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In God's eyes everybody is equal.... Forsooth ! Even assuming that there IS a God, it really doesn't matter what he thinks since obviously we people have categories.

Everyone is divided into categories, albeit with different parameters each time. You have the racial categorisation, according to skin tone, according to what you study, according to what you like and even, if you go by a joke, according to whether you understand binary or not ! The Government even has us divided on the basis of what our ancestors' surnames were. So I thought to myself, when everyone is categorising people, why the hell should I be left behind ? To make it more general, I finally decided that there are 3 types of people in the world...

TYPE A :: Those you don't give a rat's ass about.

TYPE B :: Those you do care about but who don't give a rat's ass about you.

TYPE C :: Those you do give a rat's ass about and they do the same.

Now Type A is the general category of life. Most people you know fall into that category and so do you when it comes to someone else. That may sound harsh but none of us is a Mother Teresa or a Mahatma Gandhi, so its true. You couldn't care less and you know it.

So we come to the people that you do care about. Now my little wide-eyed children, the fact of the matter is that most people on this category put you in their own Type A... and though it may hurt you to know this, these people are those you put in Type B. 

"And Type C ?", you ask. Well this is where you have the least number of people and these are the people that you should give priority to. Always. These people are the most difficult to find but once you do, you are richer for it. 

On a personal level, I've sort of realised that those people I'd put in type c sortof categorised themselves. What I probably mean is that you don't make such friends, you become such friends. And theres  a huge HUGE difference in making friends and becoming friends. If you try to be friends with someone, they are most likely to end up in as a type B... but when you just sort of become friends thats usually when they end up in type C. I've made a lot of friends and aquaintances but I've realised that when it comes to certain people though I am prepared to go that extra mile for them, they may not be willing to do the same for me. Which in turn made me realise how valuable those people are who will. 

I think the aim should be to kick those in type B to A because those are the ones that will let you down. And thats not through any fault of theirs, its because you expected too much where you shouldn't have expected at all. 

Well this post is dedicated to all those people in type C. I feel priviledged to have met you and to be your friend. Thank You. :)

The Return of the Jedi, well not Jedi ..but sounds more dramatic anyway.

So I have not blogged in quite a while but when one of prettiest girls you know tells you to resume writing, then you damn sure resume writing ! Even if you have absolutely no idea what the heck you're going to write about.

Anyway, something I realized as I near the end of my 3rd year of college is that at Kgp, as time goes on, I keep getting proportionally lazy and basically developing a lackadaisical attitude towards most things. Which is not necessarily a good thing to happen. But I guess that encompasses what most Kgpians call "peace". And "peace maarna" has sort of become a way of life for a lot of us. So while I've been "maaroing peace", time has gone on and suddenly I see myself entering my final year of college or rather, nearing Placement !! Looking at the current scenario of placements, well, let's just say that for Metallurgy, the best placement opportunity is at Jindal Steel... and I do not want to go to Jindal Steel !! So what's left you say ?? As I see it, there are two roads available to me then... CAT and GRE. So I think to myself... "what am I good at ?" , "what work am I cut out for ?". Due to the fact that those questions draw a blank, I decide to not bother about either of them now and open facebook to see the latest updates and spend the rest of the day doing nothing or rather, "maaroing peace".

And maybe, just maybe, the fact that I've recently been going on various trips on weekends is to escape thinking about this. But you know what ? Peace maar.... we'll ponder on that later. Talking about trips, this last weekend a few of my friends and I went to this beach some distance away from Digha at a place called Mandarmoni. Its an awesome place, almost like a backwater with no tourism and stuff. Oh, and before I forget, we went by truck. Yeah you got that right, we hopped on the back of a truck and went to Mandarmoni. I've seen it in the movies and let me tell you upfront that yes, it is that much fun.... but... it is DAMN uncomfortable. The movies don't show you that ! Its bloody uncomfortable and especially when the mercury is pushing the 40s, then its unbearable and we probably have a watermelon vendor on the highway to thank for getting back alive..well thats an overstatement but hey, as long as you get the point. But you know what, it was fun. And it may have been hot and uncomfortable, I'm ready to go it again.. it was that fun.

On a more serious note, I probably need to decide what I want to do. Any ideas ?

P.S. This is in memory of Bhaichung, the rabbit we had. He was an idiot, but a likeable one. Only two months old, it was definitely not his time. If only the idiot had know better than to run towards a stray dog. May he rest in peace. :(