AAGE KYA KARNA HAI ???

There are over 6 billion people in this world. Each one of us knows some of them. Each one of them asks a silly question at some point or the other. Today, I will share with you one such silly question which I’ve been often subjected to. Now when I say silly, I mean those questions which you are not willing to answer or are bored of answering because of the persistence with which they are asked again and again.

So, one such question is Aage Kya Karna Hai?

For the angrez readers, it means “What’s Next?” When I was in Xth standard, they asked me this question. When I was in XIIth, they asked me again, now I’m in college and fir se this question of “aage kya karna hai?” pops up almost every other day. Now, if you have paid some dhyaan, you’ll notice I used the term “they” to denote those who ask this question. Reason being that this pronoun encompasses every individual, from the mother who gave birth to you to the person sitting next to you in the bus or metro.

Now the problem is that most of the times I have no idea what I will be doing half an hour later, so how can I tell someone what I plan to do three years hence? Chalo mera to khair koi nahi, my parents get in the spot when someone asks them what their aankhon ka tara plans to do next. When I don’t know, how can they know? So many a times they gave imaginative answers on their own to dodge the situation. 

Just to give you a simple example, going by what my parents thought of what I will be doing next, I would have started tuitions in class IXth, opted for engineering in XIth OR CA after XIIth or CS and then MBA in finance afterwards. I’ve used OR here because as I progressed, I ended up putting paani on their sapne. They wanted me to join tuitions in IXth, I didn’t. They wanted me to pursue engineering, I opted for commerce. They then wanted me to go for CA, I went for just simple graduation. They were then hoping that at least I would do MBA in finance, but now they know that’s not going to happen either. 

Why are people so obsessed with this question? I’m sure you all must have been asked this aage wala question many times. Aur ye jo relatives hote hain naa, inka to favourite question hota hai ye. 

As a matter of fact, sometimes when people ask me this question, I choose to give some frivolous answers. Consider this..

THEY: Aage Kya Karne Ka Plan Hai? 

ME: Shaadi. 

THEY: I mean use pehle...

ME: Oh! Aise bolo na.... Sagaai.

THEY: Usse pehle??

ME: Usse pehle to I guess ROKA hota hai naa???

Now after these kind of answers, either the other person himself changes the topic, or if he/she still persist, I've to give them some elite sounding reply which has that padhai wali feeling to it!!

So, I wrote this post, have dutifully shared this with you and I'm hoping that you’ve read this.

AB AAGE KYA KARNA HAI???

See you next week... 

Until then.. 

HAPPY NEW YEAR and take care. :)