This one goes in the category of my general ramblings about anything and everything which picks my mind. So excuse the incoherence.
First of all - A Happy World Environment Day!
Even though a lot of people don't care about it and some who do, do so just because it is a fashionable thing to think about environment now a days, there are a few people out there in the world who find 5th of June worth celebrating and to them my wishes and hopes in making this world a cleaner and greener one!
Read an article in The Hindustan Times today which very nicely put across the view that being green doesn't necessarily mean supporting green things while your consumption remains the same or rather increase. The article got me thinking about how crazily obnoxious some of us have become about spending and consuming. Crazy because of the scale of our expenditures and obnoxious because half the time we spend on stuff we don't need. Significantly more than half actually. And we do so because we want to be seen in stride with the rest of us who are doing it for the same reason. What a stupid convoluted cycle.Why can't we simply deal with the fact that we ought to consume and therefore in turn buy only that which we need. The rest is not adding to our health, comfort or pleasure, unless of course we count the inexplicable gloating on looking at the greedy eyes of onlookers on the stuff we bought. Really, if we keep using at this rate and with these motives, how would the earth ever suffice? Keeping the environmental concerns aside for a moment, how would our income ever suffice? We would keep craving for more, loosing our sleep and peace of mind over things which we want to feel good about by knowing our neighbour's envy of the same. Is the net positive? I hardly think so. Digression check!
So next, job. Quite in circulation currently on the social media sites is the "An open letter to the Indian graduating class" and "An open letter to the Indian employers". Having read both the posts umpteen number of times, I am in a dilemma - not about which one to support, but about what is the drive behind either one. No offence to either of the writers, although I agree with one more than the other, but why on earth is finding a balance between the needs of the employee and the employer becoming so damn tough? And I speak from personal experience. Having graduated from one of the top engineering schools in the country for my Bachelors' degree and then a top university in the States for my Masters' degree, with a work experience of almost three years, reasonably good grades, fair enough feedback from school and office, why is it so difficult to find what I want. What I want isn't out of the world either - a work place where I can effectively contribute (read, be heard), have a healthy work life balance (read, not expecting a 'going beyond the call of duty' call every other day) and be paid enough to pay back for my education and live a decent life.Not that my ranting is going to let me find it, so might as well stop writing this entry and start looking at job openings.
Last, life - ah the harrowed one! Seems putting in words the feelings for this particular topic is particularly difficult. So, I would skip this one out for the time being.
Nevertheless, feels good to have written all sorts of unrelated thoughts in my head and get them out. Oh yeah, the last one, the episode song of 'Satyameva Jayate' - 'Mujhe Kya Bechega Rupaiah' - Loved it!
First of all - A Happy World Environment Day!
Even though a lot of people don't care about it and some who do, do so just because it is a fashionable thing to think about environment now a days, there are a few people out there in the world who find 5th of June worth celebrating and to them my wishes and hopes in making this world a cleaner and greener one!
Read an article in The Hindustan Times today which very nicely put across the view that being green doesn't necessarily mean supporting green things while your consumption remains the same or rather increase. The article got me thinking about how crazily obnoxious some of us have become about spending and consuming. Crazy because of the scale of our expenditures and obnoxious because half the time we spend on stuff we don't need. Significantly more than half actually. And we do so because we want to be seen in stride with the rest of us who are doing it for the same reason. What a stupid convoluted cycle.Why can't we simply deal with the fact that we ought to consume and therefore in turn buy only that which we need. The rest is not adding to our health, comfort or pleasure, unless of course we count the inexplicable gloating on looking at the greedy eyes of onlookers on the stuff we bought. Really, if we keep using at this rate and with these motives, how would the earth ever suffice? Keeping the environmental concerns aside for a moment, how would our income ever suffice? We would keep craving for more, loosing our sleep and peace of mind over things which we want to feel good about by knowing our neighbour's envy of the same. Is the net positive? I hardly think so. Digression check!
So next, job. Quite in circulation currently on the social media sites is the "An open letter to the Indian graduating class" and "An open letter to the Indian employers". Having read both the posts umpteen number of times, I am in a dilemma - not about which one to support, but about what is the drive behind either one. No offence to either of the writers, although I agree with one more than the other, but why on earth is finding a balance between the needs of the employee and the employer becoming so damn tough? And I speak from personal experience. Having graduated from one of the top engineering schools in the country for my Bachelors' degree and then a top university in the States for my Masters' degree, with a work experience of almost three years, reasonably good grades, fair enough feedback from school and office, why is it so difficult to find what I want. What I want isn't out of the world either - a work place where I can effectively contribute (read, be heard), have a healthy work life balance (read, not expecting a 'going beyond the call of duty' call every other day) and be paid enough to pay back for my education and live a decent life.Not that my ranting is going to let me find it, so might as well stop writing this entry and start looking at job openings.
Last, life - ah the harrowed one! Seems putting in words the feelings for this particular topic is particularly difficult. So, I would skip this one out for the time being.
Nevertheless, feels good to have written all sorts of unrelated thoughts in my head and get them out. Oh yeah, the last one, the episode song of 'Satyameva Jayate' - 'Mujhe Kya Bechega Rupaiah' - Loved it!
