shyam

My interests kept on changing at different phases of my life, As a kid i wanted to be a scientist, then as i grew up i wanted to be vet, an archaeologist, a bill gates (software programmer not "the richest man on the earth") ,then i even wanted to start a metal band and become the lead guitarist, till date i never settled down for a particular interest. But one interest that always lives with me is Music; there were different music all through my life. The early music influence was from my grandfather who used to wake up the house at 5 am with   carnatic   music on tape-recorder, every time any song played on the Television he used to relate it with some   carnatic ragas, slowly I developed a little interest in   carnatic   music but could never connect with it, then the A.R.Rahman craze in the late 90s, then I drifted to few English songs like Jon   Bon   Jovi , Backstreet boys,   Westside , The five, in early millennium. By then...

"Some people are born great, some become great, some have greatness thrust upon them." Some noble person said these lines, then what about the rest, are they not humans? don't they deserve some respect?. If only Einsteins and Newtons walked on this planet, they would not be as famous as they are. "I" am not great, not intelligent but am myself. Constantly being compared with some "intellectual" group of people, not recognizing my ability and perpetually being degraded is what i have experienced throughout my life. "See how well he scores in exams", " He is the top of your class, why can't you be?", "Why don't you get good marks like her?". Sometimes i ask myself "Why am i still alive?". I have my own interests and abilities "why don't you understand that?" I ask you all "Why didn't you let me study what i wanted?". I may not a genius or an intellect, but I am what I am. T...