:) :P :D XD

:) (That's a big smile) :D (This one is even bigger) XD (This is ultimate)

These emoticons have honestly changed the way we express our thoughts. It's simple, to write as well as understand. Today, languages like English cannot be considered universal, it is these emoticons. With the press of 'Control' and 'a colon' followed by a bracket; brings in a wide smile on our face. You may speak Latin or German or even French but no language is so universal that even an illiterate old man  from a remote village can understand.

Behind this :) may be a bald uncle you might have mocked at.
behind this :D may be a pretty girl you'd have had a crush on.
:P May instantly make you realize a bygone prank played by you and your brother on some person.

But it doesn't matter who is behind these funny little faces, all that matters is that they make you smile, cry... You can connect to them. Age, Color, Gender, status all fade behind these Universal Messengers that unite humans as one. You may be pretty, you may not, but for these carriers of emotions it doesn't really matter.

I love these tiny smilies and :Ps they make me feel acknowledged and loved. A dull two lettered 'hi' is transformed into a more awaited and elated 'hi', 'how are you' with a :) becomes a much concerned and genuine question...
So my conclusion would be: :) use this more often because it really makes a big difference. 

"My son/daughter is a post-graduate."

Three Idiots preaches, "Life is a race! तेज  नहीं  भागोगे तो कोई तुम्हे कुचल के आगे निकल जायेगा"
And that is true... At least for the current flock of Indian masterminds.

No matter how much the education system may boast of making education in India stress-free, it has increased the amount of stress a poor kid is being subjected to. I've heard stories of students racking their tiny brains, burning the midnight oil and trying their best to get into the Master and Dictator of Indian prodigies, 'IIT.' I don't mean to offend anyone with that dream, it is definitely something to desire for, but not if it is for the sake for getting into some big-multinational company and owning a posh car...

I'm against that. I know, what ever I do shall be something that I love. I don't believe in studying something just for the sake of some flauntable, safe, future career option... Not for the sake of getting  into a 6-9 job, in front of a desktop, getting a regular monthly salary. Most of the people who take up engineering (largely) are those who are hardly interested in science. What's the whole point of studying day and night, spending two years of one's life trying to crack some examination for the sake of getting into a safe job? Foreseeing the future is none of our business. We could probably take a precautionary measure but I strongly feel life is enjoyable only when it has it's own twists and turns.

Life is like a movie, it is a known fact that a person who has never seen failure doesn't realize the happiness that one gets when he rises from the ashes like a phoenix. Life is memorable only when it is topped with ups and downs, twists and surprises, hopelessness and confidence.

One must study what ever he wants to, for the sake of self-satisfaction and not for anybody or anything else. The education system is getting tighter and tighter, the competition is increasing, I don't know why... Is it because of the evolving technology that turns an ordinary toddler into a Newton, solving complex calculus problems, or is it self-realisation that makes a person work harder. In the past, education was to pass 12th grade, that was normal, a decent amount of education. Then it was raised to graduation... where everyone was hellbent to boast that his/her son was a lawyer, doctor, engineer... Now a post graduate is desired and I wonder what the children and grandchildren of my generation would have to go through to be regarded as people with decent education.

Children attend coaching classes from the tender age of 12, probably in the future this will be lowered to 6. I wont be surprised if I see tiny kids proceeding towards coaching classes instead of giggling and feasting on chocolates and enjoying the most memorable and beautiful phase of life, 'childhood.'

Do, do what you want to do. Do it for the sake of love, not for materialistic betterment.