Nothing is more problematic then the thirteen-fourteen

27-08-2008

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Today I rediscovered how much troublesome it is to be a teenager! All of a sudden you grow up to the society, people around expect you to be rational, logical, mannered… blah blah blah… the never ending list. You yourself are confused… am I already grown up? Or am I in the process of being grown up? You do still hold your childish desires, yet you feel the responsibility the society has bestowed upon you.

Sometimes you are bloody pissed off with this weird life. You show off your anger and disappointment. Then your actions are judged as if they are done by an adult individual, you start wondering when did I actually join the elite adult group (the irony is you’ve always wanted to be a part of that when you’re a kid)?

You feel neglected because you don’t get the attention you used to get … as a kid in those fights with your younger or elder siblings, the biasness of the judgements of your parents towards you, yeah, you used to enjoy them. You cant demand strawberry ice cream or red Ferrari anymore, yet you feel you never wanted them more. You want to sit in your dad’s lap (when I was kid I remember asking dad to let me sleep in his pouch); you wish to rest your head in your mom’s arms. But you can’t anymore!!!

As a grown up, which you denounced thus far, you want freedom, respect and privacy. Alas! Nobody seems to bother about them; they still think you’re the kid you used to be and too Naïve. Well, that’s so unjust; you don’t give me my childish privileges anymore then give me the rights I should have as an adult. Suddenly you remember the Rabindranath line you read couple of days back in our textbook- “…Tero-chouddo bochor er cheler moto prithibite balai ar nai…” (Nothing is more problematic then the thirteen-fourteen)

You re-realize the meaning of your life…

0215 BST

27-08-2008

The Irony of Human Judgement

2054 BST
18-08-2008

The irony is in spite of the unprecedented notion of human having the most advanced intellectual capability; they are actually illogical, at least in many instances. Their logic and judgement, in some cases, become so biased that it becomes really tough to distinguish between logical conclusions and hidden desires. It’s true that judgement varies individual to individual. But the difference can’t be as unfathomable as it appears in most cases.

Human mind has this uncanny ability to tinker their thoughts, emotions and feelings the way they want. Nevertheless they think the opposite. We say, “I can’t control my emotions” or “I can’t help doing that” but at the end, you can’t because you think you can’t.

The line between right and wrong, just and unjust, true and false is clear to an unbiased mind, but not to a biased one. Unfortunately the latter predominates in the population. The consequence is those who are doing the right are accused of doing the wrong by their peers. Does it matter anyway? Well, some doesn’t bother; some get upset for the time being; but unfortunately there are others who opt to take the path of those peers?

Who is responsible for driving these people to the wrong? Peers or they Themselves!!!

2156 BST

18-08-2008