I met with a bunch of friends today, and am quite high right now.
Sometimes I feel, sitting with friends and having a few drinks is the only joy left in life.
And right about now, I am feeling particularly stupid about writing this down, but that's not going to stop me, because for at-least a few hours I think I am above embarrassment, also because I think not too many people will read this ever.
Those dear friends I made just a few years back, there is a sense of belonging there, a certain comfort, which has become all too elusive, in the corporate and perception first lives we are leading right now,
the mid life crisis that has merged into the quarter life crisis and is a new phenomenon in the adulterated and unadulterated growth in the lives of Indian youth.
The fear of missing out weighing heavy in this "golden age" of India, coupled with uncertainty and conditional upbringing with no faith in support systems, only driving to burn people inside and out, turning them into emotional zombies.
Apparently, feeling and expressing is not okay anymore, it's a sign of weakness.
Because, taking your due time and people actually making an effort to teach you stuff is not reason anymore, because making mistakes maybe isn't acceptable anymore.
You are supposed to be these finished goods, with 10 years of experience at an age of 22.
Making mistakes isn't just part of the process anymore.
I don't think there has ever been enough peer pressure to rival that of today in any era, and there has never been as blind a rat race that is going on today, neither has there been the amount of shaming, self and otherwise that is prevalent today.
There is no more room for any of the subtler nuances of being a human, maybe we really are slowly turning into machines, a tweak here and a little tweak there, and we all behave within a set of defined parameters.
I think we need to talk, about this and other lesser significant things.
Doesn't matter if we haven't been in touch for a long time.
Reach out to me, you know where to, and I am available to listen without any prejudices, if you can do the same for someone else.
