The Words with Wings

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...

 I've started watching the show "Gossip Girl" recently, which is about rich children and their families. They have these crazy messed up lives, changing (and sometimes even exchanging them) among friends and enemies. Indians like us cannot relate to this philosophy because even if you end up being that rich, the societal norms here don't make these situations possible.  Now, if you're wondering why do I still watch it if I can't even relate to them, it is because this show seems like a perfect example of "Embracing the mess". Their lives are massively entangled but they still take out time to be happy and to introspect and bring about necessary changes. I can't help but think that if they can put up with all their shambles and still have fun, why can't we do the same? At the other times, it makes me realize that they need hookups and new partners to enjoy life, while just the funny taste of blueberry shake makes my day. Maybe it's not tha...

Painting is one of my many hobbies and painting on a canvas seems like a privilege and you'll get to know why soon. A white canvas has immense opportunities. It depends on your mood and will as to what you want to do with that blank canvas. You can use any medium and any art style to portray just any idea in the world. Seeing a blank canvas gives me hope and possibly the power of having control that at that moment, it depends on me what I choose to bring to that canvas. Life is seldom under our control and doing things that make us feel that control again, even if it's for a short time, gives us strength and hope that things always turn out to be beautiful in the end. When you come to think of it, aren't our lives similar to blank canvasses? We don't know what's ahead of us, yet we aim to achieve it. School students are aiming for the top universities, even though they don't even know what the course of study may be like there. University students are working so...

 Don't all of us feel this at some point in time or other? But what does this even mean? How do we know that we are the person that we are losing? Is losing yourself all good or all bad? These are some of the many questions that I had been thinking about recently. I would like to present my perspective on these. You may have a feeling of "losing yourself" when you experience a change in your lifestyle: maybe you have stopped focussing on your hobbies, simply because you don't have enough time while juggling work and/or studies. But it is at this time that you need to figure out either the reason that is affecting you so much or a way to not turn that change into a habit.  I can't say if losing yourself is all good or bad, but I think it may be important because losing ourselves made us grow into who we are today. But if you ever realize that you are losing yourself, ask this question, "Do I want to become the person that I'm becoming?" This will answ...

 So my friend sent me a post that read as follows: "Life doesn't start after the obstacles; Life is the obstacles." This made me wonder what if I don't always want to live through those obstacles? Maybe sometimes I just need some time to re-energize to face those obstacles confidently. I know people say that you become a better person after each problem in life, and I believe so too, but can't life give us a little break sometimes? I'm always up for risks but can we also normalize taking out time for ourselves? I know everyone has this goal, which may be earning money for most of us and bringing about a change in the world for others, in their minds, even though they might not be aware of what path to take to follow those goals. And you realize this, more so, when you are about to enter the last year of your graduation. You see people getting interned and placed and the companies but you also see those like you who don't have it all figured out or the ones...

 Isn't that who all of us need sometimes-Just a Good Listener? Take a minute to ponder over that... One day, I talked to a friend who mentioned that he can be a good listener if I ever want to talk about anything. And how many people can actually say that? Don't you sometimes feel that just letting it all out would solve your problems instead of actually finding a solution or getting any advice from anyone? That happens sometimes and not because you want to run away from your problems but because they might not be ours to solve. Let me give you an example; so my college has decided to extend our current semester by a month and that too just for taking end semester evaluations. After hearing this news, all of us just wanted to rant, for the sake of letting it all out. It's not like we can change the dean's decision or we don't know that we might have to study now, but having someone who can listen to all your rant always helps. The question now arises are you a good ...

 Let me just put it out there: "Coffee is a lifeline!!"  And I cannot stress this enough, but my love for coffee is eternal. Whenever someone asks me what my idea of a perfect evening is, my answer is always, "COFFEE!". Now, that evening may not necessarily be a date or anything (even though that is the case for a date too), but in general, if I am to choose how to spend my evening peacefully, it will consist of a hot cup of cappuccino, some paints, an art file and a bunch of Ed Sheeran's songs. And these are all my favorite things together, so what else would I even need?  Moving on to my perfect date, so even though people these days are like, "No! A perfect date nowadays is all about having fun, whether that is at an adventure park, or at a fancy restaurant, or at a bar with a few drinks", I am still a coffee-date person. My perfect date would include having a nice cup of coffee at a cafe and some appetizers, and since we are talking about the ...