When I was in class 10, there were lots of rumours going around about earth coming to and ‘end’ at the dawn of the 21st century. There were even stories on how life on earth would come to an end forever. Many were about God coming down to earth and taking all the good people with him and leaving the evil to perish along with the earth. Some other stories were about huge volcanic eruptions and meteor strikes that would kill every living organism on earth. At one time, I had sincerely wanted all these to happen because, it would happen before my 10th class board exams!! 🙂 and I wouldn’t have to worry about my exams, their results, and how it would be, and anything that might become my future. So if the earth would come to end by 2000 AD, then nobody would be alive  to ask about my board exam marks!! That very thought was pleasing to me. But I was sad that I would die even before finishing my school! Stupid me!
And to my disappointment, the world never came to an ‘end’ during the millenium break. Days went by and I forgot about the whole rumour about end of the world. But after I came to the US, I have been hearing a new set of story, mostly hosted by History Channel, that almost makes me scared with proofs and pointers to an ‘end of the world’ day which is expected to be on 21st of December 2012! The things that I learnt through watching this program are, Nostradamus and his followers, the Mayan civilization and its suggestion to the doomsday, the ‘realities’ according to those bearded guys who speak in History Channel about the doomsday, and ofcourse ‘the-program-you-should-not-watch-at-night’! Beware all light hearted, married ladies out there, this is the worst program you can watch before you go to bed. It’s not going to help for a healthy married life! Trust me…
At one time I became so obsessed with the idea of the doomsday that I convinced my husband, that we’ll have kids only after Decemeber 2012! (Why risk a child’s life? sounds logical?!!!) But I realise that there are lots more people out here who are really obsessed with the doomsday theory and are really believing that the world is going to end, on the right day as predicted! People are even making movies on this theme! So if the world is going to end on 21st December 2012, what time is that going to be? Because, if things are not going to happen at the same time all over the world, then one part of the world would have been dead first before the other gets a chance!
For all those who are not yet aware of this craziness going around, please search for ‘doomsday’ or ‘2012’ in google. I guess you can get to see all the episodes in youtube or in the channel’s website. Or if ever you got a chance to watch any such programs, please share your thoughts with me. Find here some confused and obsessed souls responding to this program in History Channel.
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