Greyed Matter

As Russel Crowe said in the film Gladiator “They call me Spaniard”, people, mostly my relatives call me a ‘cynic’ these days. Do i have a reason? Yeah, sure i do!

When i take a look at the world around me, there is nothing that comes to my mind than cynicism. The pimple cream my cousin uses has these words etched onto it – It deep cleanses your skin and pores and keeps you fresh. Garnier, the competitor says the same thing on their cream..L’Oreal ? – Oh yes! Hmm, the pimple specialist and ‘others’ say the same things!. Another classical example – Its been more than half a century (50 yrs) since the modern Israeli-Palestinian conflict started and Israel has defied and violated many international accords. They haven’t even read the full Goldstone’s UN report on Gazza massacre before rejecting it! Goldstone told Al Jazeera: “I’m surprised that Israel has so speedily read a 575-page report and so quickly rejected it.” Every time US comes with a peace process, both sides will say they will put every effort into it..yeah! for 50 years, they been trying to do this! Cynicism again..yeah ! Another example – my parents been trying to find a good girl for me for some time and each time a potential one’s dad comes and goes – its still back to square 1! Cynicism – You betcha!

The world around us is not the ones which were told to us in bed time stories – its not Alice in wonderland..its Alice in blunder land.. You see all anomalies every where – the girl you feel the most pretty and innocent  puts up with her obnoxious and awkward boy friend, your close friend is a big racist, the ultra rich uncle who offers you unsolicited advice really never cared a dime, the manager you admired for being ‘collaborative’ takes a low road and shows a perverted bias to your ‘show-off/one man show’ colleague… the list goes on and on..this is what made me a cynic!

But some times i feel there are some holes of hope sneaking in…the garnier face wash seems like working! or one girl’s dad realizes my true worth (the case where i don’t see the “$ $” in his eyes)..May be the Israelis and Palestinians will finally sit across a table…So, i don’t agree with people who call me a cynic, i would add to that – i am an optimistic cynic – and may be that’s the way to wade through this weird weird world!..Rainy and sunny days may be God’s way of telling this