Just My Pointless Ramblings

“Why is the business in Faridabad so down this week?”, the tall well-built man asked with a frown etching across his face. “Sirji, last week four college students died of overdose, after that the police has been on lookout, cracking down on all our distributers.” The man huffed. Stupid kids. “Did you bribe the police?” “Yes, but now the local politician has taken this as an opportunity and has decided to reassure everyone that he will do everything in his power to stop all the drug producers and distributers. He swore that the drug menace will be uprooted from its roots.” “Don’t we pay him a cut?” “Yes, Sirji, he said, let us wait for one to two months, and then we can start again. People will forget. Out of sight, out of mind.” Bloody crooked politicians all of them. “Fine” he waved a dismissing hand and the burly guy left the plush office of the CEO of Nirvana Chemicals. “Stupid kids,” he muttered under his breath, “spoiling my business” What am I supposed to do, ...

“And the Women in Innovation award goes to Mrs. Neha from HPK Limited.” Well, those long-nights did pay off, she thought, as she smiled and walked up on the dais gracefully, and gave a beaming smile for the camera as she was presented with her award. The MC had described her as truly inspirational as he said, “Mrs. Neha has been a consistent top-performer. It is a proof that women are strong, resourceful and better. Under her, the innovation team of her company has filed 15 patents this year. And she has done all this along with being a mother of a toddler.   A woman of great strength and caliber.   Congratulations Mrs. Neha, it is a great pleasure for us to present you with this award. Would you be kind enough to grace our audience with a couple of words.” “Well,” she started taking the mic in her hands, “thank you for describing me with such beautiful words. I am indeed charmed. I would urge all women to do their best and not let anything stop them. Being a woman doesn...

The clueless “You should have a dream in life! A goal in life! A passion in Life! Something that drives you from within, something which makes you get out of your bed in the morning! The fire of passion! You spend 1/3 of your life working and if you do something you love, you will never work a day in your life! You will enjoy life!!” The speaker was good. Truly a motivational speaker, Tarun thought as he glanced around, noticing how the youngsters cheered on, gripping on to each and every word of his. He sighed, but he had no idea what he wanted to do in his life! He had no dream, no goal, sure he had hobbies, he liked painting, collecting stamps, reading books, he loved doing all of them! The speaker was going on and on about how to find your inner calling, yes, he was in a flow state when he painted, but he was nowhere near that amazing that he could turn it into his career. He was just average. It seemed like apparently everyone had figured out what they wanted to do in life, e...