Return of the Anti-Social....

Man by nature is a social animal... needs others around inorder to flourish. Can a person survive and flourish in solitude... or would one wither and die when forced to remain alone. Death is almost certain in solitude... I mean not all of us can be as lucky as Robinson Crusoe... or for that matter even he had Friday. And... most important of all that was fiction! Tom Hanks as Chuck Noland in Cast Away was more closer to the real world... and there again... his character returns to civilization as we know it! (I have always missed the finale of this movie whenever it got aired on television, hence I am not exactly sure if quoting it here would be apt to prove my point... if at all there exists one!!!)

Anyways... what I want to say is that most of us who live in densely populated urban areas are still very much alone in our very private worlds... so... what happens to such people! Who are connected yet disconnected in many essential ways... do they become anti-social and thoroughly incapable of even a simply conversation!? Or do they become hyper-active and paranoid and write blogs such as this one!!??

'Tis that time of the year again...

It is that time of the year again... a time ripe for making resolutions... ok sorry to sound cliched... and I know my spelling sucks... but this is the best i can do rite now.

Only one major resolution for the year ahead... keep a low profile... don't speak unless spoken to... or speak only if there is a specific tangible benefit attached to my speaking.

This resolution is aimed at me learning to find happiness on my own... without me having to depend on others to reach there. Knowing me as I exist as of now... that it is going to be particularly tough... but as they say where there is a will there is always a way... cliche again... but who cares!?

A question!?

Do blogs become more of a pleasure to read... if you know the person writing it. As much as I hate to admit this, I think it is true. All of us have this natural tendency to know more and find out as much as possible about the lives of some of the people we come across... and at times... this urge takes us to heights of lunacy.

Ok... before I proceed any further let me reiterate the disclaimer... whatever can be read in the above few lines has no relation whatsoever to any person living or dead, and the instances quoted are purely a figment of my imagination. Any relation that might seem obvious should be deemed as a mere coincidence and nothing more!

I am not very good at spewing out legal terms... and that is the best I can do!

Over to the point, I wish to make... if it is to believed that blogs are best read when they are from people you know... should that translate into a practice where one reads only blogs of those people who take you into confidence. But then again... a blog is not meant to be a journal... though some of the best read blogs have a journalesque edge to it!

Walking child...

I walked to school. It was fun... walking through the puddles in the rain, splashing all around. I also used to count my steps to the gate outside my house, to the cycle shop at the end of the street, to the main road... where I learned my first traffic rules... on how to cross the road. Crossing the road and going over to the other side was such a big deal then... it still is... but is not something that I cherish!
The thing about walking is that... you always tend to go the distance alone... and yet you don't feel lonely!

I was tempted to ask...

I was tempted to ask... but then I decided against it... for blogs by their very nature are meant to be anonymous and impersonal... and if you try to break this fundamental rule, everything would fall apart... like a house of cards... except that this time around it would hurt... as if the sky has fallen on our heads... so beware my friend... keep safe distance for else you'd burn your fingers!!!