365*18 sleepless nights..and the count is on...

Every time you think you have successfully leapt all hurdles, sidestepped every trap, negotiated every maze, haven’t left any stone unturned, life introduces you to a new set of challenges. People call it life but when you sit down to thinking about the whole journey, it is no less than a roller-coaster ride. Right from the day one when a child is born he has to be made fit for his continuance. The struggle for survival starts right then, after all survival of the fittest is the basis of life.

It majorly begins (the count of sleepless nights) with the board classes (thanks to Kapil Sibal for small mercy of “abolishing” board exams for 10th atleast from now on… I mean at the age of just 15 16 handling so much pressure was very inhuman!!!) During this epoch parents and teachers constantly insist and try to absolutely convince you that these three years starting from 10th to 12th were the “only 3 years” I repeat “only 3 years” wherein you had to study your eyes out. But trust me it only gets worse from there, till then you just studied your eyes out after that you have to study you @$$e$ off!!! After 12th more than half the population of this densely populated country sits either for B.Tech or MBBS competitive exams. In which out of a whooping 70 lakhs students only 70 thousand manage to secure a place in a college. Then the parents set down to assuring their lad that if he studies now and gets into some good college his life’s made, as if the college authorities or professors posses some magical powers and when you go to them, whroom they swivel and spin their wand, abracadabra and your life’s made…. And now when I happen to have secured a seat in this pretty respectable college (supposedly India’s number one private university!!), I’ve realized that these professors are the ones who make things tougher for us. Right from the attendance, tests, vivas, assignments, etc etc… are all deeply intramural!!

Over the time I have partially inured to all this. Insomnia has been dug into my genome, and hence the sleeping hormone recedes during alarming times. One thing that am sure of by now is that one has to give up on sleep, a lot of sleep to keep up with everything (even if your bed is hell possessive about you, and even you love the feel of the cozy pillow and the soft and spongy bed with the warm quilt over you….wow!!! Sorry Sorry just got carried away since I have been having a few sleepless nights…. Guess my next post should be on sleeponomics!!!) Anyways getting back to where I was, now that I am in an engineering college I know that from here starts the rat race for jobs….

So when will this end??? Or will this even ever end??? With the population exploding tremendously, I doubt it is ever going to stop. Competition is only on its way to amplification by many folds. There is no need for me to remind anyone that India looses more than a hundred students each day, reason suicide!!! Many students can’t bear the pressure and end up quitting, nervous breakdowns, and lifestyle diseases like hypertension, diabetes are also very common these days. Google actually gives a whooping twenty thousand results in just 0.25 seconds when asked for “suicide attempts by Indian students”!!! If you go further deep into the statistics you realize how shocking the results are. Needless to say that there are some flaws in our education system and it definitely needs amendments. High time the authorities wake up!!! Some solid steps have to be taken, something more than what is being done. Plans have to be executed and not be laid latent on papers. I am yet to discover my future, yet to face many more intricacies in life. Though I am anxious about my destiny but at the same time a lil’ scared as I don’t want to be the ones to say “I quit, let me sleep peacefully”!!!




PS. This post is dedicated to all those who have sleepless night due to studies!!!