Ground Zero...!!



“delta force on stand by…”
“start work on ground zero…”
“roger that…!!”

no I’m not planning bombarding any enemy base with nuclear WMDs..Literary WMDs are the order of the day. The military perceives “ground zero” in a completely different manner than what I reckon.., it’d be advisable to warn the people interested in the armed forces that the matter might be so not ‘ground zeroish’..!!

for starters, ground zero is exactly how I feel trying to post something here after a long gap.. abstract nonsense being my forte, a ground zero article on the same fascinating phrase is not something to put for an exhibition anyway..I’ll still try do some justice...

life itself personifies ground zero in umpteen no. of ways.. wonder how u work really hard for something and it falls out all of a sudden leaving u stranded at the same point u had started building it from, it gives a feeling of remoteness, the unpleasant placidity of solitude which exactly defines this zero ground..The path from this point is steep and often deemed condemnable..

and i can go on and on, on this abstractionism..


but my special reference is to the one manifestation most of the undergraduate students face during graduation.. MTECH or MBA or MS..? Which exam to pursue..?? When to start..??? the current world scenario(read recession) has lead to one thing remarkably, it has narrowed the window of opportunities for a graduate.. Thus it has inevitably lead to an increase in the rush towards the masters.. Now, how is it any better than the dilemma in grade 11, or how is the fight (read preparation) any worse than the rat race in grade 12, I wonder..
the question is enigmatic.. And so is ground zero..

Ground negative anyone???

Comments

Shivani Shastri said…
atleast this post is "a job well done"....everything else is at ground zero indeed...
SIGH!
November 2, 2009 at 5:38 PM
Anurag said…
@shivani di thnx.. some things even seem on grnd negative..:P
January 15, 2010 at 2:34 PM
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