Sunday, April 10, 2016

The Market Place

This is an attempt to write a short article, story or account (whatever) of a very beautiful and pleasant location - the market place. Since the beginning of civilization, when human beings started to live a settled existence discarding the nomadic way of life, the market place has become the meeting point of ideas, people and an important source of dissemination of information in the society. Also it  is an ideal location to hang out and have some fun. The weekly bazaar concept can still be found in any village in India. Although in the cities, the shopping malls and marts have taken its place. Yes, the online shopping market can also not be neglected. The virtual shopping market has got its own advantages, but here I want to talk about the traditional market place.

The hustle-bustle of the shops, people buying, bargaining or looking at things carefully before buying - there are so many things that one can observe. If you have gone one shopping with someone  or with your family, then there is one sort of joy. However, I enjoy roaming around in the market place even alone. There is a different sort of joy in being alone and in the company of oneself. Whatever, going for shopping is indeed a very effective way of relaxation. That may be the reason why ladies love to go shopping so very often!

The immense possibilities of my Inner Life...

Time and again I am reminded of the numerous limitations that I have as can be seen by the unkept promises and ever changing plans in my life. So many things that I know are important to me, but I am forced to ignore them. I am under someone and my external degrees of freedom are extremely limited. However, in my internal life, opportunities abound and there are infinite possibilities. That is a great source of solace.

Right now, being in the final year of my PhD life, I am not able to give sufficient time to my social and personal life. I am giving them the minimum of my time or priority. But the PhD life is nearing completion and then I shall have to make up for the loss I am making in my personal and social life.

Science is a very strange enterprise and there is nothing much that I can do except giving some quality time to my personal life however little it may be.