Anyone around who has time?
The joy of doing absolutely nothing is simply priceless. Published at The Quint here . Thanks are due to the team at The Quint. The unedited version below. “ Mere paas bahut khali samay hai, bahut doopherein aur shamein maine nitant akelepan me guzari hain ”. I have a lot of free time, many afternoons and evenings I have enjoyed being alone, absolutely alone. This line, by Manav Kaul during a session at Jaipur Literature Festival - 2017, Kitna Kuch Jeevan , hit hard. When last did one hear friends, forget celebrities, say that s/he has lot of time or is free? Of the taboo lines today’s society has – this one is right up the list. This - I do not have time – line has always had me perplexed. All of us have the same time – 24 hours – so is it not then about priorities? About the option or options we choose? Life, after all, is a series of trade-offs. So, if our priority is go to place X we act accordingly. It does not indicate that we do not have the time to go...