Itni Jaldi kyo hai bhai...?

The moment tyres hit the strip with a slight thud , bouncing off the ground a couple of times. The pressure of the air against its extended wings soon slows it down . It glides slowly on the strip , making a couple of lazy turns while some lady on the announcement thanks you for flying with them even though they made you wait whole night at the airport and tells you the temperature outside is way too low than you hope it is . Now the plane stops down . And then , the interesting part starts..

People jump off their seats , brushing their bottoms against each other faces . Uff . Excuse me . Watch it. Will you please pull off your suitcase off my toe ? Pulling open the flaps over their heads . Switching on their cellphones . Someone yells "What ? You havent sent the car ? What the hell! waise sach yeh hota hai.. inhone kabhi car laane ko bola hi nahi hota... bas aise hi tashan maarte hai". Lalu koi or naya ghotala kare us se pehle most of the people stand scrunched in the aisle , all forming an unstructured queue, looking with tense eyes towards the end of the plane , wondering why the doors aint opened yet.

I still lie pushed down in my seat , Or mast gaane mere kaan main ghul rahe hai.. (Main Jaha Rahu, Chahiye to bol dena. I hate piracy , starting tommorow)

watching people stand on each other's feet , I wonder , jaldi kya hai yaar ? This plane blows up in three minutes ?? aisa hai to jadli batao yaar.. hum shyaad kuch madad hi kar de aapki..

So many people are in so much hurry . That guy in a Yamha R15 (Note kiya jaaye hume bhi chahiye yeh bike) behind my office bus who is honking is in a hurry to get to his office ( Yaar overtake karte hue gaali kyun deta hai ? Accha hindi ki gaali to mat de ) . Students are in a hurry to read their chapters before they face the exams . My boss is in a hurry to get that report. People at the boarding gate are in a hurry to get onto the plane . When it lands , they are in a hurry to get out of it. Everybody is in a hurry to get somewhere . Few people want to stay in the moment they are in.

Now I don't know . Maybe these guys know where they want to get to, Hume to aaj tak pata nahi chala ki jaana kaha hai.. Chalo koi to hai mere bharat mahan main jo jaanta hai ki woh kaha jaa raha hai or kya kar raha hai. You see , driven , focussed people. Achievers . Desh ko aage badane wale log. Maybe I am just a slow guy who likes to listen to music and type down words which interest nobody while the world around me reaches for the stars . You see , I don't have a problem with the 'wanting to achieve things' thing . Even I want to achieve things , even if they are a Allu Tikki burger with cheese , and a TV remote , and someone who shares all that with me.

But what I don't understand is that why hurry ? Jaldi kya hai . Kidhar jaana hai ? I mean , life is not in the future . Life is now . This moment .I mean , it's like..

When I was in school , people told me happiness is getting first class in board exams. When I got those First class (Gir pad kar hi aaye they) , they told me happiness was getting into a top engineering college. I know yeha kismat ne saath nahi diya... Neeche se TOP engineering collge main admission mil gaya , Then they told me that happiness is definitely getting into some MNC and earning a salary which is in six figures. Pakka . Sachi . Muchi. Confirmed. Arre 100% happiness yehi hai . USA mein researchers bhee yehi kehte hai.

Now When I have done that , happiness is ? Hello ! What is it nowwww ? Bol do Kaake . Kidhar jaana hai ab ?

So ladiesh and gentlemans , now that the world has been telling me what to do , this is what I have learnt - all the above stuff is important , but happiness is something they dont need to tell you about. It is something you feel . And only you decide what makes you happy . When others don't know where you want to be , how can they tell you how to get there ?

Like , for me , happiness is..

On a lazy Sunday , I watch a Moive on Inox, eat a full lunch with friends, and a long drive kisi ki bhi car main Taxi bhi chalegi yaar..

When dad asks me to take a bath and I put my arm around his shoulders and say "Chill, Pa.Do dinn hee to hue hai."

When I say stupid things to someone who would not think "Huh? Isko problem kya hai?."

Sitting in my balcony on a December morning and takeing sip of a garma garm chai.

Talking to someone who understands me, and accepts me even when I am all boring .

Caring for someone I want to care for.

Meeting a bunch of friends over a couple of huge pizzas and crack pathetic jokes about our college professors and why worst guys get the best girls (Haa yeh mera fav topic hai).

Happiness is just, being me .

So you see , what makes me happy is stuff I have not achieved, but stuff, which I already have, had all the way along . So I know I need to achieve things, but hey, there is no hurry .Because I need to achieve things to survive, but to be happy, not much is needed . Some music and a Tikki burger, with cheese, will do just fine for now...