Saturday, December 16, 2006

Jar of pickles - An Identity crisis?

This is an outcome of an interesting discussion we had during breakfast today and i wanted to write about it. This concept may sound dumd or probably is dumb but what the hell we just had a laugh !!

Vikram (named changed not to disclose identity - No Pun intended!) thinks he is a mango but little realises that he is not a mango but actually a pickle. He is cut and stewed in all the 'masala'. He thinks he is out of the world but does not realise that he actually lives in a jar - A jar of mixed vegetables to be precise. He gets to meet different Vegetables in the jar like Senthil the lemon(again name changed to hide identity and no Pun intended) for instance, he says "Good Morning Mr Lemon!" and the Lemon says "Hello Mr Mango". they have a conversation together. Sometimes Lemon corrects Mr Mango's grammar too.Mr Lemon and Mr Mango go arond the jar with the help of Sreeni the Tomato (named changed not to disclose identity and no Pun intended again). The sad part is that spoon has landed on Mr Tomato and he will be taken out of the jar very soon and consumed! Everybody will miss Mr.Tomato. They all have fun but what they do not realise that they are not actually Mr.Mango,Mr Lemon or Mr Tomato. They used to be Mango ,Lemon and Tomato at one point in time when they were young. The life and their surroundings have pickled them so much that they stand here today with a confused identity! Mr Mango, Mr Lemon and Mr Tomato have an opinion about their lives. They think their lives are in a soup. Why does not someone tell them "No Dammit!! You are in a jar of Pickles"

My point is everyone is so confused about their identities today. Well, most of us are. We are not what we think we are or what others think we are. Then what are we?? Who are we?? What are we doing in somebody else's scheme of things?? Why are we such a Pickle?? can we say we still the Mango,Lemon or Tomatoes we used to be ?? - A thought to ponder over.

Okay time for me to leave the jar of Insanity for a while. But dont forget to think about the JAR.