Perspective

“A fishnet is made up of a lot more holes than strings, but you can't therefore argue that the net doesn't exist. Just ask the fish.” -Jeffrey Kluger

Random Thoughts

Another busy week is about to end now. It has been tiring and uninteresting in some ways. I have not been able to write much these days and along with time the frequency is reducing. Writing is not only my past time or hobby but it is one activity which I feel truly my own – I am alive in it; I feel the thrills of the written word and the idea of creating any piece of writing excites me. Alas, life leaves less opportunities to write. There are times when I feel like writing but I watch TV instead. Working in front of a computer all through the day; fingers are tired; eyes are tired; and I don’t feel like taking the courage to write. Then I remember the golden old days when I wrote as a way of life…
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It has also occurred to me in the recent time that along with the passing years I am growing old. Though this is not a surprise or a discovery, the reflections around this fact is not enlightening in all senses. Every time I think about it, the idea of growing older with time, and I think about the worth of our life. A few days ago the movie “Guide” was appearing on TV. The actor Dev Anand says (in Hindi) something like this, “If there is no God then there is no point in living, since it does not matter at all if a blind person ends his journey in a blind world for nothing; but if there is God then…” He made a good point. If there is no God then this whole world is purposeless and our life is worthless. But if there is God, then what have we done about it? Working in office helping clients do their business more efficiently; spending 13 hours a day for a credit to my bank account at the end of the month – what is its purpose apart from salary which makes me afford to live where I live? But living for what? For what end? It seems most of the things we do in life are not in line with the purpose it is intended to… The commercial world encourages a commercial life… A commercial life makes us make commercial goals and take commercial paths to achieve those… But in the end what will matter will have nothing to do with all that we did for all the years…
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Along with writing I have been equally passionate about reading. But one thing that I have observed is that whenever I set an ambitious target to read a lot – the enthusiasm comes down. Hardest part is to start. In such circumstances, setting smaller goals appears good. Perhaps that is why they make volumes of books instead of making big bulky compilations which not many could finish so easily…
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Anyways, back to the grind…

Tell the truth boldly

"Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better." - Swami Vivekananda

Lootera Songs

This is a song I have loved much. I love period films set in the past and I had loved this movie too much. Here [Link] is my review from the time it was released in theaters. I am a fan of both Ranveer and Sonakshi and it helps too. Even the video of the song is too good. The rural and simplistic charms of the life we have left behind are depicted too well: 

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Shikayaten (http://youtu.be/eN5dP3BZALQ): 

Other very nice songs from the same movie:

Zinda Hun Yaar: (http://youtu.be/cgHLvt0rxmM)

Manmarziyan (http://youtu.be/RFNmDyBKqk8):

Ankahee (http://youtu.be/DR0S-ocAmvo)

Sawaar loon (http://youtu.be/hIpiSI4pWwM):

Bourbon Biscuits!

Whenever I lay my hands on these biscuits, I feel life is beautiful; God is great; there is goodness still left in this world; and a lot other sweet feelings :)

Send multiple ITR-V forms in one envelop to CPC Bangalore

Hi all,

Do you know that sending multiple ITR-V forms in one envelop to CPC Bangalore is allowed by the Income Tax department? Many of us file IT returns of our family members and hence if we send all forms together to CPC Bangalore (by Speed Post), it will save us money and at the same time it will be environment friendly since it avoids paper and transportation.

So please send multiple ITR-V forms to CPC Bangalore in a single envelop as per your convenience.

Regards,

Rahul

Expectation

"Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting a bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian." - Dennis Wholey

Two New Blogs on Hinduism

Happy to inform that I have launched two new blogs as below. Their titles tell the theme these are based on. These are still in nascent stage and I hope to keep posting with time.

Hinduism Thrives http://hinduism-thrives.blogspot.com/

Hindu Rights Register http://hindurightsregister.blogspot.com/

"What we do in life echoes in eternity"

#Thoughts: Do Unfair People Deserve Fairness?

When a corrupt but well educated person ridicules an honest but less educated person on the basis of qualifications, people are likely to support the later. One, as a society our culture does not encourage us to ridicule or look down at others. To do so in public is a graver sin. Secondly, in such times we also think about "who" are the persons involved and judge them based on their characters. In Ramayan, Lord killed an evil person who accused him before dying of using a trick to kill. Lord is said to have said something which means - you employed evil and unfair means for your whole life to subjugate others and when it comes to your end, you are citing fairness of methods only in order to save your life. 

Do unfair people deserve fairness? 

As someone said, we think of moral and ethics only when these serve our own selfish motives. When it comes to think of moral and ethics which could harm our selfish interests, we tend to ignore these.

Life and Mystery

I remember the days when I was reading Paulo Coelho. His writing full of mystery and symbolism impacted me and for some time I took his things seriously and literally. So when I spotted a white pigeon among a colored flock, or heard a new bird's voice, saw some new flower, or clouds forming a different architecture, I wondered if those were for some specific "reasons" :) When I look back, I don't see any significance of all those "phenomena" happening around :) But yes, life was more interesting when I took his mysticism too seriously. In fact nothing can beat childhood when it comes to seeing life differently and seeing same things with more interesting angles than the boring grownup people do :) I wonder if we tend to think differently either when we are too innocent or too wise...

One Photograph

When I saw this picture - what came to mind first? Moochen hon to Natthu Lal jaisi ho. .warna na ho! :) What second? Was he some friend of the photographer or the later just got lucky? Third? We can know who is more powerful by looking at breadth of the smiles...

Perspective

“All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.” - Swami Vivekananda