THE MYSTERY THAT I COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND

I have been struggling for the past few weeks to write,but I was fumbling for words and there was a paralysis of ideas in my brain.Hours together,i would be sitting with a blank page.Kept on thinking why is it that sometimes in life we come across a phase when we keep on pondering about something and that thought process appears never ending.It is as if u are walking through a tunnel and you donot know if at all an exit exists ! Recently,i read a book called The Empire of Knowledge by Vinay Lal.There I came across a line that made me understand why is it that we never understand why we behave the way we do sometimes,and in retrospection we find it totally illogical and naive.It was a line by Benjamin Walter,which read, "...we, the thoughtful atleast are in a perpetual state of crisis." I lay blank after reading it.Kept on reading it and then re-read it.

Life is full of contradictions,that was something i grew up learning.But i could never fathom out its underlying essence until now.What is it that we want ? Does it actually matter what we want ? Can confusions end ? Why are we always enslaved by circumstances ? If man is so powerful,why cant he break free from this labyrinth ? Confusions are like evergreen forests ! No matter which season it is they are omnipresent.Nw,i sound like i m really confused! The more we try hard to understand a thing, another front opens up, adding more to the confusion and then the battle becomes more intense.Because fighting on several fronts isnt easy.Atleast i am not so adept on that count. I know what am writing is not making any sense,considering the fact that this blog has been about making posts on realistic issues.But perhaps,what is more realistic is the necessity to address confusions.Atleast,that is what one of my very good friends say. And for the past few days thats what i have been engaging myself into.Yet...i am struggling.I would like to hear from you,one who reads this post, why is it that when you find life is within your grasp,it simply slips ??? Confusions exist,or we create them or make them appear like the statue of THE CHRIST -THE REDEEMER ??? Try and look at that statue, i m sure no one can resist its mysticism !!! And in life confusions are also like that ! It has a magnetic charm,so difficult to unshackle.May be I am lost today...But i am searching for some answers...

STUPID CUPID - LETS ATTACK !!!!

Valentine's Day is approaching and the Hindutva Brigade is out of its slumber. Nice name they have given to their campaign this time- MORAL POLICING ! Its always nice to be self-appointed custodians of the civilisational heritage,or should I say its a superb cloak to camouflage their hypocritical non-sense ! Its ridiculous to see that this time their target is the state known to be the 'Mecca of the Software Revolution'.Its outrageous,as a responsible citizen and a thinking individual to digest their preposterous rhetoric.I mean is there a dearth of substantive issues in this country to fight for ? I am sure,our country has attained that level of enlightenment,atleast now, in not showing any sympathy to such publicity stunt-men and showing them their real place - an ASYLUM,may be ! If they really want to protect our civilisational values,then they should go and teach those youth a lesson who disrespect women on the road,or those who ill-treat their parents,rather than kidnapping and maiming a Hindu girl for talking to a Muslim boy.Our rich civilisational values never taught us such lessons. Where are we heading ? I know India is a democracy,so everyone legally enjoys a right to speech,but that doesnot give a license to paranoid individuals to get a frontpage picture or to appear or re-appear for a prime time news story ! We call India to be mature democracy,but i think the people should also show some amount of maturity in dismissing such signposts of stupidity.

The Larger Picture

I found a very interesting comment about my article on 'Slumdog Millionaire- A Big Q and no A',which says about the strategy of marketing the poverty in India and selling it to the west.In reaction to that naive viewpoint,the only thought that emanated from my mind is the way negative view points are given preference,when we attempt an analysis.I mean why cant we simply look at the positive side of it ? Why cant we look at the movie as India's answer to the rest of the world, that after years of subjugation by the colonial masters from the west,India has written her own story from ashes to glory ! She has been labelled as an 'Emerging Super Power'. Thats like being a true millionaire from slums ! Being critical about anything and everything is enriching,but the reality in the midst of it shouldnot be glossed over.

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - A Big Q and No A !

I have been listening to all sorts of mind-bogling comments and rave reviews about Slumdog Millionaire,which made me feel even i have some thoughts to share.The fantastic thing about India that fascinates me the most is the freedom of speech that we enjoy.Everyone is entitled to an opinion here. And we are free to buy the other's argument or to outrightly reject it.Where does one stand on a particular issue depends upon which lense one uses to zoom in. Was the movie celebrating India or was it marketing the Poverty in India that sells so well in the theatres ? I mean all this hue and cry about the way the film has potrayed poverty in India is apalling according some intellectuals.I would pride myself in saying that i dont belong to that class of the so called intelligentsia.There have been Indian movies made by Indian directors who have taken the leeway to potray the poverty in India even more starkly. Watch AAMIR for example and see the way the dingy bylanes in Mumbai have been shown.That film has won many a critical acclaims abroad.But no one raised any question about that. The world saw the way an average Indian lives in such a claustrophobic environment in that movie. So why all this fuss now ? I mean do we Indians have a copyright on potraying Indian poverty in movies ?