Bucket List

As the waves rolled over, there was nothing but the overpowering feeling of oppression that throws you against the wall, leaving you thrashing with nowhere to run and drenched in the reality of the futility of your ego that thought it could endure all. You try to stand against the onslaught of the tsunami that leaves you breathless, gasping to break through to the surface and a plea on your lips, begging for it to be over. You realize then, the power it has over the frailty of your strength as you unravel, screaming. When you fall to your knees, it's over. It's funny how all humbling realizations come painfully but leave you feeling cleansed, almost redeemed and smiling because you learnt that one lesson only life could teach you in its undulating, cruel, idiosyncratic ways. Through it all is the unshakeable belief, that it happens for a reason. Always a good one. Good things happen to good people, remember? And so it brings me to one of the most precious memories I...

When did not caring become a herald of human evolution? More importantly, why is it okay for people to be indifferent? I do not mean in the basic sense where not bothering yourself with others' opinions, world standards and imposed expectations is wrong. It's needed, healthy even. It's essential.  But what never ceases to render me incredulous with disbelief is the blatant, unabashed insensitivity of one human being to the emotions and suffering of another human being. Is it too much to expect of fellow individuals to not shrug and walk away in the face of another's pain, with the toss of head dismissing all responsibility in a thought bubble, screaming 'Not my problem. Not mine to care'? When did it become tolerable to suffer the indignity of apathy ? Why do we not stop to think about how it is the only real sin which keeps us from ever fulfilling the potential we have of being downright decent human beings? We complain about a ruthless world, literate ...