Speech by Chetan Bhagat at Symbiosis

Don’t just have career or academic goals. Set goals to give you a balanced, successful life. I use the word balanced before successful. Balanced means ensuring your health, relationships, mental peace are all in good order.

There is no point of getting a promotion on the day of your breakup. There is no fun in driving a car if your back hurts. Shopping is not enjoyable if your mind is full of tensions.

“Life is one of those races in nursery school where you have to run with a marble in a spoon kept in your mouth. If the marble falls, there is no point coming first. Same is with life where health and relationships are the marble. Your striving is only worth it if there is harmony in your life. Else, you may achieve the success, but this spark, this feeling of being excited and alive, will start to die. ……………….

One thing about nurturing the spark – don’t take life seriously. Life is not meant to be taken seriously, as we are really temporary here. We are like a pre-paid card with limited validity. If we are lucky, we may last another 50 years. And 50 years is just 2,500 weekends. Do we really need to get so worked up? …………….

It’s ok, bunk a few classes, scoring low in couple of papers, goof up a few interviews, take leave from work, fall in love, little fights with your spouse. We are people, not programmed devices………”

One thought always keeps erupting in my mind what am I doing in life ? Something which will always keep me going. Many a times I would sit down to analyze what am I up to ?, what for am I doing all this ?. There is this tendency in mind to know oneself so as to put steps forward knowing about what you can achieve doing this or whether you are really capable of doing this. But the next thing coming to mind why should I be so restrictive, why should I decide whether I can do it or not, why don’t let it a go after all …if I had that thought of analyzing myself I would have never been able achieve so many things because that analysis would have put limitations on me.

Leaving it aside I for one don’t want to make it a smooth life and for that I need my desire going…pushing me for different goals.

You start analyzing the world around you and you will notice this world is driven by unhappiness and frustration because it is driven by sequence of desires. These waves of desire erupting in mind are unending and naturally all of them cannot be fulfilled. You look around and see people resorting to any means to fulfill their wishes. This involvement of any means makes the desire as the root cause of unhappiness. Although when the desire is fulfilled we tend to feel happy but that turns out to be momentary because at that moment you don’t have any desire and then the next moment your mind start pushing yourself to another desire and same cycle is repeated.

So, for me I would rather be happy to let my desire erupting but keep my feet firmly, I would rather not let those desires to distort reality and relativity between objects. There comes the point when desire and deserve seems to be the only solution.

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(Phoolon Ka Taaron Ka Sabka Kehna Hai
Ek Hazaron Mein Meri Behna Hai
Sari Umar Hame Sang Rehna Hai) -2

Phoolon Ka Taaron Ka Sabka Kehna Hai

(Jabse Meri Aankhon Se Ho Gayi Tu Door
Tabse Sare Jeevan Ke Sapne Hain Choor) -2
Aankhon Mein Neend Na Mann Mein Chaina Hai

Ek Hazaron Mein Meri Behna Hai
Sari Umar Hame Sang Rehna Hai

Phoolon Ka Taaron Ka Sabka Kehna Hai

(Dekho Hum Tum Dono Hain Ek Dali Ke Phool
Maein Na Bhoola Tu Kaise Mujhko Gai Bhool) -2
Aa Mere Paas Aa Keh Jo Kehna Hai

Ek Hazaron Mein Meri Behna Hai
Sari Umar Hame Sang Rehna Hai

Phoolon Ka Taaron Ka Sabka Kehna Hai

Jeevan ke dukho se yun darte nahi hain
Aise bachke sach se guzarate nahi hain
sukh ki hain chaah to dukh bhin sehna hain

Ek Hazaron Mein Meri Behna Hai
Sari Umar Hame Sang Rehna Hai

Phoolon Ka Taaron Ka Sabka Kehna Hai
Ek Hazaron Mein Meri Behna Hai

Movie – Hare Rama Hare Krishna(1971)
Singer – Kishore Kumar
Artist – Dev Anand,Zeenat Aman,Mumtaaz

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Main Zindagi Ka Saath Nibhaata Chala Gaya
Har Fikar Ko Dhuen Mein Udata Chala Gaya -2

Barbadiyon Ka Shok Manana Fizul Tha -2
Manana Fizul Tha -2
Barbadiyon Ka Jashan Manata Chala Gaya -2
Har Fikar Ko Dhuen Mein Uda..

Jo Mil Gaya Usi Ko Muqaddar Samajh Liya -2
Muqaddar Samajh Liya-2
Jo Kho Gaya Maein Usko Bhulata Chala Gaya -2
Har Fikar Ko Dhuen Mein Uda

Gham Aur Khushi Mein Farq Na Mehsoos Ho Jahan
Na Mehsoos Ho Jahan -2
Main Dil Ko Us Muqaam Pe Laata Chala Gaya -2

Main Zindagi Ka Saath Nibhaata Chala Gaya
Har Fikar Ko Dhuen Mein Udata Chala Gaya

Movie – Hum Dono(1961)
Singer – Mohammad Rafi
Music Director – Jaidev
Lyricist – Sahir Ludhianvi
Artist – Dev Anand

 Raahi Manva Dukh Ki Chinta Kyon Sataati Hai
Dukh To Apna Saathi Hai
Sukh Hai Ek Chhaanv Dhalti Aati Hai Jaati Hai
Dukh To Apna Saathi Hai…

Door Hai Manzil Door Sahi
Pyar Hamaara Kya Kam Hai
Pag Mein Kaante Laakh Sahi
Par Ye Sahaara Kya Kam Hai
Hamraah Tere Koi Apna To Hai -2
Ho O …, Sukh Hai Ek Chhaanv Dhalti Aati Hai Jaati Hai
Dukh To Apna Saathi Hai…

Raahi Manva Dukh Ki Chinta Kyon Sataati Hai
Dukh To Apna Saathi Hai

Dukh Ho Koi Tab Jalte Hain
Path Ke Deep Nigaahon Mein
Itni Badi Is Duniya Ki
Lambi Akeli Raahon Mein
Hamraah Tere Koi Apna To Hai -2
Ho O …, Sukh Hai Ek Chhaanv Dhalti Aati Hai Jaati Hai
Dukh To Apna Saathi Hai…

Raahi Manva Dukh Ki Chinta Kyon Sataati Hai
Dukh To Apna Saathi Hai

Movie – Dosti(1964)
Lyrics – Majrooh Sultanpuri
Singer – Mohammad Rafi