An Eternity of Unhappiness

The eternal unhappiness of the human mind
Yearning… for heat when cold, for cold when hot, for slimness when plump, for size zero when perfect ten, for onions during price hike, for milk when on a vegan diet, for megan fox while with mallika sherawat, for maidenhood when married, for real friends in real life while 1000 friends and more flock your FB profile.

The eternal unhappiness of the human mind
Recalling… the tricycle your rode as a kid when you’re on a Harley; mom’s sambar-rice while fine-dining; the glory of Madhuri Dixit amidst scuffles between the Munnis and the Sheelas; the good old sense of DD news when flooded with new age nuisance; pen friends when gloating in the luxury of approving and disapproving friends at the whims of the fancy FB icons!

The eternal unhappiness of the human mind
Staring … at fancy gadgets with fancy glasses, having given in to even fancier vision probs; at the black Audi zipping past you, the day you strap into your the seat of your first car; at the beautiful babies your classmates from school have, when you’re just married; at your spouse, when he’s socialising with your girlfriends, when you can’t take your eyes off his bachelor friends; at the books you haven’t read, forget about those thick menageries in your bookshelves; at the ‘lucrative’ profiles on Naukri, when you’ve just completed probation in your enviable profile; at your co-sister’s friend’s neighbour, who’s just attended her cousin’s wedding in Seattle on FB, when your work is seriously pending!

The eternal unhappiness of the human mind
Digging… weaknesses, when your strengths are strongly envied; meloncholy and ending up a laughing stock, when there are only reasons to rejoice in; the stale dal tadka at the joint down the lane and refrigerating the channa pindi made earlier in the day; Ritiesh Deshmukh and overlooking Bomman Irani; a duplex by the beach when you live in a mansion in the city hub; Sajid-Wajid’s music when parents are trained under the maestros of the Agra gharana; old letters from high school, when a letter needs to be dashed to the telecom for a new connection; re-connections with friends on FB, when they really care a rat’s ass!

The eternal unhappiness of the human mind
Muttering… under your breath, when someone is breathing down your neck; expletives, when you are overcome by love; sweet nothings, when a verbal battle is waging in your head; non-stop over spoilt milk, when the sambar on the stove has past boiling and is on the verge of roasting; good wishes when you should be hugging his soul; courtesy messages to known friends on FB, which are as effective or less effective than text messages on the phone and if to unknown people, doing so without the emcumbering guilt of orkut-izing FB!