an old post

Sunday, June 17, 2007

ideas<>circumstances????

India is growing, in every possible sectors.and educations institutions play a really guiding role in this leap.iit...ya IITs...thats the difference which this three letter word had made.
well once i was standing in an ATM queue, waitin for my turn,i saw a serious looking guy of thin built,short but strangled hairs,thick glasses,dressed casually in a not so tidy blue denim, and a loose cotton shirt.
As he turned,one small monogram stucked to my sharp eyes..and i made no mistake in recogonising it.....iit delhi...this is what i read on the circular shaped mono...humm...and this finally completed his description.
i was in those days livin in "ber sarai" in new delhi,and by that that very fact, he n me are neighbours..as bersarai is a student friendly cheap locality near iit delhi. i am a chemical engineer from a tier II college(tier I is secured for iit...ohh IITs)and i was in delhi after some how completing my degree, and like many of my friends was "looking for possibilities" which seems impossible.
i mean, u have a engineering degree, from one of the oldest colleges in this country(nit....ofcourse not iit..ohh IIT), a decent precentage....quite above average aptitude....ok ok communication skills..good network of friends and seniors..i mean every thing which is ideally required to prevent you from being idle....but i was idle...
anyways... i gave the whole creidt to my circumstances for that.i too have good ideas but implementations are still far away...u know..many things are involved....mood....family..friends..and most importantly girl friend....
.... and these iit guys ohh IIT guys....any way complete ur degree and chose from the pool of options available....study adroad...take up a job....jump into entreprenship....or a mere start up....any thing....i know i am not politically correct...but this is what i used to think...
....and me..i am a real struggling soul. hmmm where does my efforts goes, which i put into my ideas..both professional and personal...
i was thinking deeply...my server was busy....beep beep....but physically i was in front of the ATM booth .....still looking at that guy...and contemplating...
..suddenly he turned....and i saw somthing printed on his loose cotton tee....zoomed my glanced....and found this.....
" put efforts of your ideas....not circumstances"
he withdrew his money and was gone.....to his campus..iit ohh IIT campus....

posted by rahul garewal on 02:16 AM


PS: This is an old post which I published on rediff , I am reproducing the whole text without any editing.