Redefining Passion

When the word Passion is literally taken it can mean n number of things. But I would like to stress one of its kind

Each and every day I crave for bread omlette cheese and my day is not complete without thinking about it and having one – Is this Passion ? If so can anyone be passionate about bread omelette cheese ?

You wear earphones all day and listen to music and say you are passionate about music .. Really ?

Lets say we interview few people and ask them what is their passion or what are they passionate about

Garnab Noswamy – I will make others cry to the extent that they will forget how to cry.

Kalman Shan – Flexing my muscles man. Flaunting my body and growing each and every part of human body.

Hamran Ishmi - Arey of course kissing yaar. I can be without food but not kissing one (or many) all day  

Myself – Date with Gemma Watson

Somebody – Date with Bunny Leone! ( Wow that’s a date to be remembered)

 Some things remains a dream, so basically it’s a dream ..right and not passion. Some of the above things mentioned are being ridiculously followed so we can say they are being passionately  followed , but do these really stand for and do justice for the word “Passion” ?

How I would like to redefine Passion

Passion is something that basically starts with interest. This interest is kind of different. It not only benefits you but “many”. This interest becomes the root and slowly starts getting etched in our minds as constant thought process first. Then giving some shape to that interest by executing it and in turn if many are benefitted then I will say you are passionate about doing something.

When Infosys was at a good shape in the 90s it got an offer of getting sold for big stakes. All the board of directors thought their work had finally paid off and gave a nod to sell Infy. But NRN was the sole person to stand against it. His thoughts were passionate – he said to the board members that if the others are planning to sell Infy then he would buy out all of them even when he did not have that power to do that at that time. Why ? Realise that money was not the concern because there was a mammoth offer waiting for them already.  He visualized a bigger Infosys, he was so passionate that he wanted to expand it, give thousands of people jobs, contribute to our countries growth and make India a better place to live.And if we take the TATAs, their passion is now the bread and butter for tens of thousands of people across our country and it is definitely not an understatement to say they are part of Indian economy.

So ultimately apart from our own interests we have to be passionate about something which is selfless. Plant trees, Educate the uneducated, spread moral values, generate jobs, think big and think for the society. If you are doing something already then I would definitely say you are passionate about something and my sincere wishes for you for your endeavours.

Krishnaaa.... ! Raamaaaa.... ! Govindhaaaa.... !

One of the greatest epics that Indian mythology has produced is the Mahabharatha. It portrays every nook and corner of human character that still reflects in each and everyone of us. If we hear Mahabharatha apart from the valour of Arjuna and Bheema, the Dharma of Bheeshma, the friendship and generosity of Karna, the sacrifice by Gandhaari, the wicked Sakhuni and of course our Lord Krishna, the scene that instantly pops in our mind is Duchaadhana the brother of Duryodhana fiercely grabbing and removing the saree of Draupadi after the Pandavas losing their game of dice to the Kauravas. In a school, a teacher has planned to enact this scene for their stage drama. She selected two students Ramarajan and Kamarajan. Ramarajan plays Draupadi  and has been draped with Saree and Kamarajan is the fierce Duchaadhana. Kamarajan is bloody naughty from the time he has arrived in this world. So it makes sense right that the teacher has selected him for the character of Duchaadhana. So the teacher specifically warned Kamarajan that he should just act like he is removing the saree of Ramarajan and pull few meters of his saree. During the enact the Pandavas lost Draupadi in the game of dice and Duryodhana orders his beloved brother to drag Draupadi to the center stage and remove her clothes. The time has come and the scene of our Ramarajan and Kamarajan have arrived with grandeur. Our Draupadi  is in tears and is talking about the injustice happening but at the same time our Duchaadhana became too excited and started pulling Ramarajan's Saree. The thing is ... he didn't stop. Kamarajan became Duchaadhana and he started removing our Ramarajan's saree and did not even have a speck of thought that whether Ramarajan apart from his Saree wore something inside. If not he would been stripped naked or would have been standing with his undergarments in the stage in front of hundreds of people and will be screaming Krishna.... please help me without realising that his body parts are visible to the audience. But luckily our Draupadi was wearing shorts, so after our Duchaadhana with all his might stripped Ramarajan totally, he was standing in his shorts. Then our Draupadi screamed - "Ohhhh Krishnaaaaaaa, Govindaaaaaaaaaaaa pleaseee saaaave meee!!! even if you are not giving a Sareeee please atleastttt give me some Undergarmentsss or Shortsssssss oh Parandhaamaaaaa !!!

The audience roared with laughter and there was applause all around for the presence of mind that Ramarajan showed.

Kudos to Ramarajan our Tenali Raman.

PS : The Story is an hearsay and guess this actually happened. So the plot credit goes to wherever it happened, whoever was involved and whoever passed this on but here the writing credit entirely goes to me :)