Life's Strange Ways...!!!

 In Season 3, Episode 2 of the web series "Tehran(2020)", Mossad agent Nissan(nicknamed 'Owl') kidnaps Tamar, the lead character and fellow Mossad agent and wants to know what all she knows. When Tamar refuses to reveal what she knows to him, insisting she will only speak to Yulia, the head of Mossad, Nissan recalls a line from his father:  “ There will always be work for those who know how to fix things. ” That line triggered a chain of thoughts about employability in today’s world. It’s one of those deceptively simple truths, that suddenly feels relevant to everything happening around us. Today, the job market is more uncertain than ever for so many reasons—Automation and AI replacing roles we thought were secure, people struggling to keep up with the skills the jobs demand and the traditional idea of a stable career feeling more fragile than ever.  In such a scenario, the question isn’t just about 'how to get a job', but 'how to remain employable at any...

  In the movie 'Breathless(1983)', there’s a raw, unfiltered exchange between the lead characters Monica Poiccard(Valérie Kaprisky) and Jesse Lujack(Richard Gere), when they're getting ready to leave for Mexico. Monica  searching for certainty,  asks Jesse, about their future in Mexico. Jesse, restless and defiant, snaps back:  “ What do you keep asking me these questions for? About the future, which I don’t know, you don’t know! Nobody knows it! So f#$% it, roll the dice! ”  On the surface, it sounds reckless!!!  But Jesse isn’t entirely careless. He knows he needs money. He takes action — even if through questionable means. What stands out is not irresponsibility, but his refusal to be paralyzed by uncertainty.  He doesn’t wait for guarantees before living. And that made me think, how often do we do the opposite? Jesse’s words cut through the illusion of future. The future is unknowable, no matter how much we plan or predict. His response is reckles...