Why do we have to fight?

I just wrote this to ease of some tensions within our college working committee so that we sort out differences and work as a team towards making our annual event Pratyaksha '10 a grand success -

When they created it,
They were concerned.

Worried for whether it will sustain
Still they did it, and they did it right
For, it was passion and not worry that was their might.

Why then do we have to fight?

While some don’t know the purpose,
Some don’t care to know the reason.
Still we work as a team,
We do it for them, for us, for all good times, fun and seasons.

Remember your first day in college?
You were all smiles,
Gradually though…why do I see grief?
Why do I see anger? Why do I see distance in miles?

Am sure it was not intentional,
Am sure somewhere, someone is sorry for it all.
But why keep it in you and keep it boiling through?

If you run away, you have taken a convenient way out.
You still win, we might still win too.
But we don’t care to see the loss.
We lose a friend; we lose a way of life.
Take your pick, don’t think, for it’s easier to decide than a toss.

It may not be the passion; it may not be the worry,
That may drive you to come.
Think about the drop of sweat, the pain that they take in teaching us.
Think about the strain, the anxiety in them to lock the rooms when we leave.
Think about the rusty fans, and the age old chairs, they are waiting for us.
Think of that boss, who makes you work like hell whole day.
And still you look forward to evening and that Room No 12 at the corner.

What is it that brings this day?
What made us so futile and frail?
It is the larger interest of the college that we work,
And much larger is the interest of the self and much larger is the perk.

Hoping to see renewed energy in the days to come,
A heartfelt sorry may be the solution for some.
Don’t think that ‘sorry’ is a word for the weak,
For, saying sorry shows how strong a man can be in times of problems thick!

Still nothing is lost,
And nothing does it cost.
So lets do it, and do it right.
Be it passion, worry, or simply fun as your might.

And remember, we don’t have to fight!


- Milind Gandhi
(So-called Event Head)