I know u will feel weird once u start reading this post. So .... to lessen the boring effect , i have a plan :) .Before u start reading this u need to alter some basic Reading Settings of your mind .Okay? Now... what u need to do is : Enable the checkbox which reads 'I must think like a little kid in school while i read' .
So,having done that..now check out a kid's dreams and fantasies as related to profession he wanted to choose :) . By the way... good luck :) haha !!! .Dont forget to check the time periods of those fantasies as i didnt follow the chronology :) . Here we go ...
Time period : 1st standard - 8th standard
When kranthi was in school....when relatives or acquaintances came to house and if they asked him “kranthi..what do u wanna become in life?”
He would say with full confident air “Doctor”
And when they wowed he would feel great.
Why did he want to become a doctor in the first palce ? As this was his prime and serious dream & wish, i would write a bit more about this dream of his:
He considered that there were only two career options for him : Engineer or Doctor . He heard a lot on "maths for Engineering & science for Medicine " .So he had to go for Maths or for Science. But he disliked maths as he was not confident (upto 8th class) and maths always sent shivers down his spine. He obviously chose to become a doctor as he always got very good marks in Science. Well…. Coming to marks…he got good marks in maths too but he knew it was not his forte. ”So..take science and become doctor “ he thought so.
His grandfather was a doctor(RMP) and sometimes little kranthi would be given a polythene bag with different kinds of medicines in it by his grandfather to give them off to known patients. . The kid would go to their house and give them saying “this tablet – in the morning, this one-after lunch..so on ”. And they all would appreciate him for his suave doctorgiri ( need to apply for patent for this new word 'doctorgiri' :P ) and would say “you sure will become a doctor” :) .You should have been there to see his face and an auot-change in his gait. Oh boy!!!! full nakhras!! :) On his way back to home.. he flew up in the air like a bird having accomplished the task perfectly ;).
He always and always thought of becoming a doctor until his interest shifted to maths in 9th class. Loved maths since then and opted for MPC :) . Lucky people/patients :) .Ain't they? :)
Time period : In 4th standard
One day in this time period … his friend sreeman told him that he wanted to become a 'bank clerk'.
Kranthi asked him curiously with eyes wide open “rey sreeman...whats that job raa ?”
You know kids. They always boast innocently what they know. And our Sreeman was not an exception .He explained enthusiastically ” it’s a job in bank ... very good job , I will become a clerk. i will get lots of money as salary ”
As the word 'bank' seemed synonymous for 'money', kranthi pondered over choosing that profession . But this hardly lasted for a few minutes.
Time period : 1st standard - 5th standard
Radha(Krishna) and kranthi were so close friends from their kindergarten days. Their day always started meeting at the back of their house under the neem tree with tooth brushes moving in and out of their mouths.They used to talk / discuss everything under the sun at this hour. Many a time, Radha said that his grandfather worked in Mintry. Don’t try to find the meaning of the word ‘mintry’ . He meant ‘millitary’ :). As kids,we both ( and everyone of u too) loved action stuff. Machine guns ... millitary dresses … etc. So .. sometimes in this period , he dreamt of becoming a mintry officer (;-) ) fighting against Pakistan fiercly eliminating all the enemies and bringing victory to his motherland :P. But this too faded so fast.
Time period : 3rd standard - 5th standard
Radha and kranthi ,on one sunday, saw a hindi movie on DD(only channel then) called Raksha starred by Jithendra. It was a james bond kind of movie . Gadgets, sleek guns and most importantly what caught us like wildfire was the –automatic knifes in the boots of the hero which he uses against a giant sized rowdy :) . Also,we saw many other CID movies too. So, we both thought how cool spies were. So, kranthi dreamt what he would do if he were a spy and what disguises he should wear to deceive villains and extract SECRET files from them. He thought about disguises like : Rickshaw puller, Fruit Vendor pushing a cart parking infront of villains house etc etc :) . All heroic thoughts.
Time period : 4th standard - 8th standard
This was one more important dream of his which continued for a long long time. One day in 4th class..in classroom… kranthi drew 3 cartoons looking at a cover page of srikanth's notebook. He liked it. He felt he did draw good and he enjoyed doing that. From then on… he started drawing everything he wanted to draw. Cartoons, scenes of nature, Gods, ships, cars, flights, writng names in different styles. sometimes he tried drawing movie artistes, national leaders too . During Kuwait war he drew saddam Hussein offering flower boquets instead of missiles. It came up so well. He enjoyed drawing. As he used to go to school on rickshaw (i mean sitting in it with others / not riding it :P ) ... everyday on his way to school he would look at the name boards of the shops observing the style ,clours etc. Sometimes he thought how good it would be if he became a great painter.
while in 6th class,kranthi and his benchmate Amarnath used to discuss a lot about drawing. all the time, he used to fill every white paper with some drawing or etching his name stylishly. His shelf at home was filled with crayons,sketches,colourpencils,water colours,brushes.So Cool!!! .At school, His friends used to give their new notebooks to kranthi to have their names wriiten on the first page .
He always wanted to get trained which he never did. But he still continues drawing like a dilletante.
I wish he should have gone in that direction seriously.
Time period : In 6th or 7th standard
One day at Radhakrishna’s house….Radha was having a serious argument with Srikanth.War of Words . Full heat. Full aloud. Kranthi went there.. saw the scene and asked them to stop for a while. Then he asked them to explain what happened actually. Both started at once. He stopped them and asked them to speak one at a time.In the mean time while one was speaking he stopped wherever needed & questioned to get clarity. After listening to both of them –individually and jointly, Kranthi pondered, analysed… and finally solved their problem with his brains. All were happy :) . Radha’s father who was a lawyer himself appreciated Kranthi's reasoning very much. Then he thought “ how would it be if I become a lawyer ? this seem so cool. “ :)
That night he slept dreaming about the prospects of becoming a lawer :) . Next day he forgot everything. :)
Time period < 4th standard
Black dress, black coat, black shoes, black goggles, black super bike etc etc. Got anything? ;) This is the superhero stuff yaar. Sometimes when he was alone and was in his dreamland ,he imagined himself in these costumes and accessories . If ur question to him is “But Why? “. He would say “c’mon yaar… with my super powers, i will appear wherever the evil exists and whenever the people are suffering and will save them , help them and then they cheer him 'HERO HERO' “ :P . i think,may be, he drew inspiration from his all time favourite super hero Spider-man :)
Time Period < 5th standard
As Science was his favourite subject, he thought he could become a great scientist. He discussed the topic with Radha who also shared the same opinion. Under the neem tree( the same tree which was mentioned before :) ) they kick started thinking about becoming a scientist. As they believed that a scientist invents creative and new things they pondered for a while about what to invent. Brain storming was begun. TV,Radio,Bikes,Aeroplanes,Trains,pen, pencillin..etc etc...everything was already invented.They found nothing to invent ;) :P and they took it lite :) .But they thought about that often.
Time period : from the day the little kranthi started walking - 10th standard
Kranthi was brought up at his grandmothers house and the house is just behind the govt junior college which has a big play ground.Just a wall separates backyard from college. His grandmother says “you both (me and radhakrishna)were not even 4 years old , picked a bat and ball and went to college grounds and then u walked one kilometer outside college on road. Actually what happened was , one evening, suddenly we found u both were missing . we went inside college and there someone told us 2 kids played there and went out sometime ago. Then we went in different directions and finally found u people far away coming back again talking to each other with bat and ball ” .
So… that was just the beginning. Cricket was his life in his school days. His heart ached whenever he missed a match . If u subtract the time@school and sleeptime@house from his total school life, the time u will get is the cricket-time@collegegrounds. In some class,7th or 8th, he was bedridden for more than a week with fever .Medicines ,saline bottles,Injections were on high. One morning he felt a bit better and slowly sneaked into the college ground. He was watching a match and it was like he was back to paradise. Within few minutes his grandmother came searching for him and gave a big lecture while taking me back .
Every night before Sunday he used to sleep dreaming about the wickets he would take ,runs he would score and catches he would take in the matches coming up the next day. Not only dreams during night he also day-dreamed about nothing but cricket. Lovvvvvely dreams. Never thought of making it a career but he thought he would play the game all his life.
So ...whats the status of ABCDEF now? ;)
I didnt turn out as a doctor but ended up as a Software engineer. Still i am a kinda doctor to myself..because i (like everyone of us )take my own medicines for little problems :)
I never did a job in bank clerk but usually I go to banks :) .
And didnt join mintry too ( millitary ;) ) though i considered it once in engineering :)
I was never a spy but these managers spy on our work all the time yaar :(
By the way, i forgot to mention that i had one black shirt,black jeans and black honda shine bike ;) Despite that, i'm not a super hero but i love watching hollywood superhero movies :). Just love them :)
Hmm... if a 'scientist' job is to create something ... then i created some code :P
Still i try to resolve some conflicts of friends and in family playing a peace maker and thus I am a sort of lawyer to them :) .
Well..now my engineering & office friends will understand the root cause for my multitude drawing galore in every page of my notebooks :) . This is the only thing i am continuing till this day. Last year when i went to a training the trainer looked funny (only to me though) and i could draw him on first day :)
Yeah ..I miss cricket.Played so much till engineering. And in some rare occasions later. I dont remember when was the last time i played. Years passed. Sometimes, on weekends , i get a great rush to play a match again. But Its not a single person game.right? . I miss the game so so much. The sound that emanates 'when the ball i bowled hits the stump' ' when my bat strikes the ball for a perfect square cut' 'the uproar of jubilation in team when i take a great catch' is truly madly deeply missed :'( .
P.S : 1.Theres one more dear dream which i feel i should have nurtured .I wish I were in that area . Any guesses?
2.Hey.. dont forget to restore to your original settings. You did change one in the begining.Remember? :P
adios folks
kranthi :)
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