Word-Duz-It

Recently, I was watching the news of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly session. The discussions were so furious and intense. Every party seemed completely divided and pitted against each other. Until... A joke was passed by one of the members. The whole assembly started cracking up. For a brief moment, they all seemed very much together. They all laughed at the exact same joke, regardless of which party member passed it. They actually looked happy together and the follow-on comments on the joke made everyone crack up again. This made me recall and analyse some circumstances in my own life to see if this was really the case. As it turns out, for the most part, it is surprisingly true. It made me realize how humour subconsciously makes us forget the status of a relationship with someone, establishes a common ground, lets us laugh and unites us. When we take things with lightness and humour, it genuinely strengthens a relationship by shifting our focus entirely to the joke and forces us...

Sometimes, it is absolutely necessary to wreck the same house you built with your own hands, to rule out the blueprint you developed weeks sketching, to reject the design you squeezed your brain creating, or in the worst case, to abandon the same kid you spent years yearning to see in your hands. ​And how does that make you feel? Most importantly, what drives you to make a decision like that? ​Maybe the house can no longer suffice your needs. ​Maybe the blueprint turned impractical in reality. ​Maybe the design is no longer up to the standards. ​Or maybe, the kid has gone rogue. Whatever the reason, the break becomes an absolute necessity, and eventually, it has to be done. It cannot be avoided or delayed. Either the creation is no longer of any use to you, doesn't serve its purpose, or it causes greater harm to you. Encountering a situation like this is normal in any creator's life. I feel everyone must be mentally prepared and mature enough to face it and let go of our creati...

A good administration apparently needs a toxic management. I've been a part of schools, college, tuitions, hostels, workplaces and a few other institutions. And the one thing that I've seen common among all of them is the management that is either unethical, toxic or just... bitter. Initially, I had only been against such a system and had even fought against it. But in the recent times, I've started to calm myself down. Not because I've become fed up trying to fight it or that I've learnt to live with it. But because I've started wondering if such a system is essential to run an administration effectively. Because to a point, I just kept thinking that the management are simply corrupt. But when I hear my peers sharing similar experiences in their respective institutions, I started wondering if it could actually be necessary. It might be so because when I recalled all the institutions I've been in so far, I found yet another common thing among all of them. Gu...