Competition

When I was a kid I dreamt of days when I would be able to buy a Nike shoe without running around my parents , without proving myself to be the best , without any competition.

After fifteen years I stand and look back and I feel times have not changed.

My parents are still there but their position has been occupied by some managers , a company , some peers . I have to continuously prove myself , outperform , be the best and then I can earn my bread.

Men compete in life for money , for cars , for girls(gays can excuse me) , for anything and everything.

Read an article as to why competition is good and after hearing some Delhi Public School kids fighting over the advantages of “healthy “ competition I am convinced that there is no bigger an evil than this.

I've seen good friends falling apart , couples drifting away for a small reason as “my spouse earns more “ , engineers loosing sleep , parents loosing control ,dogs running away and cats jumping in the well .....

Take this : there is nothing as : “healthy competition “. Competition can never be healthy , if its healthy then we would not compete in the first place , we would all share . For example if there is a football match then both teams would play , join hands in the end and say “ we had a good game and both of us emerge victorious “. What ? Who'z gonna come and watch such a match ?

People enjoy watching competition . WWF has been a major success . What is shown is all fake but what appears to the eye is men (and now women too) competing hard to prove their supremacy .

At times I wonder why was this planet created. Its fine if it got anyway but when humans and animals joined competition started . Food , sex ,land .... and you name it and we'll compete for it .

When humans got tired from the same monotonous competition , we started playing football and cricket and believe me every year many die fighting for their heroes .

Competition gives rise to perfection , with perfection we'll have a better planet , better this and better that and .....everything would be better !! You better believe it .

What would happen if you have more cars , better cars , beautiful cars ,isn't it all about perception . Somebody who like choppers (count me in ) would never appreciate a Ferrari anyway.

Many in my land dream to migrate to greener pastures , easy food , easy money and “less competition “ . Hmm this is interesting now – Competing hard for less competition in the end !!

I dream of days when kids would buy a Nike shoe without proving themselves , where girlfriends won't crib if you have a small car , where you won't have to out perform , where you can play and loose and still feel a winner , where ..

My Manager is here and guess what is he asking ?

“Mr Rawat , time for your performance review !! “

Cycle Till Death

Cycle till Death ( I've taken this title after inspiration from Abhinay)

The title says it all. Sound's like “ Death by Chocolate “ :) , no ?

Cycling is good ? Not sure ? Then keep reading . On one Sunday morning a “bunch” of guys and a girl went on a cycling trip with their Manager .

After an hour of bumpy ride we made it to Savandurga . Everybody grabbed a cycle and after some test runs it seemed that it should be easy . Curious Villagers and more importantly the Sun God came out to greet us.

So far so good .

As the Sun climbed it made cycling ......... But there is no short cut to enjoyment , one must cycle :) . I can hear some grumbling noises !! You all agree ?

“ Go back !! “ , “ Who'z idea was that ? “ and when one starts hearing all this its better to cycle fast and be ahead . Makes sense right ? .

Savandurga is famous not for cycling but for rock climbing and a water reservoir . A so called cycling trail exists around the reservoir but this road is shared by goats , cows , buses , tractors and humans .

The Karnataka Government has made sure that you feel that all roads in the state are same . Nobody should feel bad .

The cycling tour is organized by BSA cycles , they promise a lot of stuff but you'll surely get a guide and a cycle along with a 200 ml water bottle.

Cycle , stop , smile , look at the sun , look down , take some snaps , gulp some water , start again. This is the story in short.

Slowly and steadily we all made it . The stretch around the lake was the best and I'm sure many would agree :) At least once we all need to agree ?

A little rest and back into the Taxi . The Taxi hopped and jumped and roared and brought us back to Bangalore .

Food is life and that too after cycling its important and if your Manager invites you – never say “no “ !!

Guys how does “ River Rafting till Death “ sound ? :)