‘People laugh at me’ this is one of the major problems of us, the teenagers. We seem to worry a lot about what people will say. How our peers will react if we did this. Won’t this seem to be funny? How can I wear this dress? How can I protest against the usage of ‘cool’ slang? Above all if someone laughs at us, the first thing we feel is embarrassment. We become depressed, stop speaking and contract ourselves in the shell. Being a teenager, even I used to think like this. I was not an exception to this rule.
But recently I realized that I am living in such a world were people only care about themselves. They come here to take things and not to give. They are selfish. If we think a bit we will see that we have contributed almost nothing to this beautiful planet. What use are we to this earth if we can’t give anything in exchange for what it is giving us? It was then that I realized that if people want to laugh at me what is wrong in that? I should be proud of myself that at least I am contributing something to the inhabitants of this earth. May be to a minority but still to some people I am giving something. If people can laugh only for sometimes forgetting all their worries and if I am the reason behind it… what’s wrong in that? I stopped caring about it. I laughed with them and surprisingly two things happened.
First my peers understood that there was no use laughing at me because they were not getting the fun as they could not anger me. And second, I became more confident, I knew what to do. I followed my conscience. I did what I thought was right and this rose my self-esteem to a very high level.
So my dear blog readers, if from now onwards, you see people laughing at you, don’t be sad, feel proud that you have contributed something to the world. Perhaps the most precious thing… A beautiful smile on someone’s lips.
Post script: I would like to tell you that I would not have realized this without the help of my respected teacher Suvro sir.(Mr. Suvro Chatterjee.) Thank you sir. I would be always grateful to you.
2. what A society We Live in (March 1st, 2008)
Today morning I got a phone call from a distant cousin of mine. After the general formalities of how do you do and the rest, she asked me about my future plans. When I told her about my plans of taking a LLB course for 5 years and then specialising in environmental law( Thoughts on 19th december 2013:Jesus, I had high hopes back then. I think I sat for CLAT and the results were no doubt miserable.), she exclaimed in horror as if someone have just announced that she is going to die within a few minutes. her point was when am I going to get married if I study for so long!
Surprising isn't it? And still women of this society complain of male supremacy, fight for women rights. Do they really have the right to do so? a woman who can't think anything beyond getting married and adding to the useless population of India, have no right to complain of the patriarchal society.
I think the lower class women are much more independent and self sufficient. Maybe they don't have the sugar coating of morals and etiquette but they are the bread earners of their family. Unlike the so called educated middle class women they don't ask for money from their husbands.
Why shouldn't the men declare themselves to be superior? It is them who work day in and day out to bring the hard earned money and the wives just spend it on kitty parties and shopping.
Though we declare ourselves to be in the age of mini skirts, the range of a women is still to the backyard. They only admire women like Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams from a distance because they are 'extraordinary'. Really what a society we live in where women at the same time complain about male supremacy but are not willing to stand superior to men.Who have stopped them from taking up jobs and leading an interesting life where they can declare themselves as equals to men?
P.S. Probably now I know why I am not a feminist.
19th December, 2013: People visited my old blog and commented on my posts. I wonder what were my PR skills back then. I have started to think, that may be this blog is just a figment of my imagination.
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