A common man journey to get over the jeopardy of being common is subject to something more which we can savour.

Since ages life has been a matter of constant discussions and debates, which has embraced humanity. Endless scholars and philosophers have constantly tried their luck hard in solving the cause and effect of this conundrum. Even after finding themselves amidst the countless paradoxes and postulates, no one has ever really been successful in deciphering this jinx. The jinx which has always been a constant source of inspiration to a lot and at the same time, ironically a matter of distress and agony to the other lot. If someone has taken the route of spirituality to soothe their heart, then some other has tried to find pleasure in the materialistic world. But whenever we have even a minute spectacle in spite of a bird’s eye view, we find a major chunk in a heart-rending wrench. Even though it is an accepted fact that millions of people are leaving a happy blissful life who are quite lucky to be in the league of optimates.

But what about those mere mortals who have been accused of something as severe as larceny to take birth in the league of the common man? What about those common men who are neither lucky to be optimates nor viciously miserable to take birth as a vagrant? What about those who have constant dreams to fly high along with the constant fear of surmounting responsibilities to earn bread for their loved ones? Undoubtedly a common man is quite common in various respect but the hunger to shed the tag of ‘Being Common’ has taken a loom over his life. The persistent penchant to excel in life becomes his sole motive even being aware of the fact that motives are subject to mortification most of the times. Even being well-informed about the price which a common man has to pay for his dreams he is ready to take a dip in that well. The dip in the well which will save not only him from the valleys of the vicious cycle but also will give a way to his destiny which his peers claim of being undeserving. The route of defining his own destiny from the dump of being persistently tagged as undeserving sometimes almost cost him his dear life. Then even it’s an open secret that is he even worthed of calling this so-called life as the life which has been the prey of predictable things. People love to predict their future and the popularity of future tellers are a crystal-clear example. But what will a person do of that predictability which will relentlessly remind of his predicament? Undoubtedly; a common man has to weigh each and every pros and cons of his activities as even a fine margin of error could land him in a new set of troubles. The tenacity of altering his fate could sometimes overshadow the wrath of his faulty judgements, but how would he overcome the ocean of satires, criticisms and ridicules? We as a common man have followed the act of making mockery as a ritual to our fellow common man.

Amidst all these agonies it really takes a hell lot of efforts and then only, this voyage from an ephemeral to a humdinger gives us the real taste of life!

By Vikash Saxena & Nitish Raj India