The idiot within us !!!

        Yes, there is an Idiot within every one of us. An unknown idiot. The idiot whom we don’t know much would sometimes surface out of nowhere and embarrass us to a great extent in front of others.  Well, is this idiot dangerous? Sometimes yes but here I would like to discuss about the one who brings smiles onto our faces right when we are involved in some serious stuff.  Before I started this post I personally felt I should know the meaning of ‘idiot’. Wikipedia gave the definition as ‘An idiot, dolt, or dullard is a mentally deficient person or someone who acts in a self-defeating or significantly counterproductive way’. Wow, now that’s what I call a bouncer. So I decided, let everyone have their own way of describing an idiot.

        Just to reiterate - Yes, there is an Idiot within every one of us. Let me prove this citing few incidents from my life. With due respect and no offence, here we go:

• Some of my friends were involved in a casual chat when I remembered a sms that was worth sharing. However, I did not have it in my inbox as I deleted due to memory constraint (yes, those days I was using Nokia 1100 and it hardly allowed more than 60 messages in inbox). The girl who sent me that message was present and I requested her to read the message to all. She replied “Sorry yaar, there is no network coverage”. Her reply left everyone gazing each other for a moment and then bursting into laughter.
•  It was after graduation and I was attending a training program. Trainees were a lot and we did not know everyone in person. One day I was making small talk with a girl and asked her “where do u stay, at home or in hostel”. For which she answered, hostel. My immediate question to her was “Is it girl’s hostel?” Even today I wonder what on earth made me ask this question.
•  This incident happened over lunch when few of my college friends gathered. Among us was a couple and the girl was a pure vegetarian. The guy ordered roti along with butter chicken for both of them. Girl was surprised and asked “Kanna you know I don’t eat chicken right?” For which my highly intellectual friend responded “It’s ok dear, you can have roti just with the butter gravy. Butter and chicken come separate.” The others looked at each other with a wink and a smile.

        So, this surely proves that every one of us at some point surely behaves as an idiot. Are you still wondering and confused who are the idiots in those instances? Then maybe you should seriously consider looking at the mirror. ;)

PS: A joke explained is a joke killed. 

Calligraphy...the art of fine handwriting

        

        It was a pleasant morning. As usual I woke up only after every working individual left home for office. Of late it has become my routine to wake up late, maybe just because I have to go to office in the afternoon. Me and my roomie went for breakfast and picked up the English daily that was lying. I was going thru each page without bothering to read many of the details, just like I used to do during college with my class notes. However, one column succeeded in grabbing my attention. The news was as follows:

“Classrooms would soon become smart. Proposal was to provide school students with devices similar to IPad where they would be able to take notes. These next gen devices would help students with their class work and would reduce the burden of carrying many books to school. Parents applauded such an idea and are keen to welcome this change.”

      However, I could not agree with this idea or change. Any guesses why? Of course, technology has brought many changes around us and has been a boon in many forms. But I strongly feel technology too has its ill-affects when used without proper need. Did you try to figure out why I do not want to agree with this idea? It’s simple; I do not want Calligraphy (the art of fine handwriting) to become extinct. I do not want the future generations to not know how to pen down on a piece of paper. Calligraphy is a gift that many among us possess. But just due to lack of practice or no encouragement our alphabet are not as fine as they should be. Just imagine a piece of paper that is drafted with your own handwriting and the satisfaction it gives when you look at it. Everything in future might be digital, even our signatures are going to be digital, however we should not curb students from an early age of their caliber. We should let them use their cursive writing books. How ugly our alphabet looked when we tried writing in those books? Still, it was fun. We should let them take notes in writing. Let them practice those numerous math formula or those messy science diagrams for real. Let them draw how India looks, let them sketch different plants and animals. Let us not deprive them of all that fun. Just before I finish, I would like to mention one quote that we were told during schooling by our teachers: ‘One time writing equals to ten times reading’. Isn’t it true?

PS: I would only welcome this change at graduation and higher levels.