Bees saal baadh!

20 years back - School bag.

Today             - Office bag.

20 years back - Lunch bag with lunch packed by Mom.

Today            -  Lunch bag with lunch packed by Wife.

20 years back - Lekhak Note book.

Today             - HP Note book.

20 years back - Hero Ranger.

Today            -  Hero Honda.

20 years back - Half pants.

Today             - Full pants.

20 years back - Playing with plastic car running on battery and remote.

Today             - Playing with metal car running on petrol and gear.

20 years back - Scared of Teachers and exams.

Today             - Scared of Bosses and targets.

20 years back - Wanting to be class topper.

Today             - Wanting to be 'Employee of the month'.

20 years back - Quarterly exams.

Today             - Quarterly results.

20 years back - Annual School Magazine.

Today             - Company Annual Report.

20 years back - Annual exams.

Today            -  Annual appraisals.

20 years back - Pocket money.

Today             - Salary.


20 years back - Piggy bank.
Today            -  Citibank.

20 years back - Waiting for Diwali crackers.

Today             - Waiting for Diwali bonus.

20 years back - Running after grades and prize cups.

Today             - Running after incentives and promotions.

20 years back - Craving for the latest toy in the market.

Today             - Craving for the latest gadget in the market

20 years back - Eager to watch the latest cartoon show.

Today            -  Eager to watch the latest blockbuster.

20 years back - Fruity.

Today             - Brandy.

20 years back - Crush on class mate.

Today            -  Crush on colleague.


20 years back - Worried about the future.
Today            -  Still worried about the future!

So essentially nothing has changed!! 

We are still the same immature kids...albeit a bigger version of them!! 

It is immaterial if our bodies are 18 plus; are our minds 18 plus?...High time we grew up! :-)




So when can one consider oneself a grown up?

When one realizes that everyone is directly/indirectly, consciously/sub-consciously seeking lasting happiness and also that 

*happiness is not a thing to be acquired or goal to be reached but a state of mind that can be cultivated* 

and starts behaving accordingly; such a person is unaffected by external events, objects, people and remains calm (internally and not necessarily externally) all the time.....then, one can call oneself an adult!

* Quote by Sai