The Impatient citizen !

Just about hours before the grand swearing-in ceremony of Mr. Narendra Modi, as our new Prime Minister; all the news channels suddenly have brought experts from every field to predict each and everything about the new government. 

And the 125 crore Indian citizens including you and me have been kind of IMPATIENT about this new setting in Indian politics. People are expecting Mr. Modi and his party's new government to radically change each and everything, right from the broken tiles on their near by pavement upto the current condition of Indian economy, in a blink of an eye!

Don't we need to be patient with this government of "A new era"?

We must not forget that the term of every government is of 5 years. Don't be impatient! Give them some time to practically start with their policies. You have chosen this government to run the country, but don't be a mere spectator in its working. Participate in the development of the country and the world, by just doing your bit. 

Don't be impatient about the development plans yet to come from the new setting. Start from your side. 

Thinking how? As our new to-be Prime Minister says and I quote "Even after stopping before a red light and avoiding to litter the streets, every Indian should think that s/he is doing this for the development of our country." 

Be an impatient citizen about developing our Nation!
Wake up and Be The Change! 

Bis dann, till then,
Atharva

The 11:59 alarm !

You may know that owls can see only when it is dark. And hence they are awake at night. Many dogs are also awake during the dark due to a similar scientific reason. And to this list of OWLS and DOGS now belong humans! 

Our urge and desperation for hangouts with friends, for watching Youtube videos and films, for chatting with our partner, or for browsing the internet; all these get activated at the night time! Why so?!!

Nowadays there is another new trend of wishing people on their birthdays and anniversaries on the annoying time 12 Midnight! That's why we are so used to setting the 11:59 alarm. Generally on our birthdays we used to get up a little late than the usual. And just an hour of extra sleep would be like a great gift to us! Then inviting our friends for a nice party in the evening would be the cherry on the cake. 

But nowadays getting up late can be stated as an outdated concept! Because 80% of teenagers sleep at around 3 a.m. and get up at 12 Noon. I know that I have repeated this fact a few times in my earlier blogs, but it is of that importance! This schedule of most of the teenagers just annoys me. 

We are not designed to be NOCTURNAl ! Then why are we going down that lane? This is the only reason that our society lacks behind others. Because we just ignore the natural timetable. And we need to put a break to this now. 

Look upon the things we are missing! The morning dews, the fresh sunlight, the little cold air, the birds chirping, the silence! All this is the true essence of what we used to call "Mornings" ! 

It seems that the concept of Mornings is vanishing! All we have now are afternoons, evenings and nights! 

Wake up Teenagers!

Wake up EARLY! 

And enjoy the morning! :D 

Bis Dann, till then,

Atharva

I'm in a Relationship!

Many of you were startled by looking at the title, weren't you? Haha! Caught you there! Yes, I'm happy to officially announce that I'm in a relationship, a very deep one. And the most amusing fact is that so are all of you in a deep relationship. And guess with whom? Our most lovely asset in the world, "The inanimate, expensive, piece of technolgy on which you are maybe reading this article!" This one piece and the many others to which you all and me are equally TIED. 

Our relationship status is a very comprehensive term nowadays; what say? With practically hundreds of technology stuff companies entering the market. Now you can possess a techno-savvy device at the price you name it. 

An interesting facebook post says, "Today I see twelve year olds playing on Iphones and computers; when I was twelve I was eating mud!" So true that is. But can we call this an advancement of technology or in fact advancedment of human minds at such early age? Is it really, practically necessary that a twelve year old even feels the need to touch any piece of technology? Where are the days when we as twelve year olds would literally cry, because it was time to go home from the park. And don't you remember that we used to wait for the next evening so that we can meet all our friends in the park once again and have loads of fun with them. And now we are almost 18 year olds "online messenger" addict people, who are continuously in contact with their college friends, school friends, etc., through technology. But are we really in a deep, serious relationship with the HUMAN on the other side of the device or are we in love with the DEVICE itself. 
    
The question being, do we need to be virtually connected with our friends literally 24/7 ? Well I clearly think, we don't need to be connected always! 
"Too much silence can break a relation", they say. But what about the fact that a little silence, a little distance in a close relation, strengthens the bond between the the two persons. 

This overutilised connectivity flare is degrading not only one to one communication but also it is deteriorating our bodies, our minds phisically. Most of us sleep at 3 a.m. and wake up at 12 Noon. This is the ridiculous schedule that we teenagers; we ChangeMakers; we the future generation are stuck in. Don't you think you have the mere ability to disconnect yourself from your phone for some hours. The hours which are correctly meant to sleep. Like 10 to 6? Are you so fragile? Are you so disabled to control your own set of nerves? NO! You are not. It is just that you have forgotten that you have a body to take care of, and a mind to nurture; both of which need proper rest. 

But obviously, you can't cut off your relation with HUMANS! So how can you strengthen the bonds with living beings? 
Very simple. Get up from that couch, and get out of the house! Meet people, greet people, enjoy their company one to one. Use technology to connect with the ones you can't reach phisically! 

Your parents are providing you with this technology first hand! Feel lucky and use it wisely. 

Yes I'm in a relationship, 
with HUMANS.  

Bis dann, till then,
Atharva

The essence of lying!

Lying is like an asset possessed by humans from thousand's of years. If you are bored, you can lie. If you want to escape a situation, you can lie. If you want to get rid of somebody, you can lie. If you want to hide your real emotions, you can lie. 

   " Say the right thing at the right time, hide your real emotions, smile because you are obliged to, laugh because you have to impress, and cry because you have to show... do all this everyday, and the world will say that you have grown up! "

Is our case this worse? Is HYPOCRISY really the proof of being grown up? Can't we be an adult and still behave like a child? 

And yet again, back to lying! 

The question here is that ..is lying really necessary? It seems we care for child as well as adult emotions too much nowadays. Why is it so? Hundreds of research papers are published on child psychology. I read many of them, and sadly I noticed 50% of them deal with the fact "How to pamper a child!" Our parents were never pampered so much, at least not by teaching them how to be hypocritical or in fact how to lie?! Nowadays child grooming has been forced to go totally on a different track! True that! 

   Often I have seen people lying, so as to not hurt the fellow one. The most annoying is that people nowadays lie also to their friends and family members. Don't you think that our society is becoming "pseudo" (fake)? And why are we cherishing the atmosphere created by such a society? 

No one seems to be bothered. No one seems to be interested.

But wait! Maybe they are bothered, they are interested!...but guess what, they LIE! 

 "Think as Game changers and you will succeed", they say. But for that, first stop lying and start thinking! 

Bis dann, till then,

Atharva