@ shrinathrao: Thanks for your good words and am glad you see the meaning in a wider perspective than mere motorcycling.
@dcs: Thanks a million Rohit babu for the appreciation voiced or rather worded in your own unique inimitable style.
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Very relevant and thought provoking. The wonderful thing is, this is not only applicable to motorcycling but every other field - professional and personal. Most of us are getting consumed by the desire of having more, getting ahead of our colleagues, having a better 'camera, phone, motorcycle etc' than our friends or foes.
It is becoming a melee of conflicting thoughts which is totally roughing the surface of our minds. Today not many people can answer when they are asked 'what do they want from life'.
The midlife crisis is slowly changing to quarter life crisis as more and more young people are dragged into the rat race as soon as they get out of school.
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You've further added value and meaning to what I've said. Thanks.
The mid-life crisis is surely heading to the chronological south and thats really unfortunate. People are literally loosing the wit to actually absorb and enjoy one particular thing to the hilt before moving further. Attention spans are getting down to minutes, and those too can be counted in single digits. There's this poisonous 'hurry-up factor' in doing almost anything and everything....as if one is in a perpetual queue headed for the top and the devil is taking the hindmost! The 'exceptionals' seem to take short-cuts and so celebrity rules, be it even at the neighborhood level. The 'mediocre' might as well jump off the bridge and perish. A situation that even an 'extremist' Darwin would not have conjured.
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I am sure I am going to see men of all ages and profession trying to get their knees down in the years to come on public roads, despite the fact that they are increasing the risk of severe injury by many folds. After public stunting, I think, this is the next real menace to come. It is just not worth it!
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How horribly true this could be if those involved don't check themselves in their antics. Stunting going wrong would usually result in minor injuries but a knee-down turn means high speeds necessarily. And it is the speed that kills.
Saying no to this would mean saying no to 'exclusivity'....to 'being the best'. The 'herding instinct' rules the roost and the herd decides the must do's. There's a severe dearth of independent thinkers. The sheep need to realise that even with a six figure income, the latest gizmo at hand and enough frequent flyer miles to take them twice around the world for free, they might be 'BIGGER sheep' but remain sheep nevertheless. Unless they have the wit to actually think, evaluate and then decide, the herd could be wrong and headed for the cliffs led by the proverbial Pied Piper.