Thoughts of an Eccentric Guy

Love.... A feeling that can not be explained... A thrill that can only be experienced... Reading hundreds of novels and stories.... Watching number of movies... And listening to maddeningly romantic songs.... Everything contributed to my impression of that great feeling called "LOVE"!!! But it also caused me to feel bitter as I did not have any lover.... Unfortunately, a fairly common sight nowadays is a girl and a boy enjoying themselves oblivious to everyone around. And the most obvious conclusion: they are lovers!!! And in these couples, I always checked out the guy first. Not because I was interested in him (I am not gay, fellas!!!), but because I wanted to see, what was in that guy, which I do not have... But in the few minutes it took for them to pass me, I could not find anything even remotely attractive in most couples, I saw... (Of course, I thought rather much of myself at those times...) And once they passed me, I would turn back and look at the

"On the floor a child is sitting on a carpet and his cries echo all through the house. His mom tries a hundred and one ways as do every mother. But as it happens with every other household, the baby does not stop his wailing. The Dad comes in and even he tries as many ways as he can including scolding the poor little guy. But what to do... The baby does not understand nor does he care." Till now the incident that I have described is an incident that has happened or will happen and might still be happening in most of the houses... (I fear saying all cause there will be exceptions to every hypothesis...!!!!) But that which follows happened in my home (in fact with me!) : "The mother, as if struck by a brainwave, took out a comic book from a nearby book case and showed it to the sobbing kid. The crying came to an abrupt stop. The little kid took that book and  tore all the pages   in an attempt to touch all the pictures in the silly book (The video is just a simile!)

"Mummy, mummy, may I go for Cricket???" These were the words uttered by Ravi, the only son in an Indian Middle Class Family, a tenth class student. His Mom replied, "What? Again Cricket!!! You were playing cricket the whole of morning. Even yesterday, you played the whole day. Isn't that enough???" As if all the elements were against him today, his Dad enters the room at the same time. He looks at Ravi and says, "Look, son! Your 10th class is a most important milestone in your life. If you clear your 10th with flying colors, your life is as good as settled. So just work hard for these exams and after the exams you can enjoy as much as you want!!" On hearing his father explaining to him in such comforting and soothing words, Ravi feels the importance of his studies and studies hard for his 10th... To his credit, he clears his 10th with such a high score that he can be counted among the best students in his school. I am sure, most of us have gone