“I personally feel that science is way too overhyped. Every
kid passing the board is not supposed to be a doctor or an engineer. There are
hundreds of other disciplines out there.”
“I totally agree bro, moreover, now is the worst time to study science
or to pursue it as career option for that matter.”
“What exactly do you mean by “now” in particular?”
“Isn’t that obvious? Now we aren’t sure how long science will be talked
about in the country or which version of science, you are supposed to study.
Darwin says that humans evolved from apes but one of our MP totally
rejects it because he or his ancestors haven’t seen monkeys turning into
humans. The logic makes me wonder whether humans evolved from apes or they are
going to end up as apes.
All the theories about procreation that you may study in years will be
damned because a high court judge will tell you that peacock celibates and
still reproduces.
Some elected member of ruling party is suggesting research on Pushpak
Viman technology in IITs. I think that will be tough one for even IIT students.
Prime minister of the country wants medical students to learn cosmetic
surgery from Lord Ganesha’s head transplant case.
And then there is Cow of course. You may be given a project to prove
that cow exhales oxygen or cow dunk blocks radio waves or how cow urine can
cure all the diseases known or unknown to men.
So instead of thinking whether India will have science career scopes, we
should rather ask whether India will have science at all.”
“Don’t worry bro
Science isn’t going anywhere. But seriously arts actually has broader career
scopes.”
“Sorry bro, but I have to disagree here. Future of Arts isn’t any better
than that of science.
If you want to go in movie making, you are supposed to make such movies
that even people’s imagination about script shouldn’t hurt their sentiments.
If you want to be a writer, you are supposed to choose your content
wisely or you can be murdered.
You can be jailed for cartoon making or even for using snap-chat
filters if you are considering comedy.
If you want to be an archeologist or a historian, you may have to find
references or evidence of a queen that existed only in a poem.
If you want to be a journalist, you should be able to make news like
the scamster photobombed the CEO’s photo op with prime minister, when there is
any photo proof comes out of any scamster with PM.
And if you are inspired from 3 idiots and you think you will become
a wild life photographer, you always run into the risk of clicking any film
star shooting any endangered species.”
“What exactly are you suggesting? You have problem with
every single thing.”
“Not with everything bro, Commerce has the brightest career scopes and I
don’t doubt that a bit.”
“Why and how, exactly?”
“Glad that you
asked. Since we have the best government
of all time, it is taking so much pain to create jobs in the country. They
demonetize most of the currency, with every day changing rules of withdrawal
and deposit. They changed the whole taxation system and changing the tax slab
for every other item now and then. They keep on reducing interests on provident
funds or keep adding a new cess so that you just can’t keep up with them. So
people and companies have to hire more and more finance and economics
professionals. With these unstable economic policies of government, if you
study commerce and you are brilliant at finance and economics you can find a
place anywhere except, of course, at that one place where it is required the
most, ‘on the economic policy making bench’. For that
you may need a degree in Law.”
“Just one suggestion bro, never be a career counselor to
anybody. By the way, why are you getting down here, you live in Saket, right?”
“Actually that was rented flat and I borrowed a lot of money from
neighbors there telling them that I am going to buy a flat in the same
apartment. Now that guard told them that I don’t have such plan, I have to secretly
move out from there giving some money to the landlord. But this is nice place.
When Landlord will come here for picnic, I will have reunion with him.”
Just then metro announced “Next station is Chhatarpur; Door
will open on the right. Please mind the gap” and I waved him good bye.
