Gentleman

Intelligent student

In an economic sense there are a few things that can be termed necessities and some others luxuries? To- day certain things considered to be luxuries once have come to be necessities. This depends upon the taste of the individual or the social status enjoyed by people. As for myself, though I am young, I would be happy to be without something. As a student, it is my primary duty to study and first please my parents. Secondly, I must achieve something that would be useful to me in later life and which would contribute to my comfortable future. In saying so, I do not wish to be understood that I want best of everything. What I would like to have is a successful student life and a fairly happy settled life after completing my education. But I am to achieve this simple ambition. I should have to do without certain things.

It would surprise many if I say that I can do without the television, which, according to many people, is a MUST in modern life. Thought some of the programs are useful and interesting, the television poses a number of problems. When others sit before it and watch something going on the small screen I cannot avoid the temptation to join. But even as I am in their company, the thought does not leave me undisturbed that I am failing in my duty. I am interested in cricket and also play it. But endless projection of matches spoils my study and so I dare say I can do without it. But others in my house do not permit me to sit alone with books when they are crowding round the television set.

I can do without a flamboyant dress. Costly things do not attract unless they happen to be beautiful at the same time. I can do without the innumerable magazines that are found in very home-in my own too.

They offer cheap ``stuff’’ that I can dispense with. Music is something, however, I wish retain as part of my life .But the little things that divert, I can do without.