Contradictions

Ratan Tata said he was not happy with the never ending Singur issue when Mamata Banerjee caved in and vice versa, John McCain appoints the inexperienced Sarah Palin as his running mate when he himself is guilty of accusing Barack Obama of being inexperienced, Liverpool FC had to defeat Manchester United , their fiercest rivals, in their own backyard after seven years when two of their best players in the last decade did not start,  the tiles of the floors in most of the HP petrol bunks resemble Shell’s logo, Tendulkar, arguably the best Indian cricketer ever was absent when the Indian team won a World Cup, the federal bank decided no to save Lehman brothers from bankruptcy even though its chairman , Richard Fuld, serves on the board of Federal bank, Heath Ledger was sadly robbed of  the opportunity to see the response  to his best performance ever, Kurt Cobain, the most celebrated guitarist and rock star, was never long enough to woo his fans with his music. 

 

What’s the connect to all these? All these highlight the contradictions which rule our lives. These highlight the spice that unpredictable turn of events such as these add to our lives. What is the thrill in driving a car on a lonely highway day after day? What is the point in running a lonely never ending race where you don’t face a single hurdle?

 

Imagine a world without the contradictions, where one would lead such a mechanical life that one would have to be oiled for every ten days for proper functioning. In reality, in this world we might be rusty, we might not be the smoothly functioning machines but we do give strange outputs that have kept even the best of psychologists thinking. Imagine a world without any sort of contradictions and Sigmund Freud would have been jobless. 

 

Though we hate the unexpected turn of events which keep happening in our lives, we wish we would never be deprived of such contradictions.