RAT RACE

This is another piece of fiction which wanders into the dark side of a student's life!!

"I wake up from my slumber to the fateful day, the day that is supposed to be decisive in my life. It is the day I am supposed to take charge and take the lead in this rat race of life! I could never understand what it was that made this such an important event in my life. For me, it was just another exam that lakhs of people gave to get into a college!! For those who have not understood, I am talking about the IITJEE exam. Well, anyway, I had become a part of this rat race of life and I wanted to get out of it. It had made my life hell for the past two years. Tuitions, nearly each and every day, would mean my brain trying to work out non-sensical, impractical shit uttered by the teachers!! I was drained out, my life was like a prison cell with books. I needed to escape, I wanted to be free! Then, I fell in love...tuitions earned a new importance in my life..I knew I had to impress her!!

These thoughts are flooding my mind while I get ready for the exam! Instead of stupid, uncommon names I remember only my life, my urge to be free!! My dad enters the room saying that something important has cropped up so he wont be able to accompany me. Oh, what a pity!!!!! This will give me a chance to make a stop on the way. There is only one bar open at this time of the day and thankfully they had exactly what I wanted. I reached the hall drunk, almost falling down after each step...the only thing I remember is the stare that most people gave me... I had no idea where I was and what I was doing. Thoughts kept fluttering through my mind. I remembered the first time I had tasted alcohol. I was in love..but too shy to tell her. Some of my "friends" got me drunk and I proposed to her in that state. She never talked to me again which, most of you will feel, is quite expected. Since then, drinking replaced her as the love of my life.

At present, a short moustached stupid guy is talkin non sense........................

Some people are shaking me...what the hell do they want? they wake me up and "request" me to leave. Swearing at them, I get up and leave the hall. Suddenly, the thought came to me....I was finally free, free from the stupid exam, free from love, free from expectations. The new found freedom amazed me..then, I knew what I wanted...FREEDOM FROM LIFE!! I took a bottle of whisky from the offshop and here I am, standing on the roof of a multi-storeyed building!! Everyone was right...today I would take charge of my life...today was the day I got freedom from the rat race! Sorry, mom and dad, I cannot live like this anymore!! I have chosen to be free from all the hassles of life...Goodbye!!!"