I love the word "hate" ... The way it's used and the way people including me love to hate .
Hate starts with this thing called "Birth" . From the day we're born to the day we die we have basically have 3 categories in which we put the things that we see around us , the 3 being Love, Indifference and Hate .
We believe that it's our birth right to hate people,things,causes . Sometimes we do it because we really believe in what we are saying and other times cause life is just too boring and you need something to do ... So go ahead hate as much as you want ( Plus you don't have to pay for it !!!)
Starting with the common Indian man or as we better know him as "Aam Aadmi" ... Who is the common man ? How do we even go on defining common ? According to me he's not defined on the basis of education, or how much he earns in a year or where he works or the way he lives his life . He's defined on the basis of the things he hates ... The rising price of basic necessities like food,water,clothing,fuel etc . He hates the politicians who run our country, promise the stars in their election campaigns and when it comes down to giving something back , they give back zilch ... zero ... nothing ! They take away even more in the form of scams and kickbacks from defence deals . He hates his job and the fact that he's not paid as much as he's supposed to be paid. He hates his wife for bothering him all the time (just an example ... I love women too much !! ) . He hates the Indian cricket team for getting fat pay checks and multi million dollar endorsement deals for letting him down always and losing a match when winning was the easier thing to do .
Moving on ...
We then have the MNC executive who earns about 20 lakhs per annum and is supposedly living the Indian Dream . What are the things he hates ? Well starting with taxation ... He hates to give back to the country ... thinks the tax rates are too high and asks his accountant to find every loop hole in the book so that he could save about 10grand and go and buy himself a rolex ... or a new cellphone or one of those things he really doesn't need or does he ? (If I earned that much, I'll probably be complaining as well cause I'll want all that money for myself !) . He hates his boss for making him work so hard 24/7 and hates his golf buddies cause they have the Audi he always wanted . He hates the fact that he's not able to find a good girl and is tired of all the mind fucking random sex that he has ! (Sex was supposed to be fun ... wasn't it ?)
The regular Indian middle class wife just hates her life ! She hates the fact that she's stuck their at home taking care of the kids, the in laws and the house . She hates the endless nonsensical melodramatic Indian TV soap operas but still can't stop watching them because they are her only form of relief from the daily routine. When she goes out shopping, she hates the fact that they are other wives out there who have more clothes,shoes,jewellery etc than her . She hates the fact that her husband is not giving her enough money or doesnt love her enough, to buy her the diamond earings she always wanted since she was 15 !
The environmentalists hate Global warming and gas guzzling SUV's . Stock brokers hate the fact that they just made 60 million bucks last year when they could have made 100 million just by cheating,lying and decieving a few more folks ! Celebrities hate the paparazzi and other celebs . Companies hate other companies for the making more profits than them, cutting their market shares and giving them the finger ! The Chinese hate the Japanese cause they invaded them in the 2nd world war and the Japs hate them back for having all that labour,and bringing down production costs so low that's now they have to compete with the chinese for the title of the most "Industrialized nation in Asia" . The Isrealis hate the Palestinians for all the suicide attacks and for not letting them live in peace and the palestinians hate them for taking their land and making them live in refugee camps. Greece hates Turkey because of Cyprus and Turkey hates the Kurds, who they attack in Iraq. Sinhalese in Srilanka hate the Tamils and they hate them back . Pakistanis love to hate Indians because of the partition,Bangladesh and Kashmir and we hate them back . Referring to all these conflicts, its not usually the people hating each other but it's more about the politics involved !
As for me I hate a lot of things ... From the fact that I don't have someone special in my life to the fact that even thou I love bikes I cant get one ! I hate the stupid dictators torturing and killing people all over the world. I hate the fact that food enough food is grown in the world to feed its whole population but still they are people dying of hunger every day . I hate terrorists dividing people on the basis of caste,creed and faith and killing in the name of religon! I hate people who think that they own the world just because they look good or have enough money or whatever ! I hate the fact that Jim morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain and Layne Staley are all dead and there's no more good music coming my way ! I hate the fact that torrents don't work on the net connection i'm using and I can't download stuff for free anymore ...
But most of all I just hate myself for not being able to do what I want to do . For not being able to be as good as I can be and for wasting my potential every day I breathe .
Hate is the strongest emmotion known to man and Hate joins us all !
Peace
About Me
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- I think the highest and lowest points are the important ones. Anything else is just...in between. I want the freedom to try everything
February 25, 2008
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I hate the fact I cant write as well as you!! The most obvioius thigs give a beautiful insight making us realise we might just die one day with hate as our only companion...wasn't life suppose to be beautiful??? Guess the answer is to not be a stereotype...only a few people live the satisfying n complete life....try being a Warren Buffet and a Mother Teresa and a bit of Hugh Hefner too heh lets try :)
Hate is the last word that would come to my mind after reading this post. Very well written. Im proud of you.
that was an interesting post. Im scared I'll have to update myself with your writings. theyre not as drag-gy as you are :P
You know for most of the reasons you've put up, you can just replace the word hate with love... Its just about perspective, I love the fact that I am living in a country where ill have to pay outrageous taxes because i know ill be helping someone out. I love spending all my cash in the first week and then surviving on bits for the next 3. I love the fact that there are different religions and races, how boring would a world be if we were all the same. I love walking in the heat to college after a tiring first half, coz i look at cars and bikes go by and know that eventually ill be in that position but, those guys, they are missing out... Might sound overly optimistic... im not asking you to love everything, but "hate" is a term that is definately overused by most of our generation... so stop hating so much and find other emotions... hehe interesting article though... Yea and I hate the fact that u commented on smoking...
and kaul i totally agree with you man...but seriously dat part abt us watchin ppl zoom by on bikes thats one thrill id like..apart frm dat 1 more thing i dont think hate is da term most used by our generation ,,,i think its F**k...hehe keep writing man...oh yea i just hate da fact dat u can bring out wht u feeel in words ahh dere i said it and havin said dat ill say F**k y not me also ...tc bro
What i began to read as just an answer to curiosity, turned out to be an insight to open, honest reflection of what we all feel.
Hate is indeed one of the most powerful emotions in the world. I suppose Love can counter it, but we are much more moved by punching somebody's face who has done us wrong ,rather than forgiving him. That satisfy us on any level, will it?
very well written.
Till now,I think this is the best post you have written.Its good to see you are finally harnessing your potential to something creative. Keep up the good work!
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