Hustle or settle?

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The burning question - hustle or settle!

In the humdrum of routine life,

We choose a path -

The path -

Which is -

Either easy - 

or weary -

And that determines our lives...

Often people settle with mediocre jobs and - as a consequence - mediocre lives -

Because, they are reassuring and -

Less threatening and -

Easier and - 

Less painful

Than -

Treading a complicated path -

Taking a tough bend -

Which takes a blend of -

Courage, resilience, sheer

Determination and -

The refusal to give up!

We want to hustle

But,

We choose settling instead -

Or find a balance somewhere in between both

And -

Console ourselves -

Rather than -

Confronting ourselves -

Confronting our dreams -

What makes us tick -

What fuels our fire -

What makes us different from the other billion!

'Maybe in some other life', we reason and console ourselves instead.

It takes guts, nerves, unabashed audacity

To risk it all, to hustle non-stop -

Come what may, night and day!

So instead we soothe our nerves, suit ourselves, let our fire die by not paying any heed to what our calling is.

But, sooner or later, there comes a time when we have to decide -

Risk it all or - none at all

And the choice between hustling or settling -

Must be taken -

Which decides the course of the rest of our lives.

And mind you - it's never an easy choice - 

Hard choices always make an easy life - just as - 

Easy choices, hard life!

So, toil on!

Never settle, when you can hustle!

घर

जिस घर में हम रहते हैं -

वह घर हममें बसता है।

ईंट, पत्थर, बालू से रचा घर -

खून, पसीने, प्यार की बुनियाद से पनपता है।

घर एक स्थान से बढ़कर,

एक भावना है -

एक खुशहाल, सुरक्षित भावना।

घर में रहकर भी लोग घर ढूंढते हुए उम्र गुज़ार देते हैं

या घर से दूर रहकर भी घर सा सुकून महसूस कर पाते हैं।

घर बनाने में उम्र लग जाती है और मिटाने में कुछ क्षण।

कुछ लोग घर में रहकर भी घर जैसे नहीं लगते,

तो कुछ कहीं भी रहकर भी घर से लगते हैं।

कई बार घर बनाने के लिए घर छोड़ना बहुत ज़रूरी होता है,

और घर की अहमियत समझने के लिए भी।

कभी पूरा धरातल ही हमारा घर लगता है,

तो कभी घर होना भी एक सपना सा लगता है।

हर घर अपनी कहानी संजोता है,

घर वो सुकून है जो हम सबसे, हम सबमें बसता है।

The complete half

It's not easy being a woman

Hell, not even being a man

But, having first-hand experience of the former

Would shed some light on that -

We are always sexualized - be it in the media or in our day-to-day lives.

Eyes ogle us everywhere, while walking down the streets or in the 'comforts' of our own home - when an outsider pays a 'friendly' visit.

People would brush into you purposely nevermind the sorry at the end which sorts everything -

See, they want a feel of you - nevermind, at the cost of you.

It's not easy being a woman in a largely patriarchal society

Where a certain age decides whether you are worthy of getting married

And your consent is least prioritised.

Family comes first - no arguments with that!

But the expectation that there's nothing wrong with a woman sacrificing her dreams to prioritise her family might be.

Ideally, the dilemma every woman faces at some point in her life - you first or family first - isn't fair and shouldn't even be a choice.

It's not easy living as second rate citizens in a world which overhypes the importance of being first in everything.

We are half the world and yet - the objectified half, the battered half, the tortured half, the bossy half, the slutty half, the half which needs a better half to be complete!

We are - half-full, half-pretty, half-sincere, half-creators, half-creative, half of the world which is full by itself!

And more than anyone else, it's high time women realize that half is complete! Half is enough! They are enough!

For the society lays down rules which can be mended by the half comprising the society!

So men and women must reunite and must take a stand for their respective halves!