But does getting a degree actually make me an engineer? I don't feel like the answer to that question would be yes. After all, what good is an engineer who can't answer questions related to his/her core branch of engineering (which is Electronics and Communication in my case)? In fact, I am someone who's not even fond of gadgets. Youngsters are obsessed with getting high-tech phones and laptops every now and then, just to stay up-to-date with technology. But I find this trend stupid because why do you have to waste money and buy new stuff, even though your previous one is working perfectly? Any tech-savvy person reading this would come up with a debate on why it's important to carry out those upgradations but that won't change the fact that I still find it useless.  Anyway, engineering is such a technical course that enhances a person's ability to dive dee...

 So, I have a hard drink or two when I am with my friends in college, occasionally. My parents know that and I can say that they are chill about this because my dad to drinks sometimes. But when it comes to having drinks with him, this is what happens: Me: Dad, can I have a drink too? It's been months now... Dad: Umm(with a lot of hesitation)… Yeah, sure! (He makes a drink with 20mL Vodka for me instead of 30mL and that's okay as long as I can get another drink.) After that drink, Me: Can I have one more please (puppy eyes)? Dad: No no! No need to drink all this. All this is not good for health. (While sipping his third drink...) This is the usual story, so I avoid drinking at home. But just last week, we went to dinner with some relatives. I was sitting alongside my mom and my dad and uncle were about to order their drinks. So, suddenly my mom turns to me and asks," Do you wanna have a drink too?" I was so damn shocked. I could not even the least imagine my mom offer...