Thanks to a very special friend......I have finally succumbed to the art of blogging. Despite being an art (which i think I'm prematurely amateur at) I think blogging is a very smart way to promulgate your thoughts......which is undoubtedly an extension of your private self.....!!!Ok.....getting back to this particular blog.......the title kinda relates to a subconscious thought process that was going on over the last couple of years.......which actually materialized today.......strangely while sweating my heart out on the treadmill (it said i lost 150 calories in matter of just 10 mins) :-p chucking the details.......it refers to a speacial league of people called 'Nerds'.....
Now, this is exclusively in reference to a friend who 'supposedly' belongs to this league......!!
But before analysing the series of events that happened alongwith my 150 calories being lost.....let me state my interpretation of 'Nerds'.........
Colloquially they can be called as 'uncool', with their best friends being books.......besides a typical image of such people is stamped on our minds........big round glasses, a smile that has braces instead of teeth, hair oiled or neatly tied, long pinafores or out of fashion trousers as attires.....etc etc etc......(the rest description is open for the readers imagination).............................but..........I think its much more than all this........
As the very cliched proverb goes 'appearances can be deceptive'............'Nerds can be deceptive too'........and that is precisely my interpretation.........yes.......spotting a 'genuine' nerd is very rare.....therefore not describable by my imagination......
Coming back to the treadmill.......on the verge of victoriously completing 2 kms........i heard a familiar voice behind me.........this person fits my interpretation to the T...................
An old friend from college.......BMCC.......the illustrious commerce college in pune that is known to produce (and reproduce) 'merit holders'..................and this friend of mine is one of those unfortunate ones.........who like all other merit holders, valiantly tread the path of becoming a CA........
It so happens that this friend has successfully defeated the demons on his way......appreciatively in the first attempt.....and now he's facing the final obstacle.......winning the ultimate title of a Chartered Accountant........!
Though I've known this person since 5 years now, it was only today that i realised that he was this 'deceptive nerd'.........his outward demeanour is very casual, in common terms 'normal'.........but as I said......its tricky to find these nerds......i mean their 'nerdy' qualities.........
He proudly told me he didnt sleep the day before so as to fight the battle with a subject called 'direct taxes'........then he studied again in the afternoon instead of covering up his lost sleep........so as to be able to spend a few 'minutes' in the gym..........besides he's been avoiding 'bahar ka khana', ice-creams, oily stuff and all other pleasure providing food items, since the last 3 months...............................................................................................
My treadmill came to an abrupt stop............for a moment I thought I was talking to a complete stranger.........I was unaware of this 'wierdo' hidden in him in all these years..................."Why the need for these sacrifices and compromises?? " was my ultimate question......................
Actually, agreeably this is the question of the entire 'non-nerdy' community............and the answer is maybe on its way to them................but though obtrusively belonging to this category..... my thought process went on a complete different path...............
If proded a little...........we would be able to come to terms with the 'deceptive nerd' within us too........yes......unknowingly I had done the same thing what this friend of mine had done..........but for a different kind of an exam............a musical show would be sort of a battlefield for a singer i guess...........
In the end........as I realized that 'nerdy' cant be termed just in the context of academics........There is a 'Deceptive Nerd' within all of us............who wishes to remain subdued........unless instigated to acheive what the 'Non-Nerd' within us wants to..................
And thats how I befriended this existing nerd of my once 'not-nerdy' friend :-)
The looming question is.................have I befriended the one within me???
PS: The Special Friend............credit dilay pan 'pudhe chala'............!!!
