Saurabh Hirani

7 months ago

फुर्सत

I read this lovely piece by Shuvam - https://blogs.remiges.tech/history/the-earliest-years-1996-98/

The post goes beyond the picture it paints for me because SpaceNET was my first company, and Shuvam was my first mentor. When I joined, SpaceNET was called Starcom.

The post made me reflect on how people can work in the moment, trust each other, build something together, and occasionally pause to enjoy the process. By the time I read the last line, I remembered a day when we went to Shuvam's home. He showed us the wooden speakers he had built by hand. I don't know why that thought came to my mind, but it represented a person's control over their time, energy, and focus.

Over the last few years, life has laid different paths for me. I walked them without looking back. But somehow, I feel that I have overcomplicated my search for happiness. Twenty years ago, happiness for me was reading a book, reflecting on it, listening to music, looking up the meanings of lyrics, understanding what inspired those lyrics, writing something, and then revisiting what I wrote after a day or two to tweak it.

Maybe it's the lack of time, energy, or the inability to prioritize that has changed things. I yearn for those simpler times. Maybe I will get out of my own way and let life bring them back again.

फुर्सत में एक जीने का तरीका तय कर दिया था अनजाने में,

वक्त और जिम्मेदारी के चील-गिद्धों ने घेर के एक अंधेरा सा कर दिया।

उन्होंने मेरे विचारों की अंतड़ियों को नोचा और जब उनके खून से सने मुंह भर गए, तो उड़ने लगे।

मुझे दर्द के साथ एक अजीब एहसास महसूस हुआ।

एक गिद्ध मुझे देख के मुस्कुराया,

इंसान को दबोचने आया था, गिद्ध बना के चला गया।

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Satyajeet Jadhav

7 months ago

Why do I feel that the wooden speaker is going to become a guiding metaphor for our lives. 🙂

Saurabh Hirani

7 months ago

It was a different world back then. Leisure was not worshipped as a fleeting entity. It was there for everyone. In this world of hustle and grind, pride is felt when one takes out time for oneself. That pride leads to a sense of entitlement which weirdly enough makes one indulge in passing time through modes of relaxation rather than creativity. I feel I will see more "netflix and chill" stories narrated with a sense of nostalgia than those of building, writing and creating.

Sayali Kasar

6 months ago

Such a beautiful post. Indeed the rigmarole of our busy lives have made us believe that somehow we have to ‘earn’ Fursat! Dil dhoondta hai fir wohi fursat ke raat din !

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