Perception a Problem?

The topic refers to the tension, dissever and nervousness the human mind goes through after reaching the dividing roads of life. The perception plays an important role here. Cause the most important criteria of judgement is played by perception in such a situation. But perception is after all perception, it is believed to be right but cannot be ensured. And hence the tension, dissever and nervousness. Its a circle in itself. The more you know, the more you perceive and yet far more your perception changes (in same or other direction).

I often wonder is it only me for whom the perception has such a wide play ground to lurk around? As for me, the perception about few major things have altered drastically. The latest happenings in my life has helped me to evaluate the perpetually altering perception as the basic criteria for selecting the road's crossway.

To let you know about my present state of mind, I am at a junction and need to select a way as means of my livelihood, between Business, Job and Further Education. I am a graduate now, have 1 year full time work experience and belong to a business family. I am lucky to have all the three options healthily available to me. But the divide here is the choice of selection.

Its already been long that I have tried to perceive about the pros and cons of all the three streams. Yet the dilema of confusion persist. More number of people I meet more of personal advice I get, and I am sure you have your own too to pass on to me, but hold on till this one gets over.

I, in order to make the most aware decision, met well settled and highly acclaimed people of my family's social circle of all the fields. And the irony being I found hardly anyone acclaiming his own profession to be superior than the other. An highly earning employed person thinks there's nothing better than own independence and work, while an highly earning businessman suggests the business has evolved a lot and its not as easy in today's competitive world as a professional life. But however slyly the latter accepts that in some aspects its always good to be entrepreneur. But still everyone has his own logic to adjunct the debated topic.

Since childhood I had strong inclination towards job and profession. I remember, in my early school - 1st to 3rd grade, I did not like to say that my father is neither a doctor nor an engineer but a business man. Even till the time I been for graduation, I was so lured with high executive job profiles that I wanted to do my PG from one of the best institution. However, during my grads I got under influence of some learned men from industry, learnt about their experiences - History - the Great Men of Worlds. This affected my school of thoughts and gave me the deviated insight. And finally the entire perception changed. Today looking back I am surprised that its the same me, who looked down upon the business once is all ready to embrace it. Even my work experience of small tenure helped me to build my perception.

Such a major change in perception is still a mystery for me. But however I feel today I am more aware, and has developed the basic anvil of reasoning to make my judgement based on perception. Still whatever the decision that I take, will be based entirely on perception. And more I know, more I perceive. And as here its entirely the new road the only experience at hand is the past record of the role the perception has played in such dilemma-tic situations.

Consequently as without any experience, the entire decision maker is perception the tension, dissever and nervousness continues. It ends only once an unalterable direction is chosen.

Ye Delhi hai mere Yaar..

Been to Delhi last week for a short trip!! Loitered on many streets in and around Delhi..!!

Its an endless city, which seems to have no boundary limits. I wonder how do people commute in such a big city, especially earlier when the metros didn't exist. Still lots of places yet out of reach from Metro, and multitude are traveling from one part of city to another using government and private buses. One can travel one end to another for 4 hours and yet not be able to cross Delhi limits (in vertical or horizontal direction). Well 4 hours might seem to be some big time, however when you consider Delhi traffic which is growing at constant rate, inspite of Metros, it seems to be very feasible.

Metros is no doubt an excellent example of public transport services that any government can boost of. A well built metro with stations built in major crowded places like Chandani Chowk, Kashmiri Gate, etc is worth seeing.

Chandani Chowk, now the famous Delhi 6, is one of the most busy street of Delhi. The main road has got splendid shops and constructions which coverts the old city of Delhi. But if you enter any of the galis, viz. Parathe vali Gali, Maliwara, Nayi Sarak, etc, you get to see the real Delhi 6. Here one feels he is roaming in the main market of any UP/Bihar city. All small lanes, with no space for a car to enter, for the matter of fact even bikes are not permitted inside those lanes. The shop keepers here are running their ancestral businesses. Roadside small shops, like a cubicle where the shopkeeper is sitting at the entry of the shop waiting for customers. One might think that these shopkeepers are just trying to sustain themselves. But actually their business model gives them profit better than those of malls, shopping complex and well to do shops of Delhi. You enter these shops and you are treated with some tea, cold drink and if you are lucky than even with Chat Items like Dahi Balle, Sev Puri-Dahi Puri, etc. These area also caters to some chatpata delicacies of Delhi. You will also notice lack of civic sense among shop owners. Most of them do not keep a dustbin and all their litters are found loitering in front of their shops on the street. And this makes you wonder more if you are really in some tier 2 Indian city.

Well litter is a major problem of most metros and Delhi is no exception. But however to imagine a dumped stinking area near the Famous Red Fort was a blow to my expectations. Down straight the Chandani Chowk I found Red Fort. I walked down the street for about a kilometer to find that it remains closed on mondays (the day being monday). However after a look at its facet I felt being at one of the tourist place of India. The horizontol crossing street was one of the major street of Delhi and beared heavy traffic. So I decided to take the Red Fort subway to cross the road. I was shocked to see the pathos condition of the subway filled with litter and poor dwellings. It was unbelivable to see the area of so importance being so filthy. Even the other end of the subway-outside on streets, did not give a happy feeling. I felt as if all the litter of entire Chandani Chowk Area is dumped so near to the Red Fort.

Now coming to the fastest developing part of Delhi, viz area of South Delhi. With 90 Kms around Delhi being declared as NCR, cities like Noida(UP) and Gurgaon(Haryana) has bloomed extensively. Noida is now a city of Shopping Malls and Educational institutions, while Gurgaon, the most benefited one from NCR status, houses most of the Indian and Multinational Corporate Offices. The entry of Gurgaon from Delhi Expressway is such a splendour visit, esp at night, that one feels of traveling in one of the best city of world, viz. New York, London, etc. All fancy illuminated buildings and lanscapes and the state of the art infrastructure. I think now Haryana Government should declare Gurgaon as the state capital (at present day Chandigardh shares the common status of state capital for Haryana and Punjab.)

NCR has been developed with the view point of providing the modern amenities to people residing outskirts of Delhi so that they need not travel to the capital and hence the herding problem during business hour can be controlled. But today with such a fast, efficient and continous development of these(NCR) areas, it seems soon Delhities would be moving to the NCR for their day to day work.

Well to conclude I would say Ye Delhi hai mere Yaar.. Bas isqh mahobat pyaar.. Dilli dilwalo ki!!

Its a new beginning..!!

Its a new beginning..!! Indeed it is..

Its a year down from my last post. And since then lot of things had changed. Year, government, economy, attitude, thinking and the most important one my life!! Everything changed drastically since last year. There has been a new facet for all of them.

Its a year of change. And very optimistically I call this change a Good One..!! Its time to leave the past and hold the hands of future with a rejuvenated energy.