Realm of Thoughts

Hi my name is Manuj. The few following paragraphs will sum up a brief history of my life. Do not be surprised if you find striking similarities between your life and mine, because if you are like me, then you will probably make the same mistakes in life as I did. Before reading ahead, remember that people who learn from their own mistakes are smart, but smarter are those who learn from someone else’s mistakes. Love is often taken for granted. A research showed that 98% of those people who received love with less or no efforts tend to value it only at times when they have nothing else to do; the rest of the times, they take it for granted. I never valued love in my life as such because I received excess of it without ever demanding for it. Since I was a kid, my parents have loved me with all their heart and done every possible thing I could have expected from them for my happiness. After I grew up, I got the best girlfriend in this world who later on became my wife. She has always loved...

The following is a page from the diary of Prerna Jindal, India’s leading athlete who had won several Olympic medals for the country by the age of 20. She faced her first loss ever in a 400 meters hurdle event on June 18, 2019 during the Apex International Sports meet. July 22, 2020 Dear Diary, Coach Naidu used to say “You win only when you believe that you can win.” I wish he was alive today to rebuild my belief in myself. I have lost everything I had: my will to win, my belief in myself and my happiness. When I was very young, Mummy used to say “There’s nothing in this world that you can do which can change my love for you. I love you, and I will always love you!” I still remember the time when I won my first athletics gold medal in school; mummy smiled at me and hugged me, but she didn’t say a single word of appreciation. After every medal that I won at the Asian Games, Olympics and the Apex Games, while the world applauded at me, mummy just held my hand and smiled wit...

O ne day- a day of my life, like any other day, but a day that holds in it, the essence of life itself. This pleasant morning, as the birds sang sweetly outside the window, I woke up with a smile on my face, with feelings of hope and visions of light pouring through the simple curve that my lips make together. I was all alone in my home, with the brightness of enthusiasm in my eyes, and the confidence of an angel in my mind. The regular yet ‘as freshening as always’ bath was followed by the socially compulsory and personally preferred dressing-up, in the usual black suit. As I put on the coat, the mesmerizing fragrance and divine beauty of the red rose that stood firmly and confidently in my front pocket, close to my heart, caught my attention and created a spellbinding euphoric aura. I stepped out of the house, with the bright sun shining over my head, the fresh morning- air touching my bare hands and cheeks and thereby creating a sensation of extreme freshness, and the view of an...

The human mind is a very powerful organ. I believe that everything a man thinks about in his life might not be real, correct or practical, but is definitely necessary to think about at that moment. And that is how life keeps going. One man’s reality might be other man’s illusion, but there is one common reality, and which I have just learned about. I am Manuj and this is my story. As a child, I was definitely not one of the brightest ones, but I definitely was different, or rather indifferent, or rather mostly confused. Being brought up in a city has its own advantages and disadvantages, and I had been a victim of both the kinds. But being brought up by a loving family definitely cuts it off from the negative side. My parents always took great care of me, the single child, and tried to instill in me all the qualities a good human being must have, and were definitely successful to a large extent. But the real world is a great teacher, and though, to me the real world only meant my ...

I write of a man in the 21st century, and because every character in a story must have a name, I shall call him Alladin. The name sounds familiar to you, and so shall the story, except that it is not a fairy tale, because fairies exist in dreams and the world is too real to be dreaming. Like every common man, Alladin too was a man with strong desires, big and small, real and virtual, good and bad. And just like a mosquito who does not know of any harm he causes to anyone else, Alladin was ready to bite, unaware of it though. Other than his dreams and desires, he also had friends, family, neighbors and the rest of world, just like everyone else does. One day, on a hot afternoon, while traveling on the highway, Alladin found a lamp lying in sand on side of the road, scorching under the sun, and shining as bright as gold. As he pulled over, lifted the lamp and rubbed it to remove the patches of dirt that seemed to have covered it for centuries, smoke appeared, out came a genie and Alladin...

More than 60% of research on earth, going on right now is based on Human Psychology. The scientists all over the world think that after a lot of studies, they will finally be able to come up with a set of simple mind rules that will be applicable to all human beings, of all shapes, sizes and colors, in all professions and at all places. But I really am not sure of this, ‘coz these ppl have simply left out a very important and so far the strangest brain system alive, an engineer’s mind, infact being specific, a to-be engineer’s mind. People think that the to-be engineers have a natural inclination towards engineering or whatever. But people even think that IIT’s are world’s best colleges, so it really doesn’t matter what people think, they’re mostly incorrect. Exams are going on, and no matter how hard I try, last day preparation is not helping anymore, unlike the good old school days. And today, one day before my last exam, as an excuse to ‘maaro peace’ (that’s a sophisticated te...

As I said, my JEE preparations went on, with nothing much to do when it came to Priya. The whole year passed, me being just a friend to Priya. Schools were closed, we had a farewell party where Priya was again with the ‘cool group’. And then, the results were out. I cleared JEE! I was the only one from my school, and that made me even happier. “Priya would love me now. I should meet her”, I thought. But then, there was something which was still not okay. From next day onwards, I joined a gym. I was suggested to exercise in the morning for a period of around 2 hrs, but I added 2hrs in the evening too. Four hours of daily exercise, controlled diet and 30 minutes of jogging daily, if this couldn’t do it, nothing could. For the two idle months I had before joining, I did this regularly, and after two months, when I climbed on the weighing machine, the needle stopped at 90. 108 to 90! People said it was awesome, but I knew I had to lose more. Then there was the joining, and I was here at II...