Recently, I had to go to Kolkata with family. I met my maa (grand mother) and bhujji (bhuaji / aunt) after about 3 years. Everything was happy and lovely till almost the last 2 hours of our 3 day stay. Maa told me that my baba (grandpa) is looking for a match for me!!
Shocking? Well, that happens to all of the Mishras… anyways, I tried reasoning out with her, “I have my whole career to make” , “Am not looking for a cow” (please don’t start a war on this). but nothing worked!!! Apparently, I have 1 year to “get settled” career-wise and then they are gonna find someone for me.
I understand there are kids who need their parents to decide it for them and cant / don’t want to take the risk of choosing the right woman for themselves. Well, I don’t belong to that type. I try to understand everything that comes along my way, especially after the awful years of college (yell at me as much as you like, they were horrible for me).
And getting settled in a year!! Is that even possible? Not taking up a job and getting stable in a year… yeah, I should also try flying to the moon while am at it.
The reply to, “I cant live with any girl you match me with” is “The biggest victory for a person is when you can win yourself”.
Now I have a year of my own life to get a stable income, get a company up and running, learn from and work with people who inspire me etc etc etc…
I just hope the world does end in 2012 :( Would be much simpler that way…
So here begins the year of my life. Am making something to help me determine how much of it I did put in the direction of my progress…