Find “X” in the following equation. This was reason
enough for me to hate Math.
I could never find X, not just in math class but also in
physics and chemistry. One fine day I found not just one X but two! It was in
the biology class, and the best part of it was that XX was a part of me! 46XX,
and I love it!
Now, this blog is not about algebra, or about chromosomes.
It is about the 24th alphabet X, which signifies everything unknown.
We see so many movies most of which is as unrealistic as
unicorns riding on rainbows and there are some movies that are so real and raw
that it makes us cringe. And then there are movies like Avatar and Gravity. Let
us exclude Avatar, because Pandora does not exist. It is just a fragment of an individual’s
wonderful imagination (also Hogwarts!) But Gravity was based on outer space,
and it does exist! As I was watching that movie, I kept wondering how it would
feel to be in space.. I screamed my head
off, and rendered a few people deaf on a giant wheel when I saw the VGP golden
beach globe from up there. How would I handle seeing the earth from outer
space!?? It becomes another X for me. Something I will
never find.
That is not the only X. I will never know how it feels to
bungee jump! Because there in no way I will jump off a cliff or bridge or even
my own bed with a rope tied to my feet and not die! I will not know how it
feels to be on a roller coaster that has a vertical drop of 90 degrees, because
I’m pretty sure I will pass out the moment the ride begins. You would possibly
say, get over your fears and just do it. But these Xs, I don’t want to find
them ever!!!
Apart from the Xs that we will never know because of our
fears and inhibitions, there are some Xs that are like non modifiable risk
factors. There is simply no way in haven, hell or earth (or Hogwarts: D) that we can
find them.
For instance, There is no way i could have known how it
feels to be that cute kid with monkey bangs and short bob when I was in 2nd
standard, because at that time I was busy sporting a coconut tree sprouting
from the vortex of my head. I could still get a bob and monkey bangs, but I just
can’t go back to 2nd standard unless it is for my future kids PTA meeting.
If I do go for that PTA meeting with a bob and monkey fringe, my future kids
will be pitied upon by the judgmental teacher! Poor kids that don’t yet exist. This X is lost in the clause of time.
I will not know it is to be a man and hang out anywhere at any
time, not care about looks, have a big tummy and a balding head, drink, smoke,
have a poor sense of humor and still have girls in Q for marriage! Because this
X is bound by the clause of gender.
And the chances of how it feels to be stuck in a tsunami,
hurricane, stuck by a lightening, though weird is still an X, is pretty bleak
here in Coimbatore. I am not capable of inducing them as I please for
experience sake because it is bound by the clause of nature. However if I could
induce them in a controlled manner, I would be the owner of an awesome
amusement park with the best and truly one of a kind wave pool!
And there is simply no way I will know how it feels to disappear
on Malaysian flight 370. I am not being insensitive here, but that’s an X that is bound with mystery, politics, or aliens. Whatever makes sense to you.
These Xs make all of us the same yet different. Different
because you have found or willing to find Xs that I’m not interested in or don’t
necessarily prioritize. Same because all of us have Xs that we can never find
due to factors like time,gender,nature or because we are never meant to.
Unsolved Xs is always the human minds biggest thrill.
Our lives are about the size of a pin point. The Xs in
this world is about the size of a beet root. One pin prick in a beetroot won’t
make a difference. Multiple pricks do! For those of us who believe in karma,
rebirth and destiny (all Xs) we have chance of multiple pin pricks, so cheer
up! We will find few more Xs in the next life time.
And I chose to prick a beetroot because I detest them. Why??
It’s another X, reserved for another
lifetime, maybe.
