The Thing About Boys & Men.

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I am bored. I mean not that I don’t have anything to do, but I am just bored. Bored with stressful working, with useless studying, with meeting deadlines, with assignments, with reading, with writing, practically everything. So I keep finding new things to do. Now, I haven’t been very successful with it, but I think I am obligingly eating people’s head with my tantrums. But I guess I am so bored that I get bored with that too. And hence, I keep finding things like reading short biographies of inspiring authors, what they have done, listening to music I have never heard before or going out to new places. Now, that last thing that I said is more useless than the word ‘useless’ can signify. Living in such a small city comes with its dirth of new and exciting places to go to. So, I am left to be doing only two things, reading and ranting. I could say I am just writing but I know my writing is not writing, it’s only a rant, a cribbing rant with no solutions which a set of very few loyal friends will read and tell me that it is not a rant and they liked it, but I know better than their kindness.

Just one such rant, actually, a very furious rant with a failed attempt of humor was written after an impulsive decision and was mailed without any eidting. I regretted it the minute I sent it. Honestly, I did. But very surprisingly, the local supplement of Times of India weren’t offended by my rant and they published the column all the same.

I am happy.

Today, I am not bored.

I am sharing the picture below.

Because today I am not bored.

I will rant and keep you bored.

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43 responses to “The Thing About Boys & Men.”

  1. paeansunplugged Avatar

    Wow! Congratulations on publication in TOI!! Women have changed with the times, sadly boys/men haven’t and the onus is again upon women to be agents of change as mothers and sisters!!

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    1. Moushmi Radhanpara Avatar
      Moushmi Radhanpara

      Quite right, which is quite wrong!

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      1. paeansunplugged Avatar

        Indeed, it is!

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  2. Deeksha Pathak Avatar

    Congratulations for your article in newspaper!!
    Ranting is good for soul and mind. It gives an opportunity to express something which we are subsiding for a period of time.

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    1. Moushmi Radhanpara Avatar
      Moushmi Radhanpara

      I agree, thanks.

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  3. ESP Avatar

    Congratulations! Nice article and one does wonder what these men, or boys, which they actually are, try to accomplish by such actions. They must already know it wont impress anyone, forget impressing a soon to be seasoned writer for TOI.
    Btw you are being too harsh on your writing, just look at the comments your posts elicit. All I would hope is for you to remain bored so we get to read more of these rants, and some good writing.

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    1. Moushmi Radhanpara Avatar
      Moushmi Radhanpara

      Thanks E.

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  4. indianeskitchen Avatar

    Congratulations!!! I don’t think you were ranting, you were saying what needed to be said!

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    1. Moushmi Radhanpara Avatar
      Moushmi Radhanpara

      Thanks.

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  5. Kaycee Avatar

    Lol.. Funny

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  6. Shantanu Baruah Avatar

    Great writing and congratulations on your publication –

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    1. Moushmi Radhanpara Avatar
      Moushmi Radhanpara

      Thanks Shantanu.

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      1. Shantanu Baruah Avatar

        My absolute pleasure

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  7. Manoj Mehra Avatar

    Lack of moral values is the main reason behind this type of behavior of boys and men. Showing women as an object in movies, songs, advertisements, newspapers, magazines, etc. is also the reason behind such a mentality.

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    1. Moushmi Radhanpara Avatar
      Moushmi Radhanpara

      I agree.

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  8. Jess Avatar

    Congratulations on getting published!! I totally agree with you though, it’s shameful that women are often the ones told how to behave/dress/talk to “avoid getting harrassed” when in fact we should be educating men on how to behave properly and with respect.

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    1. Moushmi Radhanpara Avatar
      Moushmi Radhanpara

      Thank you for stopping by and appreciating this.

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      1. Jess Avatar

        You are very welcome, I enjoy reading about other people’s achievements 🙂

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