All Alone

It is the rule of nature: Survival of the Fittest. Finally it does become each man for himself. All the relatives and friends whom we have succeeded in accumulating throughout this mortal life, finally leave us alone. After all what are we, but specks in the universe. In this vast cosmos, we are nothing.
It is for us to understand that one day all our beloved people will leave us. It is not only them, but we will also do the same to someone else. All the talk about relations, friendship, love et cetra about which epics have been written, will be reduced to nothingness. The sooner one understands, it is better for him.

The Female Psyche

I recently read a book "Roots and Shadows" by Shashi Deshpande. I liked the book because it was able to bring across the trials of the protaganist, Indu, very realistically.
This book was also instrumental in bringing a thought to my memory. In it, a relative of Indu, Naren gave a very thought provoking reply, when it was asked as to why he smoked? He replied that women are generally reformists at heart. He smoked because it gave the women a chance to reform him and feel elated.
A true feminist to the core, I should have felt angry on reading this. But I agree with him. On dwelling into the female psyche, I have realized that women are attracted to bad boys. There is something about them which makes us feel that they are actually very vulnerble. And then the sensitive and caring attitude of the fairer sex surfaces. We wish to save them from this big bad world and strive to bring them on the right track. It gives a sense of power which is not felt in any other situation.
If you don't agree with me then ask Ash what she saw in Salman. Else think about why women love Shoaib Akhtar.
Just think about this.