UNCLEHOOD

Moving the tight cuffs and checking the time, then checking his mobile for any messages; waiting for morning bus, stands a pretty young chap in the early morning. He’s kinda old for a college student and too young for anything else. Those are the guys stuck in the misery of what I call ‘uncle-hood’, not only because his distant cousin gave birth to a new baby recently that makes him an uncle officially. But because the way he leads his live, not for him, not for those whom he loves. But living it for the sake of just to keep things going. Getting up early in the morning; with the target to reach work on time. Once he gets there, the target changes. Meeting the boss’s expectations for the day occupies his mind. Somehow time goes by and finally the clock ticks bidding goodbye to office hours. Then reaching back home literally becomes a race as the world’s densely populated country makes that a real challenge. A smart phone is the only close buddy he got right now; and music his mind’s chiropractor. Nothing really counts, what he does at home, as it’s just a buffer activity to head to sleep. The cycle just continues, on and on, on and on.

 Some really set out to break the cycle during the weekends. Party, pubs, blowing away their pay checks is what happens basically. Others don’t even have the nerve to set out to break the cycle. And on what basis are these stupid people’s life measured at the end of the day. Money, of course. That piece of papers that smells like heaven which can even buy some part of it. Boring, life becomes; so annoyingly monotonous that some time even suicide might sound too small, because there is an appraisal coming soon and if dead, he can’t have a great funeral. That’s how crazy these breed of people are. Missing the old times, and all the crazy people that were a part of the memories generally acts as a good coolant when things get off course. Everything around them kills them; no one really gets what’s annoying them. In case if they are short tempered, the case is entirely kicked up to next level of insanity. 

Everything around them is new now, from people to places. For the country he’s a tax payer who generates wealth, for others he’s a professional, for some he’s a man of principles, for some he’s a great employee. But only he knows, he just wants to be that crazy kid just like the old times, laughing out loud when friend’s dirty jokes, making fun of professors, bunking colleges, crazy times at group study sessions, standing-on trolleys at shopping malls getting a roller coaster ride. Don’t pity him, he’s just on the verge to create better memories, but will it match the older ones, that’s still a mystery. But he still has promising plans for his tomorrow. For some uncle-hood is just the  time stuck in between adolescence and learning to be mature but it’s much more, much more than words can convey, very much more than some experiences can explain.