Timepass - the eternal answer to the eternal question “ Kya chal Raha hai ? ” , “ What's going on? ”

Wonder how I thought of writing about timepass? Guessed it right , while doing Timepass . Bad joke , moving on ..

So what does timepass really mean ? When a friend comes to your room and asks the eternal question and your reply is timepass it means that your are currently not engaged in any significant activity and you are available to do whatever your dear friend suggests . 

Well it will be OK with your friend when you answer to him “ Timepass” but things certainly become serious when you give the same answer to your parents . When your dad comes home and asks you What's going on? And you reply Timepass , you certainly are in for a beating. 

Is timepass such a bad thing ? Well wasting time without any purpose to it certainly seems bad but sometimes we just want to do it . Don't we? 

Do you know there is an entire book by Craig Jeffrey titled  “Timepass: Youth, Class, and the Politics of Waiting in India” . 

Few years ago we generally required friends to do Timepass with ,nowadays we have Social Media . Be it Instagram ,Facebook or Whatsapp many of us are spending too much amount of time on it . In no way I'm saying that social media is bad , but it needs some regulation. It should not become an addiction . There are many significant things that we can do using social media but at the same time there are many which don't deserve our precious time . It's upto the individual to decide what's good and what's bad for him or her . 

In the same vein anything in excess be it excessive TV, excessive gyming or excessive eating,  are just not necessary.  

It's important to understand that we have limited time in our lifetime.  The most precious years of our lives are when we are healthy ,strong and fit and raring to explore. Certainly covid and lockdowns have meant there will be less exploring outside but we can explore inside. 

Last few weeks , specially when I was on the hospital bed admitted for covid,  have taught me one of the most important lessons of my life - Make the best possible use of your time .

Watching young men and women getting admitted , suffering from covid , fighting for survival was one of the hardest things I have done .  

This 2nd wave of covid is affecting young people . Young boys and girls who have entire lives infront of them . Thus time is in short supply . Let's make the best use of the time .

As Harvey Mackay rightly said - 

Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it you can never get it back.