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Temperature's Soaring, Load-shedding, India Shining

As Usual, no electricity and I fear going off to bed. The moment I lay down on my bed and just when I'm about of go off to my dreams, the deafening silence strikes. I open my eyes and see the fan coming to a halt like an ailing warrior who's been martyred not by enemy bullets but by lack of supplies... Not giving up, I shut my eyes hard and try to sleep; only to realize after 5 minutes that that my eyes have started aching and my smooth dry skin is getting soaked in my own sweat. I still didn't give up. I stood up, took a bed-sheet and soaked it partially in water, squeezed it and Ahhhh.. This feels good on my skin. I've managed to defeat the heat. I've managed to do the impossible: to keep myself cool even in load-shedding. Feeling proud of my "lateral thinking", I start to walk towards my bed. In spite of all problems that life poses, we the Indians come out strong. Hats-off to our "Gugar Capabilities". Every Indian is born with it. That's ...

Stupidity Quotient

Yes, Tank full. I got some good fuel in the evening and poured it to the tank and then strated to drive. 2 hrs with my talk full of Royal Stag, I drove like mad. Went to places where sane individuals donot think of going in the nights... But what to do. I lost my sanity long back. I lost it to the great gambler: Life. At 3 in the night, police caught us to interrogate.. They realized that we were good people and told is that it was stupid to drive at such odd hours. As if I didn't knew that!! But what the hell.. there is stupidity all around. The whole society is acting stupid. Why should I not follow the popular trend. I guess the police refered to the degree of stupidity I displayed by driving so late in that area!! If that's the case, then I guess by "Stupidity Quotient" is gonna go up a bit more. I'm 29 yrs old and am sick and tired of watching days of my life passingby with not a single memorable moment getting registered in my head for future. How am I gonna...