When I was enjoying my childhood days there were many small tales in the air. One of those tales looks very relevant to me now.

The story was about a foolish monkey. The monkey was really a monkey. Not only he used to enter in houses and finish the edibles available but also it used to make sure that whatever left in the house should not be in one piece. The destruction and monkeys uncontrolled activities became a big pain for people living in that area.

All the ideas to catch the monkey proved useless. One fine day a smart young chap got a nice idea. He took one surahi (earthen pot with a long neck) and filled half with grams. he fixed the pot on top of the roof.

In no time the curious monkey came and found his favorite grams in the earthen pot. He filled his fist with as much as gram he can hold. With his fist closed, he got trapped since the bottleneck earthen pot had opening enough to let the empty hand go inside but not his locked fist to come out. The monkey kept on shouting but didn't let the grams go off hand.

For my child mind, this story was merely a story, nowhere near to reality. If a monkey got trapped in this way, soon he will understand that the trap is because he is holding the gram. He will let his fist open and will get released.

Surahi with the thin neck

Years after this forgotten story, when my hard studies got fruits and I started earning money, this story became alive in front of me. I can see monkey holding the grams and shouting and complaining about their life, their company. Still, they can't let the gram go off their hand. Many people don't even realize that they are in the trap until and unless the day they try to take their hand out of the pot. I am no exception.

I was going through a nice article of my friend who is pursuing MBA this year from a renowned college. He has pointed and explained some related things. When I read his article only thing I felt that the thinking circle need to be widened. Why the solution to get released of one pain is to find another? Luckily I got a chance to see a few more countries and their culture. It was really unbelievable to see people not rushing to get a job, not any pressure to be in the top rankers of college. People live cool and deny to work after 5Pm with a simple reason that they have their personal life too. Also, I met people from different part of the world who have set themselves free for 3 months to 6 months trip.

The population of any country is boon and at the same time is a curse. Right from birth, the only dream of every kith and kin is that kid should grow up and find a nice job. Finding a job is still like winning the battle of troy for the young generation. With this mental status being set from birth, with whatever reason, it is impractical to think that the young generation will have enough courage and strong decision to let the grams go off their hand and set them free to grab something that they wish. Respecting the fact that they worked hard since childhood to grab this fist full of grams.