Branded for life!!!
I very recently got a tattoo.Its a red coloured khanda(Sikh's religious symbol)which i got on my upper right arm.I wanted it for soo long but somehow always chickened out at the last moment.But during my second last week of my college life,i finally decided to go for it.
It hurted like hell during tattoo making and healing process,which btw lasted 15 days,but i am so glad i went for it.I had an awesom college life, both during my engineering days and specially during my MBA,and i just needed something to keep reminding me of the same.
I am now out of college and will face the real world(yeah..yeah..its a cliche).My life has already changed a lot and i know it will change,only time will tell if for better,but surely forever.Thats why this tattoo is so important for me,it will keep me reminding of the real me,even when i would be a 50 year old boring guy,that once i was young and energetic and rebel and probably stupid.
This tattoo also represents me.Altering body in any way(including getting tattoo) is forbidden in sikhism.And i got a tattoo of sikh religious symbol.So my tattoo is itself a big contradiction and i see my life,whenever i see my tattoo.
My life has been full of contradictions.I am an aithest sikh.I belong to one of the richest family but somehow hates spending money which i havent earned.I have had many flinges(and by many i really means many) but am still searching for a companion,a perfect love.I am one of the most outgoing guy of my college with a huge friend list but some how finds it difficult to fit into my local family friends group.And i can go on and on,on the same topic.
And this is exactly what a khanda in my arm represents.For people seeing it,it may be just a tattoo,a cool symbol of modernism,but for me it means a lot more.Its virtually my whole life story encripted in this 3x3 inch square of space.And all things said,one thing is for sure,i am surely branded for life.
posted by coolvir at 10:32 AM
8 Comments:
Its looking sooooo cool
@anon
Yeah its cool too ;)
ohh man that looks cool ...but how the did you get that done....i heard it pains like HELL ???
thts a good tatoo...i always wanted to get one done too but like u said...always backed off at the last min :)
and yah...u do write sum good stuff :)
@ravali
Yoda(of starwars :d)) once said...
"Either you do or you don't do...there is nothing in between"
My suggestion....go for it if you really wanna it for your self...but please no BF/GFs named tattoo.
@whiteforest
Yeah it was painful during making and also for around 15 days after that....but trust me it was totally worthit:)
Contradicting lifestyle...i can understand that...i want one but on my upper left arm....to remind me of who i am...with so many friendss...bt lonesome ones whome i can speak to...piercingss...cant get enough of those...bt still feel pride in who i am...ever sat in the middle of the night and fought with whoever god is...challenge his existence...n cry about it...*shrugs* believe me i know the contradictions u speak of...bt not flings...it is important to remember the mistakes we made...the rebellion we took on n won...maybe lost as well...to bounce around from one thought n feeling to another...yesss...being branded with such a symbol..surely brings peace...gud job!
Tatoos have become normal these days after the film ghazini....so it will definitely work out in urban indian cities :-) no wonder..but henna is more safer than tatooing, no wonder we indians are ahead in every aspect of science...
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