Hope Floats.....

Finally……it happens
Starting with the title, why ‘Hope floats’?
Is it because we are still not out of this terrible recession which has already taken its toll on our dreams, the folks who have graduated from the batch of 2009 across all B-schools
Is it because it is very easy to lose hope in a situation like this and we have forgotten to celebrate life
Before, you jump into other conclusions; it is just because finally I have been able to start out with my blog. Yes, although it might not sound so hopeless a situation but it has been a challenge for me to do what I really like to do --- writing.
Some of my friends who know me well enough know why I am saying this. A few can vouch that I could never start out with this, because they have seen me doing this time and again. I started writing out in 2006, my first book ……those of you who have seen my orkut profile might have observed this. It has been 3 years since then and I am still writing that book with hardly any substantial addition happening after that.
One thing which keeps on changing is that I keep on dabbling with my main protagonists and as life keeps unravelling its mystery and throwing up new experiences, my story keeps on changing itself.
Now coming to the blog address, why it says ‘choicesnchances’.blogspot.com
Well, I believe life is about these two aspects, our choices and our chances. It is my belief that a large part of us develops based on these two facts. The choices we make in life and the chances we take n life. Also, the people who are a part of our life are mostly decided by these. We come across different people in our life- some of them by our choice and some of them just by chance. The cheeky part is when we wish to convert those we meet by chance into our choices; it might not always work out or may never work out for some. Does that mean the chances can never be our choices? Actually this has been the theme of my first book and for sure this would never change irrespective of how long it takes me to come out with this book.
What led me to start this blog?
Although it was there on my mind since a long long time, ohh I don’t even remember how long it has been, what finally made it happen was an inspiration. I got inspired for the fourth time by chetan bhagat’s fourth novel – ‘2 states – the story of my marriage’. I am in the middle of it and left it half way to start my blog. I know those of you who have not read it would want to kill me for this, but why do such novels still exist- those about love marriages and families opposing it, I mean times have changed and so have people. Why can’t someone write about a story where the parents in both families would have no issues but there are issues between the couple whether they are sure they want to get into marriage?
Needless to say the last 3 inspirations were Chetan Bhagat’s last 3 novels, no that I am too big a fan of his but I am in awe of his effortless writing, it seems it is straight out of his blog.
Now, why am I starting out with a blog when it is kind of losing shine, this concept of having a blog, when everyone else across me have already been there and done that. One piece of clarification is that I ended up doing this impulsively and not because I followed someone else.
I have seen my friends who started out as early as 2006 but then I saw their profile and found out their updates as 1 post – 2006, 4 – 2007 and 9 – 2008. Come on, life can never be so boring the whole year round. One thing I wish not to do is to be like them, although you never know, a few months down the line, someone else might say the same about me. So let us just wait and watch.
The year has almost gone by and I keep on rewinding back. It has been an eventful year for me; I became an MBA, finished my former education and started with my second phase of work life. Things have not gone my way professionally, some part of it affected by recession but more or less it has been a smooth ride out there with a few hiccups here and there. I once again started with a life I have been living for the last 8 years, that of sharing my space with other folks like we do in hostel, this time in company provided dormitories. Sometimes, I feel there is no end to this, living like a nomad, like a crowd but then I feel, would I be better off living alone, and coming back from office to empty walls and silent zones.
But who says, life’s alone when there is no one with you. It can be equally lonely when you are in a crowd too. Just a matter of perspective. Is it not?