So, it’s back to the university life once again. I have found some changes in my attitude to campus life… Hey I have started liking it, actually. I wanted to work in the corporate sphere for a while… and it was a just a welcome break.
I have some unfinished business to take care of here so let’s work on that now. Luckily I have my own room in library... an individual study carrel... which allows you to work without distraction.. but me being me will seek distraction of the virtual world. Loosing track of time. But considering the number of extra hours I put in it still is a better bargain..
Another thing, I got a wonderful desktop in my office.. 64 bit 3 gb and all that.. it’s the server pc.. apni research taan ghait hai.. te hun.. fir research progress n deadlines mandraana shuru ho gayeena.. so as a result, I have started spending my days and work till late nights in my office.
On my homebound journey in the campus shuttle one night. I sat beside 2 dark girls… and well they seemed to be in a vehement discussion. I couldn’t help but hear.. as my ears don’t have the power to automatically shut off sound when I hear it and that to when its loud. I found their topic of discussion very mundane and superficial at the start. One of the girls was expressing her frustration as she felt that she was being treated in a racial discriminatory way by the students (read guys) as when ever she would walk by an American or an Indian they would return her smile.. but the ABCA’s( American born confused Americans.. he he..no offense..) esp African American guys would not return the similar courtesy. This was unfair and unjust.. and all the guys were doing that 90% of the African American population did that to her and she was labeling the whole lot in that general behavior. Her friend was trying to convince her that yes, agreed some guys don’t smile back and show indifference but that doesn’t mean the whole population is bad.. there are those who do return this courtesy.
Ok, now since this never ending discussion was loud and I started developing some sort of headache, my initial thoughts started from… well so what?? What do you care??
Does it matter so much?? Girl get a grip, what are your priorities?? … later on.. I realized… well come to think of it… what about the desis Vs the ABCD’s in the US … what about them? You ask.. aren’t we the same way.. segregating… .. isn’t it true that the desis avoid the ABCD’s.. the ABCD’s tend to stay among themselves though both desis and ABCD’s will have cross cultural friends, but rarely have I seen a close friendship among desi’s and ABCD’s.. a matter of smiles and keeping their distance and identities.. he he
I don’t know where their discussion would have ended cuz I reached my stop and got off the shuttle and went hope… blissful sleep!
But I still don’t care… as my priorities in life are far more important to me than this mundane happenings and occurrences… even if these things are there, I tend to not get futile discussions of this sort, but find other type of futile discussions all the same..:)
Keep a smile on your face today, for you may never know who may be falling in love with your smile! J
1 comment:
....and i m already in love with ur smile;-)
..she is right to some extent as this is what i got to read from blog of another friend of mine, but ya definitely u r right to say-then so what, hmmmm...doesnt matter how others respond to u, u be good to everybody and let them decide what they have in return for u. we have many other imp things to think n do abt, so what a big deal if no smiles in return. we have enough smiles for ourself....much more than we need excatly , so need not worry abt the fake smiles.
--:-)
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