The infamous Stepsister

Reading through some blogs recently, as often, I came across a much debated and rather amusing subject. The author seemed to be qiute against the whole idea of what is now called, quite comically ( I agree), Hinglish!

Hinglish, put in its own words, is 'hindi plus english'. Now, I somehow don't understand all this fuss! I mean, come on! What's wrong with us Indians spicing up the language a bit to our taste?

I agree its not the most correct form one would like to read, but it certainly has become the most appropriate form of conversation among us. Most of us don't even realise when we inevitably use it...and i think that's perfectly fine! We like it, we feel comfortable with it and we will use it, this infamous stepsister of the Queen's language!

So what if the Language doesn't recognise words like airdash, dicky, prepone, eve-teasing, optical, time-pass or stepney? It doesn't make Hinglish incorrect! Afterall, in a country like ours with hundreds of dialects, this is the only language that binds us together. We still use the standard English language in our schools, government offices and for all legal formalities. But what we speak is what we are, Indians! I wouldn't call Hinglish- Indian english, because that would imply that all indians use the form. I'd rather call it- English in India. Same thing? Well, but the latter makes me feel more comfortable!

Is the English language so prejudiced that it won't embrace any further evolution (yes, evolution!)? Cosider this, if the Americans can have their own American English, why can't a lot twice their size have their own Indian English? Infact, thanks to our soaring census figures, hinglish is well on its way to becoming the most widely used form of the language. So face it, O Mightiest of Languages, Hinglish cometh!

If Only...

Now, I've read The Alchemist, I've listened to lectures with the truest of hearts, heck I've also seen 3 idiots! But somehow I've always found this theory of 'Do whatever you wanna do' a bit hard to practice.

I've always wondered why most of us never make this simplest of choices! Why do we, more often than not, go for the alternate and end up rather dissatisfied no matter what the result? Why do we let that cloud of 'What If?' loom large and dark upon us? Why do we let the burden of our future crush the life out of our present?

Well, I don't know...I myself am obviously plagued. Now it’s not like I’ve had to make some really hard choices on my way or that I’ve had to make any kind of sacrifices! But here’s the thing...What actually is a sacrifice? Do we even realise when we chose against our choice or have we lost that perception completely? What about those small, itsy-bitsy choices that we leave unconsidered?.. aren’t they the miniscules of our desires we suppress? But then again...why?

I guess different people, blame it on our psyche, have different reasons. I still haven’t figured out mine yet! But I’ve had for myself what they call ‘a lesson learnt in time’. There was this particular thing I was a bit baffled about. In my case it was the choices of my friends that clouded my own. Maybe I was too influenced by their goals and selections rather than mine, not recognising what I wanted.

But after all that confusion and mentation, I’ve decided to follow the road I wanna follow. I realise I might end up in a pit, but then it would be a delight to fall into one! I won’t have to deal with all that tension and confusion, won’t have to trade anything for gratification, won’t have to live under that cloud!

Whoever said life ain’t a bed of roses! You never know...the easy way might just be the best way!

Two Lives

Now wasn't that a really long period to stay away from my dear blog! Its been almost a month since I published my last post. Well, here I am, back to my dear old college after a month long vacation of full-on fun! That was life...comfort, money, cars and old friends! All that i could ask for!

But now I am back. Tell you something...it feels really bad to leave your home behind and head off back to your college, espaecially if its in a city like this ( you know which!). But once you are back, it doesn't feel so alien after all! You are back with your new gang of friends and are ready to live an entirely different life, funny and adventureous in its own special way!

So its back to those late night long chats and purposeless walks, to those silly but unforgettable pranks and hungry nights. Its been only two weeks here and I already have losened my pocket off some hefty amount of money ( I won't tell the amount either, 'cos my dad also knows about this webpage!). I think i've finally started liking this part of my life too! And why not? This is something really awesome and definitely unforgettable.

Well I guess thats what they mean when they say: Two lives!