Recently I finished reading Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol, and this term “Order in chaos” keeps sprouting up every now and them. I visited India in December, the main reason was to celebrate my Daddy’s 60th Birthday, it was a mile stone and I wanted to be with my family to celebrate it.
This time I was trying to see India from another prospective, I tried to forget that I was born and bought up here, and tried to see how my motherland looks from a fresh pair of eyes. At first it was quite scary; Order in chaos is the word that my best describe my feelings. From the very minute we touch down at the airport, there are drones of people everywhere, people running, people shouting, people resting, its like something magical is happening every minute, but at the same time people seem to be so much at ease. There is a very unusual balance here, balance between chaos and peace, something or the other is happening every minute; however everyone seems so much at ease. Its truly AWESOME. How can one write about India without mentioning the word EMOTION, its like emotions are engraved in every Indians DNA, emotions run high everywhere, everyone opens their hearts out in a very unique way and welcomes you into their own world. Its such an unique feeling, something so strong that its difficult to express in words, the bonds between people are stronger than their houses, the warmth in their heart is warmer than the tropical summer.
I am from Mumbai, the land of Dalal street (india’s very own Wall street), the land of bollywood, mumbai is the economic hub of india. I was shocked to see, that a city that proud’s its self for countless things and which has an GDP of 7%, does not tell a great story. The gap between GDP growth and infrastructure to support that growth is too large and it seems to be growing each year. Having said that, its also the most populated city of india, people from all parts and all walks of life come to Mumbai. It’s a place where dreams come true, the only thing that one needs is hard work and belief in their dreams. There is an amazing energy all around, and its very contagious, we are creative, we hate details, we are spontaneous and we like to leave things open-ended. We are the creative geniuses of the world. Our energy is focused into the future; the next project, the next idea, the next grand scheme. Unfortunately, paper belongs to the past or at best the present. Our attention is on the future. Therefore, clutter is the natural side effect of being creative! That doesn't mean we don't have to deal with it, it just means we have a good excuse for our mess!
