Like Somebody

If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be, and why?

In the school bus, it first began, the wish to be someone else. Comic books and TV shows were initial references. Back then it was basically becoming your favourite superheroes and discussing how advantageous becoming that superhero was over the one the other became. Obviously, Superman was a favourite since kryptonite wasn’t any superheroes’ ability and we were yet to understand in in-depth how Batman’s mind actually functioned beyond the fancy gadgets, moves and cave.



As I grew the references became celebrities. Now, some people want to be like a celebrity their entire lives and that’s absolutely fine, as fine as the interest in being anyone else from any other field but for me trying to picture myself as a particular celebrity was a phase as well. I wouldn’t name the celebrity I wanted to be, as that celebrity later got obliterated by a lot of controversial elements and that’s when I realised how much do we truly know these people we see on the television screen, on the cover of magazines or in a reel from a famous movie.



For a long time, I wanted to be like my grandfather because I knew I couldn’t be like my father who had been an almost perfectionist in everything he put his mind to, my grandfather on the other hand was a journalist and very popular among people, smiling and having his way with words, people loved him and he loved people. It was only later I realised that being my grandfather was just as difficult, especially in the day and age that exists in the present. Simplicity simply attracts a lot less attention than we think it should.



I cannot be you, yes YOU-you, and you cannot be me. We are perfectly fine rowing our boats in our own way, enjoying sceneries of our own. We may pass each other and maybe wave/smile at each other or not, but it will be fine, do you know why? Because we are moving in our own ways.

Written by Anuran Chatterji

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