RIP Humanity !!

Humanity has faced many crises before this, and I might be wrong if I say that this is the last one we are facing. But there is no doubt, that there is a very strong possibility that we, as humans, are not able to come out of this crisis this time around. This might very well be the end of us all, as the Mayans had foreseen, with a slight calculative error about the timing. This can be the Third and final World War; a war which eventually ends humanity and society as we know it.

There is fighting all around us – The Kashmir border with India and Pakistan exchanging gunshots every day; Israel and Palestine firing rockets at each other over land and dominance; The Taliban killing people in Afghanistan and Pakistan over religion and laws; Ukraine and Russia fighting for a piece of land without sparing a moment of thought for the people living there; ISIS/ISIL killing people is Syria and Iraq to declare themselves as a separate state. 

All around us, people are massacring others just for power and the opportunity to rule over some people. They are killing people whom they eventually want to rule. And in return, there is retaliation, which some might say, is not wrong- but what good is it bringing along with it? Israelis claim that they are not wrong by bombing people who have been firing rockets at them for years; Palestinians argue they are not wrong by firing rockets at a state which has been flouting border agreements and following discrimination against their race for decades. I do not know who is right! All I know is that none of it justifies killing hundreds of innocent people who had nothing to do with the disputes in the first place. 

If cross border firing was not enough, now these terrorists have resorted to shooting at international flights and killing hundreds of people who did not even belong to that country/area/land of dispute. Flights are blown up at Pakistani airport, airport siege at Kabul, Malaysian Airlines blown up to pieces near Ukraine border- how many more incidents do we need to prove that humanity died a silent death long time ago. If Russian separatists had a role to play in the MH17 incident, why will the countries of the dead passengers and crew, not send out their own fighter jets to counter such terrorist organisations, first thing tomorrow morning? Who is to stop further fighting which will take place because of this incident? Whom do we need to kill for all of this to stop? 

Governments which supported such separatist groups when they were budding and growing are to be blamed. They did not realise that fire burns all, equally. If there is God above, who is looking at us, and feeling ashamed for creating us, pray to Him for wisdom, pray to Him for forgiveness, and most of all, pray to Him for an end to all this violence. Because if we do not stop now, I do not think we will get another opportunity of attaining peace!

“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.” ~ Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Relationships

There are two kinds of people in this world. One- those who can enter into a relationship with ease and comfort, like they were made to be in that particular relationship all their lives and were just searching for the right moment; and two- people like me. Entering into a relationship, for people like me, is like choosing a career after clearing your class 10th examinations. No matter how much you think about it, no matter how sure you think you are; you are bound to regret your decision and want to alter the choice you made after a few hours - or if you’re capable of handling a lot of mental pressure - after a few days.

Yes, I am like that when it comes to commitments – indecisive, fickle-minded and get easily bored. People have huge expectations when it comes to selecting their partners. They want their partners to be rich like Mark Zuckerberg, handsome like George Clooney, funny like George Carlin, romantic like Clark Gable or Shah Rukh Khan and philanthropic like Warren Buffet. Well, I am none of the above. I literally meet not a single of the above mentioned criteria. I do not possess any other special quality like singing, dancing, or playing a musical instrument either. All in all I am the creepy guy who women steer clear of on metros and in cafes.

Now, let us talk of what I look-for in a girl (weirdoes have the right to be selective as well). No, I will not go on about how she should be beautiful, or intelligent, or down-to-earth. I want to focus on the more important characteristics; I want her to be broken. ‘Broke-n’, not in the sense that she should be bankrupt, but broken (repaired or not) emotionally. I instantly connect with people who already have something wrong within them. Who have a scar, waiting to be healed; who have a deep dark pit inside their chest, and they fear falling into that darkness every now and then; who have a constant fear of attachment. I do not say that I can cure such people, but I can feel the pain they go through, and it calms my anxiety and eases my own throbbing pain, in return. 

I want a partner who has been through a heart-break; who knows how much to attach herself to the other person; who knows how much to give and how much to expect in return; who knows the importance of giving the other person their personal space. (I might sound weirder now, but then again, what is life without a few fancies)

But girls do not think this way. For them, relationships are not supposed to be backed by logic. It should be absolutely spontaneous, like a lightning. It should be magical, like a rainbow. The relationship should be fulfilling, like a mid-day monsoon downpour. 

This is all I had to say about this crazy thing which usually evolves into love, or germinates from love – a relationship.