Where is the fun ?

Professionalism and perfection . It seems that the world revolves around these two words . True ,they are very important for a developing nation but the price we pay for it must not be priceless. Picture this – when was the last time you went out had fun.
I am sure most of you must be recalling the last time you and your pal went out to Pizza Hut or mabey went to the disc. No not that fun ; fun where you bonded with your friend . Fun where you were not worrying about the time being lost (which could be rather spent working to gain an extra in your paycheck). Cant seem to remember can you ?

The times are changing. The good are getting better and there no place for the average. So to be perfect the rules have got to be followed and your goddamn creativity goes down the drain. I hate to admit it but our forefathers were much better at having
fun that us . Sure , they didn’t smoke ,drink or have a girlfriend (oh dear !) but they had fun. Answer me one question , Given the choice what would you chose , A paid trip to Srinagar or a paid Internet service at speeds of 512 kbps (any high speed ! ) . Do I see you drooling at the second choice ? I think so . Why is it that the tangibility from the fun is missing ? Dont blame the gadget , they are necessary ! But for them to take one another’s place is a sin.

Coming back to the topic of being professional and perfect. I agree that both of them will make any organization’s efficient and produce better results. But we are humans , we cant behave like machines. Remember the times when u slapped the bosses back or mabey had fun at his cost. No you would be lying if you said that thats stupidity. We as humans have a natural tendency to do whats not allowed. If asked not think of an elephant for the next 20 sec , the first thing that pops in your head is a big fat elephant ! So breaking rules , doing stuff quietly is human nature – let it flow. Combined with that , a level of seriousness and spirit t o work can work like a charm.

I asked my father ( a pilot in the Indian Air Force) how was his life as a young pilot. He just went on and on telling me all the mischief and pranks they played. Doing a unauthorized aerobatic at 3 in the night, drinking till 2 and flying at 8 next morning.Kinda reminds me of Tom Cruise in Top Gun, doesn’t it ? During all this he also said something important – people died doing this. There were a section of people that was sidelined and ignored. So you can argue with me and say that todays attitude is correct , but hey let be check you again ! More number of people die today because of work stress , drugs road accidents. A larger section of society is unattended to and is in the dark. So would you rather die trying to live life at its fullest or be trapped in a society that allows minimal growth ?

Continuing with the IAF as an example I find lower spirit levels and josh today. People work today so that they can progress and build a great big bungalow tomorrow. There increased level of competition and this leads to corruption. The desire to do well at all cost overpowers the ethics and human sentiments. Your entire life , you work toward being a boss’s nice guy and for a good ACR(Annual Confidential Report , used to decide promotions etc. ) Theres a positive part too – better performance and discipline.

Two things , like I said before , important for a developing nation. However comparing the two I feel that the times before were more enjoyable. So can we not integrate the two times and work towards the better future? Instill the feeling of bonding and togetherness , work as a human team for not yourself but of everyone in the team. Have fun and break the occasional rule ;)
Be true to yourself and not to your Boss. Indulge in human level fun and not virtual fun ! Enjoy what you do form your soul , let other factors be secondary. I promise a better India to all of you . Jai Hind :)

    [tags]today’s life, how to have fun, Indian Air Force, improve efficiency, enjoy life[/tags]

50 responses to “Where is the fun ?”

  1. Blade

    the best article till now on this coolest blog.
    seriously too good. firectly striking on todays life.
    well done dude
    hope to read more like them

  2. Apoorva

    NICE ………..keep writin………..loved the endin very dramatic……….

  3. Sahil

    I wrote something similar. I guess geniuses think alike… nicely written. Though needs some editting!!!

  4. Kunal

    dude….u rock at writing Realistic stuff…i was so moved after readin d thingy….yeah u rite we’ve got so bonded to internal things that we have forgotten to have have fun wid friends and juzz forget thibgs we cud hv done rather than this..we shud sumtimes seriosuly feel to hv FUN…dude……kp writing…..

  5. Pallab

    I dont agree with you. Its not true that we dont have fun. It’s just that our lifestyle has changed. To us, stealing Mangoe from neighbours orchard with friends is not bliss, but things like hanging out with friends in a coffee shop is. In both the cases we do bond with friends.

  6. Rudro

    AWESUM ! gret observation…

    wndrful maan… hats off 2 u… no wrds 2 express my viewz…. GREAT ! Keep it up…….

  7. aks

    gr8 stuff there mann.. i completely agree wid u.. i cn proudly say dat i’ve had a lo of fun wid sum of my frens..( wudnt write dat here, dont wanna gt caught)… seriously yaar,, mazaa aaya pad ke..

  8. Kunal

    Dude u rock at writing realistic funny humouristic blogs!!!!!Good writing skills you have got!!How many marks did you get in English in these Terminals?????Anyways good article though i didn’t have the time to read it but anyways gud time wastage man!!

  9. Tanvee Ravi

    truth spoken beautifully…gr8 work.U must send out an article to all these workin place people.They really need it..for ur better India…for our better India.

  10. SANJANA KHANNA

    well written amu…well u’ve actually made me introspect about my own life…one needs to redefine fun…well i completely agree with u…so lets start having “FUN” in the real sense…good work…HAPPY WRITING…!

  11. Rohan Prabhu

    well.. when i look at myself all i think is that there is no need to change the situation as of now.

    That might be maybe i’m still having loads of fun, but ya there are so many expectations from the school, from the rat race and the world in general.. but you see definitions of ‘fun’ are rapidly changing. We’re not having as much fun as our parents used to have.. but it’s mainly due to the excessive competition that has come out today. We’ve realised that we need to stand out today, to be something for tomorrow. It’s not the ‘developing’ thing that counts, but truly speaking it’s in more of a philosphical viewpoint that it depends on our outlook towards life, on how we take it and live through these times.

  12. madhurima

    keep up the good work dude!
    t`waz a good read..nice reading stuff that really do make sense in our time.
    well composed.
    way to go!!!!!;>

  13. madhurima

    you know we don`t need to be first in this rat race because at the end of it we are still rats!!

  14. Blade

    hi aman. this is not a reply to you but a reply to madhurimas comment, seriouly great thinking but dont you think that most of you still want to be the king of the rats!!!

  15. Sahil

    I’d want to be the king of rats!!! :D

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