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You think your life is tough?
Just look at a couple of Celebrity’s kids. It is tougher for them. Way too tougher. One whose names starts with R and has a famous freedom fighter’s name as last name. Another starts with A and his entire family – except him of course – wife, dad, mom – are all Padmashri winners.
Now meditate this.
They are not concerned about Taxes, or License Renewal or any of the mundane things you and I have to deal with on a daily basis.
They have a bigger fish to fry. It is the dreaded word called ‘Expectation’. Or filling up the big shoe their father wears or once wore.
It is the genes – we all say – and rightfully so – being ruled well by the Kings and their princes and their descendants all these years till the mighty British came and made a mess of our country. The genes should bring out the next better version – and they should surpass their Dads.
If you ask R or A – they do not want to be in the profession their Dads were. But we all ‘expect’ them to do better than their Dads. Perhaps they could have been a kickass pace bowler, or a chef book author or a top notch coder.. we will never get to know.
It is lot of pressure. And these young minds cannot cope up with it. Imagine if you are judged daily – on TV and newspaper – and ridiculed by Social Media and Blogs ( hey I am on their side ) – will you be able to perform? There was no performance anxiety for their Dads.
Anyway – leave all that aside.
Let us focus on our miserable life as we call – Taxes, More taxes, Passport renewals, Aadhar card and all that – now does it feel bad? Not bad at all right – no performance anxiety or expectation. Just leading a bindaas life – and can go watch a movie whenever we want, or go eat Paani Poori on the road – without it making a big headlines anywhere.
Next time when you eat a Chinese Bhel, spare a tear drop, for these celebrity kids – they have a raw deal indeed.
