Wednesday, February 18

Conversations with you: Untitled


I don't know what to name the post, so I named it untitled (Wow, what a stroke of genius Srinjoy! *Sarcasm intended*). So basically I do not know what I want to talk to you about either! But I want to! Are you not my friends ? Friends don't necessarily need a reason to talk! Do they?
So as I often do, I wrote that first paragraph some days ago and I wanted to write again today I decided I would name this conversations with you.. because it is! I am talking to you! Right? Yes. So I will definitely talk about certain things. I think I am going to write these blog posts quite often, because as a teenager on the threshold of adulthood (Yaay! I am turning 18 in a couple of months!) (....Don't take me seriously, I am not that excited.) I have these urges of loneliness which only I, (For god knows what reason) can understand. Now, I know you must feel it too! So what better way to interact, right? (Lets be honest, as teenagers we quite often like to pretend to be inconsolable and see how others care constantly about us because we like it.)
Tell me if you like these kind of blog posts, I'll write them often then! You might think its such a waste of time for a class 12 student to do so, but trust me, I need it as much as you do! We are socialising, and it is an important part of mental health! The ability to socialise is a gift, not many people have it. Sometimes even the most social person might find themselves unable to do so; but I think that is largely dependent upon the way you are expected to behave in certain places and amongst certain group of people. I am comfortable to talk to anybody who reads my blogs, you are a family.
I've often noticed whoever asks me about my blog tend to speak in English. I mean come on, I speak hindi too, you know? (Kha nahi jaunga hindi me baat karoge toh! :P )  I don't like the kind of pretentious people who do something because they feel like they need to prove something to someone. People should be who they are and not have a mask put upon them just because they feel the need be accepted. You are who you are and you should be proud of it. Of course, if you have certain things YOU dislike, you can change them, but not on the suggestion of someone else who isn't going to be there for the rest of your life.
Talking about masks, I talked to my friend about pseudonyms. I've always wanted to write under an alias and still plan to do so. There is just something I love about it. Till now, I hadn't realized why there was such a longing in me for a pen name but while talking to my friend I told her -
I want a pseudonym because I want a life of my own creation, where I can stop being myself. An opportunity live another life, someone who dies and takes re-birth with his own stories. Somebody entirely different. I want a part of me to be someone else. Not Srinjoy, but someone else.
I want to be hidden too.. Mysterious.. People like mystery. I'll be masked by a hollow man who never existed. The very idea empowers me. Makes me feel liberated. And also the third reason being that quite a few literary geniuses wrote under pen names. It'll be an honour to share a spot with them.
See? Things like these you discover about yourself only when you converse with someone! So let's have a conversation.. Shall we ? :)  

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