I find my body full of fresh energy every morning i get up after a good night's sleep. I wonder if everyone feels the same! But lately, after i grew the habit of reading the newspaper, there is one more thing that I feel; which is the transition of this Euphoria to Depression. And again i wonder if every newspaper reader goes through the same transition!
With a hot cup of Ginger Tea, going through the MAIN PAGE of the news paper, there is always some new Scam unearthed by the leading newspaper i am patronized to. I feel sorry for the corruption in our country but at the same time thankful to the media who's putting all its effort in making our country corruption free. Keep up the Good Job!!!
Adjacent to the news of the day, there is a story of inflation continuously rising which makes me regret that i didnt buy enough Daal and Sugar last month when the prices were 10Rs lesser. Oh My God!! Even Ginger is not spared!!
Finding nothing significant on the first page, i switch to the second page which tells me how my City is doing. There is a news of a Chain Snatcher, which makes me worried about the Gold Chain gifted with loads of love by my in laws. I feel i was less worried when i dint have in laws. Then Comes --> Youth hacked to Death! Dengue and Diarrhoea scare in the near by slum! Corruption in the Muncipal Corporation! Auto Strike! Transport Strike! I wish i would have settled down in some other metropolitan. This City is going no where!
Overseeing the other "bad" and "scary" news of my city i turn over to the page dedicated to my Nation. There is a news of a Terrorist Attack going on from last two days in J&K, Effects of Global Warming in Himachal,In chandigarh story of a father fighting for justice for her daughter against a high rank police officer from the last nineteen years, Chief Minister spending the public money in erecting her statues in UP, Blue Line and Kidnap scare in Delhi, Caste Agitation in Rajasthan, Communal and Region fanatic speech in MP, Maoist agitation in Bihar/Jharkhand/Orissa/WB, Molestation of North Indians in Mumbai, Two communities fighting for division of AP, Communist Strike in Kerala. Oh God! Help me!! there is not even a single state where my family, my kids (who are not yet born, even the process is not started) can live safe without fear. I speculate the Options of settling abroad.. may be US, UK or Australia.
With the fear and tension in my mind, I start reading the International page where an Indian is killed in a racist attack in Australia, US President assures its citizens that no more Jobs will be outsourced, UK economy going down and like a twist of knife in the wound there is always a research which either challenges your testosterone or tells about a new cancer discovered which is very Common. I started this page with a little fear and now i dont have a single place in the whole world where i can settle down and over it i doubt on my macho-ism and i doubt whether i will be able to see my 40s or even 30s with so many cancers so "COMMON".
All energy evaporated, i pound upon the Business News where there is always some aquisition/merger explained briefly with the jargons hard to understand. I feel frustrated on my little knowledge about business. Also now and then there is always one of the best companies showing loss in their financial quarter or even going bankrupt!! Compromising on the place i am settled in i pray i dont lose my Job!
Finally the last section, Sports, I desperately wish to see some good news. Well depends on the luck of our cricket team coz all others are in mess. Hockey team being admonished by the Hockey Federation President, Sania failing to perform after her engagement, an athlete selling vegetables for his daily bread. Federer/Nadal, with mind about to burst WHO THE HELL CARES FOR THEM!!!
With heart sinking deep, i get ready for office.... I wonder if Newspaper Reading is good or bad for health. I again wonder if every one feels the same!!!
Macro level view of decisions made by rational individuals...ultimately leading to chaos and disorder...or what we can call collective irrationalism.....this is what the newspaper presets
ReplyDeleteGood or bad for health depends on how rational you are?
Have you not gone thru the Supplementary paper in which u can find the Party goer snaps, irrespective of the headlines? Irony, right? Thats our life today, Harsh, but more than enough of money decides the Happiness :(
ReplyDeleteFriend.. the analogy you are drawing through the morning newspaper is called circle of concern.. but how much of it you can influence it is what's called circle of influence. Every one in the world has thousands of concern in their circle of concern. If you obsorve closely there are few concerns which you can do your bit to change, thats the circle of influence you can add to close that concern beyond that you do not have control over it. I suppose by now you have understood what I mean..
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