Exams going on, still feel like
writing something. It’s been a long time since I blogged. This time I’m here
with no game review but something on life of a common teenager in India.
It’s really weird how something
you loved and cared about dearly suddenly doesn't mean anything to you at all.
You don’t feel like talking about it. You don’t even feel like looking back
into your past and thinking how it was. You just think that it was the past and
your whole future is still ahead of you. How does this feeling come when you
were this close to someone? The answer lies inside you. It’s just that you don’t
know it. You just keep asking yourself this same question over and over again
till you get an answer from yourself. People talk a lot, they like to put their
noses in your life, spread rumors which even you don’t know about yourself. It’s
really funny to even listen to something which you never ever did from people
whom you rarely even know. How come they know so much about your life when even
you don’t? That’s today’s world. People are so much busy interfering in other
people’s life that they even forget what state they are in.
Yeah I’m an Indian, so what!!
People are people…who cares whether they are Indians or Americans. I’m not
comparing India’s culture with the USA but still just tell me one thing. You
see a boy and a girl together somewhere, the only thing that pops into your
head is that they’re a couple. You don’t even think once that they could be
brothers and sisters or just good friends. This is typical Indian mentality. This is not it. Some
people will even start rumors from just seeing them together …. Rumors that
when those two get to know about this, they are so ashamed of themselves that
they can’t even be good friends. They feel broken from the inside about their position
in the society. They start thinking what others would be thinking about them
and many times get depressed. Parents start giving restrictions to both of
them. Both of them start losing touch and thus a good friendship comes to an
end. If I ask the question, how did this happen? The answer takes us back to
that time when someone just saw them “together”.
You might be thinking why I’m
talking about all these. These are problems that normal teenagers face in
India. Parents are afraid that their children might fall in wrong company and
even do things that will harm their life. But even the teens need their space.
No one cares about that in India. From our childhood we are taught not to talk
to even strangers and when you grow up you are married to someone who is a
complete stranger to you. And the best part!! You've no say to this.
You tell your parents that you’re
in love with someone. They’ll freak out like anything. You’ll find very few
families who will act normally to this statement. Love marriage is considered
kind of like a crime in India by elders. Just tell me this, parents send their
children to colleges and expect them to only study??? People who do only that
have no life according to me. A boy and a girl going to the same college come
in touch. They come into talking in general and get to know that both of them
like each other’s company. What’s wrong in that!! Indian mentality is to take
the Pledge very seriously “All Indians are my brothers and ‘sisters’”. Are you
kidding me!! Two people going out is common in the USA but why people look at
them with weird eyes when the same thing happens in India.
People need to change their mentality. I know our culture is different from the USA but can’t we just give the teenagers their space. I mean come on, it’s their life not someone else’s. Parents start asking questions as if they are interviewing the poor kid for a job. Hell he thinks even a job interview would be easier than this : P
Teenagers also shouldn't cross
their limits and not break their parents’ trusts if they are given such
freedom. I’m not saying that do whatever you want. Just make your life
something worth living for and not be a bookworm and spend every second
thinking about studies. Have fun in life, make friends, don't always go with the crowd, think different. Make your life something that when you look back after many years you'll proudly say that "Yeah, that's me!!". After all, life is neither a trial run nor a simulation. Enjoy every moment and
make your parents proud.
This was just a random thought
that crossed my head. Jotted it down.
