Sunday, September 06, 2009

DAMMIT

EVERY OTHER DAY THERE'S SOME GODDAMN ARTICLE IN THE PAPER ABOUT HOW THE FUTURE'S BRIGHT FOR INDIAN LAW STUDENTS.
AND HOW THEY DRAW SUCH HUGE SALARIES, AND ITS THEIR DREAM COME TRUE, AND ITS A BETTER INVESTMENT THAN AN MBA AND GOD KNOWS WHAT ELSE.
HOW IN THE HELL DO I LIVE THROUGH THIS?
ITS BAD ENOUGH I PLOD ALONG HOPING SOMEDAY TO MAKE IT.
FOR EVERYBODY AROUND ME TO TELL ME I MADE BAD CHOICES IS TOO FUCKING MUCH.
THEY'VE BEEN SAYING IT FOR BLOODY THREE YEARS NOW.
GOD.
WE'LL SEE.
"I'M LIVING IN A CONSTANT "WHY COULDN'T YOU BE LIKE THEM?" EXISTENCE"
WELL I CAN'T.
THIS IS WHAT I AM. I CAN'T HELP IT.
ITS ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THIS. WRITE SOMETHING IN THE BLOODY PAPER ABOUT THOSE KIDS WHO DARED TO DREAM. WHO DARED TO THINK THAT THEY COULD MAKE IT AT A PLACE THAT REALLY NEEDED THEM MORE THAN ANY OTHER. WHO'RE MORE THAN LIKELY TO FALL BY THE WAYSIDE. OR QUIT. 
WHEN PEOPLE SAY THIS COUNTRY NEEDS ITS FRIGGIN YOUTH. THEY DON'T NEED EM WORKING FOR THOSE PLACES. THEY NEED EM HERE. WHERE I'M AT.

SOME PEOPLE DECIDED THAT THEY DIDN'T LEARN ALL THOSE THINGS IN LAW SCHOOL, TO DO THAT. THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WOULD PUT TO USE ALL THEY'D LEARNED, OR ATLEAST TRY. THAT NOTHING MADE THEM HAPPIER THAN TO APPLY ALL THAT THEY'D LEARNT.

THEY JUST MIGHT NOT AT THE TIME, HAVE NOTED ALL THE HIDDEN SACRIFICES. ALL THAT MUST BE GIVEN UP. THEY MAY HAVE CHOSEN DIFFERENTLY. BUT THEN AGAIN, WHO KNEW I'D MEET YOU?

THERE IS NOTHING NEWSWORTHY OR FABULOUS ABOUT GETTING YOUR "DREAM JOB" OUT OF LAW SCHOOL, BEING PAID 30 LAKHS TO PUSH PAPER. STOP PEDDLING THESE DREAMS TO MY PARENTS. ITS BLOODY EVIL.

MAYBE SOMEDAY YOU'LL MAKE ME REGRET NOT TAKING THAT ICICI BANK JOB. IT HASN'T COME TO THAT YET. DEAR GOD. MONEY IS EVERYTHING IN THIS LIFE.

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