Life- Chemically Compounded !

Rewind. There were times when pages of formulas and equations which one cannot digest had to be mugged up without any mistake. The bonds that you create among your clan seems no matter for the only bonds that concerned these equations were the double and triple bonds. Well the reaction could be using salts,bases, acids or alkalies. These terms would slowly unleash that sack bag of chemical formulas which was buried deep down your brain few years back (Well I just meant for non- chemical students here). So yeah , this chemistry is surely tough than the cupid striking chemistry between couples. I can now read the question that stacks up in your mind. I know that it's "Why do you keep digging unwanted things right now?". But yeah , I am doing this for a reason , yes a valid one. A sudden thought struck me.What if Chemistry and Life are juxtaposed? What would be the result? Will they have similarities and if so , in what way? . Well , my solution to these interrogations is that both chemistry and life are interrelated. Oh no! Not in the love sense but yeah in a practical sense. And I very well know that anything stated should be justified. So here's my "Life - Chemically Compounded" formula.
          Let's start with simple compounds. So the first one to make an entry is the indispensable water. So this vital liquid is a combination of two hydrogen and one oxygen atoms to result in a compound. But what's the strategy with life? Let's take the first H to be Happiness and the second H to be Health. Let the O be Open-mindedness .We know that the major property of water is that it takes the form or the shape of any object into which it is poured say a bottle or an ice tray. It is so flexible and can exist in a way we want to. In the same way , if a person has happiness , health and open-mindedness , then he/she can remain free in life and can stay in any flexible way they want without having to worry about the future. Also that person can easily adapt to the form life takes and can easily deal with everyday problems in a much more smooth manner.
          Okay now let's take a  molecule for discussion - Oxygen.It has a simple structure with two oxygen atoms combined together. Now considering its relation with life's quotient - Let the two Os be Optimistic Outlook. We know that oxygen is important for the fact that the entire human respiratory system depends on its content for proper functioning. We inhale oxygen for a fit living. In the same way if Optimistic Outlook  concept is taken into people's minds then the resultant of any action will always be positive and full of success.
           The next compound in line is Common Salt- Sodium Chloride. It has two Sodium (Na+) and one chloride (Cl-) ions. So what's special about this salt? It's a known fact that the entire culinary efforts of everyday life would prove a failure without the addition of this compound. Let Na and Cl stand for Natural and Clever. The logic behind this is that when our ideas in life are natural , without being camouflaged and clever without having that tint of uncertainty , then our decisions are bound to achieve success and are sure to be correct in every sense.
           The next compound that is to be discussed is Hydrochloric acid (HCl). Let hydrogen H+ and chloride Cl- stand for High-spiritedness  and Clarity. We know that our human body secretes HCl within our digestive system and more the concentration of the acid , the better and faster the food particles get broken down. In the same way more the concentration of High-spiritedness and clarity that we have in our approaches , the smaller the problems of our life would break down and melt as a butter in a hot pan.
           The most toxic of all the compound is Carbon Monoxide(CO).  It has carbon and oxygen in such a proportion that it is considered to be allergic and pungent and said to cause cancerous growth. In life's concern , let's take the C and O  to be Careless Outcomes . This means that if we do not take proper measures to improve our actions in life , then the outcomes would be careless and in the same way would greatly affect the life in a long run. So just as the compound should be avoided in a chemical sense , the same must be done for life's concept too.
           The last compound to be mentioned is Glucose. It has six atoms of Carbon , twelve atoms of Hydrogen and again six atoms of Oxygen. So what's the story behind this compound. It's known to the world that it can give instant energy i.e it serves as a source of carbohydrates.Taking the C, H  and O  as  Commitment,  Hardwork and Opportunity we see that equal amounts of commitment and opportunity along with twice the amount of hardwork results in a massive positive energy so called victory in life. And yes, everything in life will start tasting sweet and sugary.
           These are just few compounds that relate to life with a different meaning for their atoms. So don't you now feel life has got its chemistry ? Well , the answer would be an yes from my side.

A Despicable Portray

With the controversies and news against the popular food product still ruling the grounds, we Indians are put to think about the future commercial market. We are totally discombobulated as we are exposed to the mistrust of products that we use in our day to day life. With our quotidian needs at stake and the various television commercials being important reasons for public to endorse and use products, we need to think whether all the ads shown are properly portrayed. Ironically, it’s a no. Well, there’s a justification for this say and many of us would already know the few ones cited below.

                        The general Indian television ads are targeted towards every age group depending on the nature of the product to be sold. Of late we have been seeing quite few ads that show a woman’s character very low, much to the surprise that many women themselves act in such ads. Be it the popular men brand deodorants that shows the lewdness and prurience of women (well, to my dismay every ad does that) or the famous soft drink that has a lead female celebrity endorsing it, which I really doubt whether it’s the brand that is being publicized for I don’t find the actions performed to be in correlation with promoting the mango drink. Aren't these simple brands that are essential for public need? Then why do they have to show it in such a manner that provokes controversy, and to be frank catalyze the illicit thoughts in people’s mind?.

                        Well the list doesn't end there. Next in line is to attract the middle-aged women who have unmarried young daughters. The mothers are so vexed and have a hard time because their daughters are not giving their consent for marriage. Then the famous ads came as handy solutions to these mothers. Just take your daughter to a jewelry showroom, and there comes the reply that she’s ready to get married. Well it’s so surprising that a flashy piece of stone can work wonders which even a mother’s words cannot.  And next to be credited is the ad for fairness cream by a popular brand, for both men and women. The minute a person uses it, there comes the self-confidence from nowhere to achieve anything in life - from saying a “no to marry a guy” to your father, to gaining stardom all within seconds. Well so do they mean dark people can’t achieve anything or they don’t have self-confidence? Probably these brands don’t know the achievers list.

                        We also didn't know that swapping a cellphone of your loved ones could make them understand each other’s importance. So does the count of calls in one’s phone decide one’s character? Well, it seems so. I guess spending time with your near ones proves a waste, for the ad shows the best way to exchange the phones. You can understand someone is busy by just talking to them, for he/she is someone whom you know very close. Evidence is not needed.

                        It’s been a latest fad now to rope in children into the ads so that mass crowd of all ages would be attracted for children are being portrayed. All the leading soap and toothpaste brands , suddenly have people in the name of “experts” wearing white coats ( The point made clear that every expert should wear a white coat whether or not he/she is really one ), showing that the product is 99.99% safe for children use(and adults too ). Well our branded products contain more fruity content than our real fruits that we consume, according to a survey. So are these products really safe? If not why is that every such ad should rope in an expert?. It becomes so stereotype with every ad following the same method. Well people, there are other creative ways of advertising products.

                        The most shocking advertisement, not intended for television, yet earned a lot of controversy is the one by the online shop for all types of sunglasses and lenses for men and women. It was during the Nepal earthquake that occurred of late, where when the entire country was in deep condolence, the company released an ad stating “Shake it off like this earthquake with flat **% discount …” on some product. It’s saddening to see that some brand is being popularized at the cost of people battling for their lives.

                        Even though there are the above mentioned ads having a despicable portray, there are many television commercials that are captured in a wonderful way to deliver a thought. Be it the “every friend is necessary” ad of the well-known network brand emphasizing the importance of friendship, the ads depicting the importance of sharing among kids, the P&G education initiatives, the woman empowerment showing a woman as a boss over her husband (well, it’s just one showing woman power) or the clothing brand ad that shows the will power of a single mother raising her kid, each of them have made a striking role in kindling the character and thoughts of each of us. It’s not only the above ones but many that are striving to popularize the brands as well as deliver a thought to public, well even if not a thought it doesn't portray anyone badly. So it’s high time we Indians stop completely believing in advertisements blindly and start thinking and reflecting about them for a better future.

The nosy affairs

This is quite a common tendency. And primarily for Indians it's more of an idiosyncrasy. This moots up among all age groups,without any tint of partiality and in all places that attracts people in groups for those chit-chats. This can lighten a situation by being jest-filled or even provoke a war like environment. So what's this "this"? It's the petite nosy attitude that most of us have , making us interested in others more than ourselves. So what's wrong in this ? Is it something like a no!no! to keep updated about others affairs (here I mean their activities :P) or enquire about what others are upto so that you could be the topper of "Who's who" list and what's currently trending among your clan ?. Well , it is not so until you maintain the so called limits with which you can approach a person. This is what I want to discuss in this article.
                                                 To understand what exactly this nosy attitude means, I would like to cast few examples that explains itself.  Firstly let's consider the dramatic scenario at home on the day of our 10th standard or 12th standard board examination results. There the bike starts and gears up with full speed whether or not in reality but at least in our stomachs as we check the results ,with our parents' eyes glued to the monitor (yeah almost all of us check our results online :P) that looks brighter than what we think is our future and with the grandparents sitting at a stone's throw from us chanting all those lines from scriptures to make the God shower blessings disguised as marks. Then this volcano stays dormant until you check your marks but erupts the same day when the so called relatives whom I bet you guessed didn't exist make their calls ,and sadly in most cases visit your home. Then comes the uncle's mother-in-law's sister's daughter's son's stories , where the alienated relatives with their honed skills starts comparing the marks , asking you your marks just as the criminals get questioned by an officer. There,you stand in the court scenario with the "Whatever I say is the truth....blah blah..." verse running in the background. The nosy affair starts here. So what's the problem of those people who didn't know that you existed ,during hardships but come straightway to enquire marks when declared ? Don't you think this nosy habit  balks at the personal space of people?. Ironically , it does.
                                                It just doesn't end there but travel to places as we commute. Why not marriages and get together functions? They prove places of gossips and untold stories about people. There this curious behavior creeps in like a hole through the tight wall.How many of us questioned by those so called aunties and uncles , just because they have right to ask silly questions due to their age?. For most of the times , it's not the care for us which makes them ask such questions ( at least we would be happy if it's that ) ,but it's that attitude that's ready to put us down by saying boastful stories of their wards and grandchildren the moment we finish. You are at blame if you are not engaged (for the one's in late 20's) , or you are at blame if you are not one among those millions who land up in the so called creamy IT jobs (for them any other domain is waste of time and money. At least for most) or the last question that turns up would be about the salary. The most irritating fact is when all these questions have to be answered as a quench for their curiosity and not as a matter of care or responsibility in guiding us. This indeed is a very nosy affair.
                                          Why put the entire blame on the elders ? Often , we youngsters end up poking our nose and piquing into people's affairs beyond our limits. Gossips do arise , but that's not the thing at blame. Kidding and gossiping go hand in hand in friendship. But what matters most is the amount of  healthy personal space that each of us maintain and the way each one should act without intruding into this. The most important fact is that your concern for others and the curious nature to know about their being and happenings should not hurt or irritate them . For this nosy attitude not only lowers your image but also leads to troubled circumstances that goes beyond control.
                           
So can we start reducing this nosy habit of ours and instead  show real concern and care for the people around us ?. Well, it's high time we should.
                       

Of those oxymorons in our lives

Well, they are so feigned. They are those few of the usual words uttered by us in our everyday conversation .Yet we don't really seem to notice them for they tide along the flow of talk. Yeah, so the "they" that is mentioned here are the Oxymorons. I'm glad for those who already know what it means. (Oxymoron , as the name may seem new, is an old concept belonging to figures of speech. For those of you who have memories of spending your high school days with  red-tinged Wren&Martin book, this term is no new.). In simple terms , ever tried juxtaposing words for fun? Well , if not no worries, for oxymorons do the needed by consisting words juxtaposed for contrast. They are paired words with contrast meanings. Interestingly, the word "Oxymoron" itself is an example for it meaning the words "sharp" and "dull", two unusually paired words of opposite meanings. This article is not a discussion of any point in particular , but just a tale to open up the concept of oxymorons and how funnily we end up using it in our normal conversations, in most cases without knowing.

And this is no special term because there are other figures of speech like simile and metaphor. This post is just out of my liking for "oxymorons".

So here are those oxymorons and the random examples ( You may have some other instances too). The bold words are the oxymorons.

                                      There are times of test in your life. They drive you crazy for you may not know how to go about and how to deal with. Neither their source nor their results may be known. Haven't you been absolutely unsure to take decisions ? Well you might have surely had. And then you say " Omg. Just don't know what this is up to! I'm absolutely unsure what move to make next".
                                      Then time may pass, you may land up in what the Engineering students call it as "the biggest problem" , the semester exams, that intrudes a happy life once in 3 months ( well , just don't believe the six month story , for its never been so ). The count down starts , one month to exams , 20 days ,3 days and finally the night before the exams. And then that friend of yours , who acts savior by telling you important questions to learn calls. You say, " Chancey illa! (No chance ) The only choice  is to leave this answer and go for there is no time". (Did you know that you were using an oxymoron? :P)
                                    And there, after the exams , you'll face another semester where the first day , fate tricks you by giving a lab period in the timetable. And there you go to the lab , without knowing what it concerns , and on the very first day of the sem (*facepalm). Also you being the unluckiest are put into a batch that goes to toughest lab class and the other batch manage to go to a lab with a.c's and fun loving teacher ( Engineering students would know what this means :D). After this class ,you come out , and the other batch students wait like monkeys seeing bananas coming, waiting to know how the session was, and you say " The sir /ma'am clearly confused . I don't understand the format for the record!Attending or not attending the class makes the same difference".
                                   And then , remember those fast paced evenings before the submission of records? We all end up going to the xerox shop and make the guy who runs the shop to run out of ink itself ,  by taking all our last-minute printouts. Half of the time we use our friend's completed record for our supreme xerox, for why waste our time formatting the stuff? :D. Then we say to the shop guy , "Anna (brother) this is original copy . Can you take xerox of it?".
                                    Those jobless times in class. We end up blathering and jabbering gossips. When gossips turn up , the gaucheness of yours come along and you comment about someone near you such that is turns into a loud whisper. There you are, deadlocked when that person hears you. Your non stop conversation would end in deafening silence.
                                    Have you tried to act naturally in certain circumstances instead of falsely pleasing others? Or  even when your patience ( or cool ) was found missing , were you  awfully good to that person at stake? . Have you asked for exact estimate while heading any event in college ?You would have at least once, and unknowingly you would have used the words.

                                 Ever known how contrasting words could hodgepodge into a sane and meaningful context?. Well you would at least now if you hadn't known so long.
                                     

Is destiny related to Math?

                                      It's a ubiquitous statement. It's uttered by all-aged persons. A simple one to use, as a matter of fact ,excuse or lament.  Yes, it's the line "It's fate". It is so common for us to say this whenever something happens out of our fence of expectations , or something happens to us in a negative way.Rarely do we use it when something of great value happens to us. It's always a heated debate whether one can change the so called fate and achieve something beyond it ,or one has to accept or lament over the fact of being destined in that way. People may have a varied opinion on this issue. But this article is solely what I feel, think and put into use in my life. So you can opt for this if you feel the same way . :)
                                 
                                      In my opinion , the preamble fact that I want to put forth is that that the destiny or the fate is related to the Math that we study from our kindergarten. Or in other terms, the concept of destiny can be explained by the basic Math that we have learnt in our lives. I really don't know what made me draw such relation , but somehow I feel that they coalesce.

                                      For the lives of few, the fate can be compared to the well known "Mathematical operator concept".When you wanna achieve something in life , or complete a task or succeed in some matter, you automatically start working towards it. But the way and the amount of work put in by you matters a lot in deciding, or more properly knowing your destiny. When your passion and hard work towards achieving something is exceedingly high or accrues then it can be compared to the "greater than operator" . In that case your hard work is surplus than the destined fate , where the fate fails to attack you.There comes the success and glory , with the fastest ever speed  targeting you. The simple formula

(Passion+Dream+Hard work ) > (so called fate) = You succeed (Higher chances)
This gives a greater chance of you changing your fate. Again , I here mean a higher chance (you'll know why I emphasize on this in few more lines to come).
                                    Similarly , when the amount of effort that you put in to achieve something is not that great enough ( for us it's always the best effort , but it may not be enough for attaining that goal  which I'm sure our hearts fail to accept. ), then the decided fate is higher hence we tend to reach situation of dejection and sorrow , having not achieved our goal. So here comes the "lesser than operator".

(Passion+Dream+Hard work ) < (so called fate) = You loose (In most cases)
Here again, it's in the most cases and not always. So once we reach this situation , all that runs in our minds is to work more assiduously (optimistic ) or stay there grumbling (pessimistic).

                                         Now the fact why I had already mentioned "higher chances" and "in most cases" , requires a mention here. Here I don't try to be pessimistic . But it's an explanation that I've had out of my personal experience and also having seen in other's lives. Though I gave the three para explanation , I know that most of you would nod to this aspect . Let's consider the people who die in everyday accidents , sudden ones. Let's consider the people and children who are affected by some grave disease say cancer , having no reasons for them to get acclimated to such pain. Think of the foetus that get aborted in the womb. Think of people who are just alive the previous minute but are tangled by the ropes of death the next minute by some terror attack or accidents. The above stated ones are just few examples of the unexpected events that are truly glued to the "Results of fate or destiny". The math concept used here is "log(0)". We know that log(0) is undefined. So are the cases included above (and many more like that ). These are the cases where a human cannot do anything in prior to change the destined writing of the amanuensis of God. They are undefined too. All we can do in these circumstances is to endure the pain or the results and hope for the best to happen in near future. Isn't it bleak? The answer is hard to say.

How to keep them unnoticed ?- The role of your privacy settings!

Oh no..It's not my addiction to Whatsapp. Well, just a glace at the title may make you think so. But what I really mean is something with a twist. Okay , our human minds are so accustomed that even a weird , absurd  topic could be easily understood by citing examples. Let me do that now , to explain what I really mean and not to make you mean to others but to improve the means of your life. ( yeah! you're right..just tried using that word in different contexts. :P).

                                               That excited and satisfactory moment finally arrives , a much awaited one in your life for what you have faced so long has only been the different sized siblings of failures and frustration. You are extremely sated with what has occurred. What you have got is the initial step for your path and you're sure that you'll meet success in just a few trials . But yeah there occur times where this confidence of yours may go down disparagingly. This may be either due to few pessimists , whose all day work is to grumble and just belittle you or due to few instants which may deter you from staying focused in your goal. You may feel completely hopeless and stranded in your so called goal-reaching path. What do you do ? How to butter up the situation?. How to bring back that confidence and power that motivates you ? .

                                                   No question in this world goes answer-less ( at least this is what I believe. No , don't stimulate your smart brains to shout out the cliched words "hypothetical questions".  :P). So in my opinion, the better solution to the above problems would be to use your abilities in the field of social networks , in your life. The preliminary step: Sync the concept of privacy settings. Well at least use this option here , in your life , even if you don't for blocking strangers in real life , for in your life it is essential to flush out the junk. So always keep this privacy mode of yours activated, for we don't know when we will come up with shitty people and messy situations. Just as a sensor , once such an event pokes up , your mind and your heart syncs together and blocks this from being processed. Just as the white blood cells tend to rush to the location where the infection occurs in your body when hurt ( yeah , I'm a pathetic biology student turned engineer who is trying to recollect the tint of the passionate biology learnt sometime ....nope...a longtime back) , the privacy setting of yours would stop the information on the bad people and events that perturb you , from gushing. Tada , you're almost out of the troublesome situation and back with the same zeal and energy to achieve your goal. But the continuity lies in how far you use your privacy setting option. This applies greatly to me too , for I'm also the kind of person who gets deterred. So together we shall activate our privacy settings and fight out our monstrous devils - both people and the situations putting us down. :D

When the letters go tangling

Okay, this substance may be in the same lines , say a sequel to the crux of my previous article , " the confessions of anonymous person". This time I'm gonna confess about something which you may think is so unlikely for anyone to notice or to grumble about. You may also think that this one is too intruding into people's idiosyncrasies. Well you can take an apology from my side before you could continue reading this tale. ( Well I actually don't wanna owe one , because I really think this is an incinerating issue ,that is least cared by people, and has become a latest fad among all aged folks ).
               Well, I want to put forward a collation ,the one of a person with his language. Can you imagine liking a person who is totally unkempt and disheveled? I know it can never happen in even in dreams ( Well. I'm not meaning any of those stereotype collections in the cine field where any sort of cupid strikes can happen :P). Well if you can't for the former , then how could you prefer the latter ? How can you not like an improper person and yet prefer the imperfect language?.Language being an integral part of our life , plays a silent watcher and can trip us at times. But the scenario now is that we go and fall a prey to such trips. What makes this happen is the "tangling of letters " . It's become a recent trend to use short forms , with no partiality for any word! Who knows , even as days tread, the words "short form"may themselves be indicated in a more petite form . These short forms not even imply the reduced form of the words, not even a drop of few letters , but involve a complete mix and match with letters tangling and dancing to their own tunes . We are so much used to such words that we almost forget the original spelling of the words and are in a scenario to sign up a monthly tuition with the 2nd grade kids , to learn them up .

       The worst situation that one could face is when you type bazillion lines explaining even that intricacies of the cusps of the jist , and there comes the moment when all that you'll as a reply is a "K" or "Ohhhkeey" or an even worse compressed form. It would have taken the same time to type an "okay" or at least an "OK". All you do sway your fingers , which do not consume a day's pay , but just few milliseconds extra. This laconic reply surely puts off the mood of the person who has taken an effort to convey something . This not only pertains to this word but for all those words in the English language. From what was called the way to achieve time efficacy, this is almost  turning into a fashion quotient and we have reached a situation where a person is considered to be berserk if he/she types normally.
                   " I m gtng lte..its 3 alrdy I hv 2 go thr by 4.wen shl v meet.." This is very well understood by all . No doubts .But what in my opinion is , what is that force that pulls you back from just spending that extra few seconds in typing the words fully? . And more appropriately why is that hindering you from being normal?. It's not that by saving these extra few seconds  we end up with a valuable day. It takes million such extra seconds to make up a day's hours and so why not use it when there rather than abstractly wanting it.
                Again what I mean here is not that short forms should never be used. And I also admit that I'm not a very avid follower of this. I too end up using few short forms like lol , btw and some more . But as specified above, it kills the beauty of the language and once it becomes an addiction, can trip us anytime, and hence may redound to unpleasant situations. In the long run what matters a lot is how well we are able to understand the essence of the language , and these fashion trends can prove to be an evanescence , and a new way of typing words ( to me...a more stupid way of doing it...as there is only one way and it has already been taught to us) can make its way, where if we continue to dwell the same way we are , we will end up in a much more bleak scenario.
        The thought that I wanna drive through this is that it's nice if we reduce these short forms step by step and habitually it may be completely driven out , making us to enjoy the real essence of the language.