Notion: I am Brand Obsessed

Truth: No, I am not. Its only that I can find quality easily with reputed brands within the amount of time I usually have. I am not someone who would spend hours shopping a jeans and a t-shirt when I can easily get what I like by paying a little more. For me, paying more is just an insurance of quality. For that matter, I have a lot of things which I have either been gifted, or picked randomly, and I still use them because they are nice.

Notion: I use sophisticated language and diction to intimidate or flaunt.

Truth: No. Not at all. Believe me, the way I express my opinions and ideas comes very naturally to me. I may admit that it is sometimes different from the common prevalent styles, but it is certainly not an attempt to flaunt. Some people write short sentences. Some people write long sentences. Some use a very pure form of their native language, some don't. I express in the manner which is spontaneous to me. Why should people have problems with that? Frankly, if you ask me, I honestly feel that I am poor at Hindi and English both.

Notion: I buy pens to show off or to reflect my intelligence by some logic !

Truth: Really? So many of you spend thousands only eating pan masala or smoking cigarette. Surprisingly that is nothing lavish but only when I express my affinity for pens, it becomes lavish. 

Notion: I cannot play cricket because I thought it is a game of the commons and not of my (some hypothetical) class.

Truth: To be honest, such accusations hurt me. I feel bad when people talk like this. The truth is, I was a child from a village background and when I was admitted to a school in Lucknow, my peers neglected me, mocked at me because I was, in their view, backward. I did not know the name of a single Hollywood start nor did I watch WWE. So, I was an untouchable. They never allowed me to play with them. So, I never played cricket even though I wanted to. By the time I shifted my school, I could not take part because everyone around me was already very good at it, and I would have again been the laughing stock among them. Why can I play pool? Oh! that is because I spent some time in graduation on that. Apparently then I was not discriminated based on the place I come from.

Notion: My friends are very modern ( in the sense that they are uncultured ) and miss moral and ethical values.

Truth: We are very simple people. Just that, we don't live planning for that "One fine day when I will do what I want to do" dream. We like to enjoy, meet new people, interact, respect opinions and backgrounds. We are not blindfolded to follow only the west. We love India, its culture and traditions just as much as you do. Our manner of celebration may at times be unconventional but then who gave anyone the certificate that their interpretation of the glory of India and its culture, is the only correct version. Unity in diversity (DIVERSITY). Remember? And one more thing, mental and moral maturity does not come from wearing dull clothes, combing hair, smiling rarely, abstaining from trying new things or accepting new ideas and or talking less. However, simplicity of character and learning to appreciate the gaps among us is certainly one of its traits.

Notion: I spend because I don't respect money

Truth: I respect money and that is why I spend it. Certainly, I am not desperate to stockpile it. At least not now. I have seen times in my life when my family did not have sufficient cash even for food. I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth, if that is what some of you think. I have seen the dichotomy of life and it only makes me unaffected by the joys and sorrows of it. I spend when I have it. I can still live happily when I don't have it. But I will never die collecting it, unless I have a reasonable motive.

Dear all, I am a very sensitive, sentimental and simple person. I don't want to pretend someone I am not by owning/doing things I don't like. Please don't chalk out a self styled outline of my existence. Ask me, I will tell you the truth.