“ If Alok makes it through this, I will write a book about our crazy days. I really will…….” I swore. It is the kind of absurd promise that you make to yourself when your seriously messed up in the head and you had not slept for 50 days straight.
The above passage is taken from the prologue of Chetan Bhagat’s ‘ Five point someone’. For some very weird reason I always happen to enjoy the prologue more than the book. I have been through many situations like these, though now that I look back, the reasons for my desperation were as kiddish as it could possibly be. Some of them even make me laugh on myself.
However, what has remained very strong is the feeling of desperation, when nothing works as per your calculation. The feeling of being let down and you know that it’s all your stupidity but not necessarily your fault.
And also the absurd promises that you would end up making.
Things like……
God, if pass in this exam I will………
Please let this person pull through…my friend deserves better…it this happens, I will………….
I had made such absurd promises, which I now intent to keep. And thankfully I did manage to keep the only promise that ever made to myself .
I never thought that I could.
But I just did it!!!!!!
The above passage is taken from the prologue of Chetan Bhagat’s ‘ Five point someone’. For some very weird reason I always happen to enjoy the prologue more than the book. I have been through many situations like these, though now that I look back, the reasons for my desperation were as kiddish as it could possibly be. Some of them even make me laugh on myself.
However, what has remained very strong is the feeling of desperation, when nothing works as per your calculation. The feeling of being let down and you know that it’s all your stupidity but not necessarily your fault.
And also the absurd promises that you would end up making.
Things like……
God, if pass in this exam I will………
Please let this person pull through…my friend deserves better…it this happens, I will………….
I had made such absurd promises, which I now intent to keep. And thankfully I did manage to keep the only promise that ever made to myself .
I never thought that I could.
But I just did it!!!!!!
1 comment:
If that promise you are makin to urself(or God) involves some sacrifice on your part, then most probably it would work. This is in accordance with the saying 'No gain without pain'.
Then again 'nariyal phodna', 'prasad chadhana' aint exactly sacrifices. But there are exceptions...... I still remember a cricket match between India and Pakistan. 6 balls to spare, India needed 8 or 9 runs to win and like 8 wickets down. On strike was Chauhan, a spin-bowler. Nobody had even seen him with a bat before. So here I was all nervous. Then one of my friends said, 'Agar aaj India jeeta na toh maa kasam bajrang bali ko nariyal chadhaoonga'. And guess wat, Chauhan hit a 6 the very next ball and we won!
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