onions

We, humans, are like onions. Every layer has its own story, and for an outsider, we are just projections of the version we portray. Nobody cares what is going on in your other aspects of life but wants to see more of you and your bikini pics or jokes on Twitter.

We are all lost in our world, and knowing someone or peeling off those layers is a time-taking activity that most are least interested in or bothered about.

One of the main reasons for modern-day relationship failure comes from this simple reason.

We want complete onion without peeling it all off, knowing each side of the dear ones.

bubble

There is a big bubble brewing in the financial market. The trillions of paper /currency US treasury minted are not helping. The stock market is at an all-time low.

I have been speaking to founders and investors off-late. Some predict a meltdown for the next few years.

I graduated in 2007, in a recession. India had less impact and risk from the global market then, and now we are more connected. It will impact us.

The wise advice is cost-cutting and staying frugal.

In a bootstrap dhanda, you are always in recession or cost-cutting mode. So a few who are running a business on deep fundamentals and addressing customers’ pain points should not be worried.

trust

Capitalism has put trust in the back seat. Old days we had a family physician, butcher, or milkman. They cared for us, and we trusted them with their quality of service. With time we are merely limited to buying or consuming. There is a pure transaction at play.

We are just another face paying for the service. The service provider is busy making money. The trust factor is limited, and we have to be lucky to get quality service.

We are in the era of mass production for profitability, and trust has a limited role at work.

Kasme

Kasme wade khaye the, haath pakad kar saath chalne ke liya. Kya hua kyun ho gaye anjan?

Hum ab kya galti ginne za rahe hai, hun kya gamo me ghut Zane Lage hai. Kya the, Kiya hua. Pyar ki kasme khate the, ab pyar se dur bhagte hai. Ek he duniya the kaise itne badal gaye.

Kya galti thi hamare ya waqt ka dose tha, kyun ban gaye hum ajnabi dekhte dekhte.

Hum apne Ishq ke kasme khaya karte the, hum se Ishq ki kahaniyan banti the. Ab hum kya kare bayan apni Datsun, kyun na mar zaye ghut ghut ke?

Zindgi abhi baki hai, ek zindagi he to hai. Khub hote hai yun mayuresh hum, kyun kho zate hai aise ham andhere me, kyun nai bitee hue un Palo me ji jate hai zindgi ko.

Kyun kisi ke aane Zane se zindagi aise badal zati hai hai hamare, kyu hum kar dete hai apni khusi auro ke hawala itne aasani se. Kya ye apne kasoor nai hai?

parchai

Kisko dhund rahe hai hum apni parchai me, kya chahiye hame khud sae?
Apne hue hum khud ke liye, apne hue hum apno ke liye phir bhi kya talaash hai hai jiske piche hai hum.

Kya hum gumm hai gumnami me khud se? Kaise sabkuch hote hue bhi bhatak rahe hai hum? Kiski talaash hai, kya talaash hai?

Kab tak hum zainge aise he, kab tak darte rahenge hum apni parchai se?
Kya milega wo muqaam, kya marte marte dhund paiynge us mazaar ko ziske talaash salo saal se hai.

others

Why do we have to let our happiness be dependent on someone else? Whose life are we living? Why is this dependency?

We are the sum of people around us and our thoughts apart from how we react to adversaries. Still, why do others matter so much?

The sooner we realize that life is painful and we have to sail through on its own, things will be more predictable in our control. It will hurt us less.

twitter

Twitter is a single place with many intellectuals and thought leaders becoming experts like chameleons with time and situation. I get amazed seeing Twitter shoving my feeds with these folks(It lands on its own, without following them).

Also, how come someone with no knowledge in medical science became a COVID expert and, until a few weeks back, a war, geopolitics expert, and now all about recession and how the world is falling apart.

I am lucky that I was part of a generation that enjoyed playing cricket in 40 degrees heat or enjoying roadside chole kulche. We were less distracted and had fewer sources to get confused about.

kick

Sometimes in life, we get a kick from the outside. It changes how we see our world. We all live in our rabbit hole of thoughts with a limited assumptions about ourselves.

The kick can be a near-death experience or an awakening, and it rewrites the purpose of our living.

Our life is the sum of the present moment, and kick gives us a more directed and focused view to live life.

who?

We have multiple faces within. Most of the world sees what we want them to show or what they have perceived about us.

The other sides of us are limited to a few others around us. It can be with people we are cruel to or with people we are open to showing our vulnerability.

But deep within, we are the same old kid, craving love, appreciation, and company.

Some of us live true to ourselves, while most die living in duality wearing multiple masks.

khusia

Hum apne gamoo ko liye, khusia diye phirte hai auroo ko.
Hum apne gamo ko liye ji jate hai zindgi khel khel me.

Apne ander ke un gamoo ko aise chupayee ji jate hai hum manoo achoot ho hum unse.

Apne gamoo ka pulinda liye duniya ko yae kaise khusia baat rahe hai hum?

Kaise ji sakte hai hum apne zindgi ko aise, mano bhatti me pighal paghal ke zi rahe ho hum.