The Bollywood movie Yeh Jawani hai Diwani is average at best. Yet, I was really moved while watching the movie. It has nothing to do with the storyline, the actors or the direction. Yet I was thinking during the whole movie. Is the concept discussed in the movie really possible?
Can we really tread the path suggested by the main protagonist, played by Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor. I am still clueless about the underlying issue. Is it really about seeing the whole world, or is it about making your own choices whatever they may be, or is it choosing between family and yourself.
To start with, I love to travel, to go to new places, see different locations, roam around the world and become a third culture child (Although given a chance I would have loved to work for NASA as an astronaut and explore the outer space). Yet, here I am with only three stamps to my passport. Those three destinations also are not exactly foreign locations as the destinations are at a radius of 2 hours from my home country. I am yet to see the world. Let alone see the world, I am yet to start seeing the world.
Why I did not do it?
You all know the answer to that. First of all, it took me really long to realize that I really love traveling. Not until I joined my post graduate course that I realized that this is what I love to do. So much so that when nobody was ready to go along with me to a holy city in Punjab, I packed my bags by myself, booked the tickets and went all alone. And believe me, I did not not love a single moment of it.
But still all along my life I have been caught in that spiral of primary school, boards, college, good job, good life and so on. What really impeded my move towards the new found love was my marriage. Dont get me wrong, I really love my wife and I am very happy at my marriage.
But still there is the missing link. Thankfully my wife also loves to travel. The issue is that her style of travel is a little different from mine. She likes all luxury, good hotels, nice food, proper accommodations and all traditionally traded paths to be a part of her itinerary, while for me these things comes a distant second.
Adventure, excitement, less crowd is what I prefer. I love to trek, she loves to walk. I love to climb mountains, she is frightened of heights, I like to scuba dive, she is concerned that fish might eat her hand away, I would roam in a jungle, and she is frightened of animals. When I told her about a really exciting and adventurous trip that I undertook with one of my friends in to a jungle, I got a big scolding for being so careless.
So, all the three vacations with her have been to places already traded, a traditional tourist hub. I have no issues with these places. It is only that I would prefer otherwise.
And hence my whole thought process while watching the movie. I still remember one of my professors at the post graduate level. He is a visiting faculty to some of the top most colleges of the country. He chooses to take classes for six months and spend the rest of six months like he pleases. So he has been to every dream destination. Consider the case of IT czar Narayana Murthy. While reading about him on the Internet I came to know that he went bag packing in Europe.
Bag packing in Europe, now this is something what I want to do. I want to explore the world, I want to fly, I want to run, it is just that I dont want to stop!
Can we really tread the path suggested by the main protagonist, played by Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor. I am still clueless about the underlying issue. Is it really about seeing the whole world, or is it about making your own choices whatever they may be, or is it choosing between family and yourself.
To start with, I love to travel, to go to new places, see different locations, roam around the world and become a third culture child (Although given a chance I would have loved to work for NASA as an astronaut and explore the outer space). Yet, here I am with only three stamps to my passport. Those three destinations also are not exactly foreign locations as the destinations are at a radius of 2 hours from my home country. I am yet to see the world. Let alone see the world, I am yet to start seeing the world.
Why I did not do it?
You all know the answer to that. First of all, it took me really long to realize that I really love traveling. Not until I joined my post graduate course that I realized that this is what I love to do. So much so that when nobody was ready to go along with me to a holy city in Punjab, I packed my bags by myself, booked the tickets and went all alone. And believe me, I did not not love a single moment of it.
But still all along my life I have been caught in that spiral of primary school, boards, college, good job, good life and so on. What really impeded my move towards the new found love was my marriage. Dont get me wrong, I really love my wife and I am very happy at my marriage.
But still there is the missing link. Thankfully my wife also loves to travel. The issue is that her style of travel is a little different from mine. She likes all luxury, good hotels, nice food, proper accommodations and all traditionally traded paths to be a part of her itinerary, while for me these things comes a distant second.
Adventure, excitement, less crowd is what I prefer. I love to trek, she loves to walk. I love to climb mountains, she is frightened of heights, I like to scuba dive, she is concerned that fish might eat her hand away, I would roam in a jungle, and she is frightened of animals. When I told her about a really exciting and adventurous trip that I undertook with one of my friends in to a jungle, I got a big scolding for being so careless.
So, all the three vacations with her have been to places already traded, a traditional tourist hub. I have no issues with these places. It is only that I would prefer otherwise.
And hence my whole thought process while watching the movie. I still remember one of my professors at the post graduate level. He is a visiting faculty to some of the top most colleges of the country. He chooses to take classes for six months and spend the rest of six months like he pleases. So he has been to every dream destination. Consider the case of IT czar Narayana Murthy. While reading about him on the Internet I came to know that he went bag packing in Europe.
Bag packing in Europe, now this is something what I want to do. I want to explore the world, I want to fly, I want to run, it is just that I dont want to stop!
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