Which Mouse doesn't want Cheese?

Because this is all I do. Or ever will. Because if you take more than a few steps, you can never turn back.Times when you want to tweek more than a few things with your Life.Time when it seems that all is a waste.All the running,the frustrations,the missed deadlines,the lost dreams.

 

The Fear of Death.

 

But then how many can tolerate  living more than One Life?Death is a blessing.Offcourse not for the teenager who chooses it over the fear of Failure.Or for not being good enough.

 

I for one have always feared Fear itself.Of making public gaffes,horrendous foot-in-the-mouth disasters.And of showing fear publicly.Having Got through those early years I do realise that no one cares.Human memory is short.Even of your neighbours!Till we can go back in time a la The House on The Strand-Daphne Du Maurier,we cant change the mistakes we made.

 

The cocoon of society hides many warts.Softens the edges of many failures.The success of Silicon Valley is an ode to failure.There is only one such place that encourages risk,asks that you try even if its to try and fail while the rest of us try to curtail risk,live within limits and navoid 'Tall Poppy Syndrome'.

 

"It does not matter how hard you fall.What matters is how quickly you get up" - Vince Lombardi.

 

Indian society abhors failure.A few marks less than thy neighbour is sin.Give up your passions because if you dont get a cushy job or that IIT or IIM badge you become a 20 year old failure.Maybe its the pressure of all the other rats in the system.Lemings running for degrees.

A 2012 report by NASSCOM says 67% of Indian tech graduates are unemployable?UNEMPLOYABLE!Cause we cram them with theory and little practise.Rote by learning.Unimaginative.Unsure of adapting theory to reality.

 

A Society that cares only for success is breeding amorality.Every parent wants to teach their child to be honest,truthful.When you see your neighbour taking shortcuts and succeeding,morality sheds its skin.For some its a seasonal phenomenon for others a lifelong vocation.

 

Yet,we all talk of doing good."It costs a fortune to Keep Gandhi in poverty"an admirer once said.Did the Father of the Nation,along with Independence bequeath another more insidious legacy to Indian society?Hypocrisy.Keeping up appearances.

 

I certainly feel so.We took the Mahatma to heart.India won indepencence but lost its soul.