Sunday, November 27, 2016

Money works in many ways

[ Inspired by demonetization initiative in India and also my reading of Economics of Banking. I got to tell you both have been very painful. ;) I want this post to be a sort of cliched one. Am not very good with words and meter. ]

Money works in many ways
 
We save a penny here and a penny there
Our vaults get heavy and our ego too
We lose time to even count your pennies
We drive fancy cars and have great views from the window
Wear the best and look the best
Roam the world with a backpack and stubble

What does money want?

It loves movement from hand to hand.
It cannot contain in a locked safe!
It longs for value.
If you don't give it what it deserves, it goes sad and black!

What is money?
Moulded metal or printed note?
It pervades everywhere. 
It drives people insane.

Money works in many ways.

Money's made of the hope that we LIVE the next day.
However we want to.
Nothing more and nothing less.


Monday, November 21, 2016

Going high

We hear this everyday.

He's hit his high.
This drink gets me high.
You should always aim high.

When do you get high?
  • When you score the best in exam and top the list? 
  • When your team wins a volleyball match and you see the certificate? 
  • Or when you get into the university you have only dreamt about 
  • Or when you graduated successfully with a high paying job in a well-known corporate?
  • When you play a tal with variation you have only heard but never tried before and see that spark in your teacher's eye?
  • Or when your professor overlooks your late course application and approves your course after a tough debate and lecture on punctuality?
  • When you give yourself a generous dose of a beverage or let some quirky smoke enter into your breath?
  • Or when you hear a tune and bang your head for half-an-hour and realize it's just another well-known ragam? 
  • Or when you give flowers and see the girl smiling mysteriously as if nothing had happened? And then have a non-stop-2-min-laugh about it as if how-dare-you-no-way!
  • When you stumble upon a friend at a random place and start exchanging life events - present and past? 
  • When you know you are right and button up for whatever is ahead?
  • When you can't play a tune how-much-ever hard you try but play it flawlessly the very first time next day?
  • While watching the movie you know you imagined this much better than what is shown?
  • Or when you click a perfect portrait and your subject says thanks with the eyes?
  • Or when you can't help but repeatedly thank the chef (and a friend) for making the lunch memorable?
  • When you say something without validating internally and realize there's something cool about it?