Excerpt
At the Fort
I am at the fort. Right now, I am standing close to the boundary of this huge fort. There is only one step left for me to miss the floor. If I were to take that, then who would tell you the story, dudes? If I were to look down, humans would not be seen. I am at such a height from where I can only see lights blinking in houses, imparting the glitter of twinkling stars in the sky. I am caught in between. But why am I standing like this? Maybe I am finding my life cumbersome?
I am here neither for a night walk, nor am I prowling here. In this pitch darkness, there is no need to think about the stock market, the life insurance plans, education plans or my 'car-home-fees loan'. I am substantially rich and luckily enough, I have not received any threatening calls from my enemies. I am merely wandering here and there to decide whether to jump down from this height of a thousand foot or more or not, despite being in possession of inestimable wealth and fame.
I wonder if my deeds have destined this for me! Should I be more brutal or do I deserve a somewhat lenient punishment? I have already moved in, more than a hundred, to and fro motions from one end to another like a pendulum, but denouement has not come yet. I will keep thinking the same thing till my last breath. But why should I bore you people with my aimless chatter?
Let me clarify this because I believe in the importance of public opinion as it helps many of us, including myself to take quick decisions without any dilly-dallying. So, let me give you the opportunity to decide on my behalf. Be prepared to read every word of this book so that you are able to tell what I should do after you have completed the reading. Just tell me, is there any other way to resettle what I had done?
I have been a person of my own values and have been living on my own terms and conditions for years now. Though I am tempted to wonder where my values have gone, I have invariably relied on the advice of only one person and that's been me only. However, I seem to have lost that person somewhere in this baneful world. Right now I am standing here with my hands empty.
I completed my schooling, bachelors of technology, masters in science, masters in research and Ph. D. Does it not make you wonder if I left anything?
I had my complete education in United Kingdom as it is the place where you have a lot of scope to earn a lot of money and that too in sterling pounds. Currently the value of the British pound is 1.5964 US dollars and 1.5964 dollar = 74.2645 INR. This means that even if you earn a meager amount in UK, you can lead a comfortable life in India. However, I did learn one thing and that is good fame, good money, or both do matter in every phase of life. I believe everyone has to have an optimistic 'desire' to help them to become prosperous and pragmatic. But here again, a question rises and that is, how can such a knowledgeable person be so under-whelmed?
Every one of us is quintessential in one's own world of certainties and uncertainties. What is more important is to have individuality, no matter what it costs for it to be so. Put in your best to make life affluent; keep working as long as possible; remain detached from the rest of the beings unless you need them desperately and be distant from every relation to avoid getting caught in the web of emotional attachment. Just be focused and do what you have been doing for years. This has been my motto in life till I came to this fort for the first time.
I am here neither for a night walk, nor am I prowling here. In this pitch darkness, there is no need to think about the stock market, the life insurance plans, education plans or my 'car-home-fees loan'. I am substantially rich and luckily enough, I have not received any threatening calls from my enemies. I am merely wandering here and there to decide whether to jump down from this height of a thousand foot or more or not, despite being in possession of inestimable wealth and fame.
I wonder if my deeds have destined this for me! Should I be more brutal or do I deserve a somewhat lenient punishment? I have already moved in, more than a hundred, to and fro motions from one end to another like a pendulum, but denouement has not come yet. I will keep thinking the same thing till my last breath. But why should I bore you people with my aimless chatter?
Let me clarify this because I believe in the importance of public opinion as it helps many of us, including myself to take quick decisions without any dilly-dallying. So, let me give you the opportunity to decide on my behalf. Be prepared to read every word of this book so that you are able to tell what I should do after you have completed the reading. Just tell me, is there any other way to resettle what I had done?
I have been a person of my own values and have been living on my own terms and conditions for years now. Though I am tempted to wonder where my values have gone, I have invariably relied on the advice of only one person and that's been me only. However, I seem to have lost that person somewhere in this baneful world. Right now I am standing here with my hands empty.
I completed my schooling, bachelors of technology, masters in science, masters in research and Ph. D. Does it not make you wonder if I left anything?
I had my complete education in United Kingdom as it is the place where you have a lot of scope to earn a lot of money and that too in sterling pounds. Currently the value of the British pound is 1.5964 US dollars and 1.5964 dollar = 74.2645 INR. This means that even if you earn a meager amount in UK, you can lead a comfortable life in India. However, I did learn one thing and that is good fame, good money, or both do matter in every phase of life. I believe everyone has to have an optimistic 'desire' to help them to become prosperous and pragmatic. But here again, a question rises and that is, how can such a knowledgeable person be so under-whelmed?
Every one of us is quintessential in one's own world of certainties and uncertainties. What is more important is to have individuality, no matter what it costs for it to be so. Put in your best to make life affluent; keep working as long as possible; remain detached from the rest of the beings unless you need them desperately and be distant from every relation to avoid getting caught in the web of emotional attachment. Just be focused and do what you have been doing for years. This has been my motto in life till I came to this fort for the first time.
