Category: Choices

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    Karma was a good movie… Dilip Kumar did a decent job…. simple.. but no, this is not a movie review, this is about the other kind of karma.. not so simple..
    as a kid, and a hindu one at that, i was given a basic understanding of karma and its functionality.. in retrospect, i do believe that it was used more for preventing any unruly behaviour on my part.. karma was the ‘thing’ that would get back at me later if i did any wrong..like in the case of most other things that were told to me, i fell for this one too.. but maybe that was good, anyways..
    but as time passed, the belief in the flawless machinery of karma gave way to a questioning attitude, and then onto absolute disbelief… it could have been that the machinery was having a slow race competition with the indian judiciary, or with some file in the massive indian bureaucracy,anyways, it seemed to be winning.. there was no retribution from ‘karma’, and that was from experience..not that this knowledge was used in some diabolical plan or for some evil purpose, but the belief had been shattered…
    More time has passed, and like most other things, the belief system has also come full circle, and most likely is here to stay, because unlike the first time, this is a self learning, and not something that has been drilled into the conscience.. but i do think that it is time for the karma machinery to get a good overhaul, maybe get more efficient… and like the new nationalised bank accounts, become accessible with a simple username and password..
    so we could actually redeem our karma reward points!! yes, there would of course be the regular issues like ‘Forgot Password’ or an occasional nasty case of hacking, but overall it would be much more convenient… getting movie tickets, that new job, discounts on stuff we badly want to buy, a good marriage/ love life, not getting soaking wet in rains, getting back power supply ..would all be possible with just a karma account… and to get the points, one would have to do good deeds…. a win-win situation..
    until next time, think about the possibilities!!

  • Ignorance and Bliss

    i saw an old woman on the steet
    and walked on… putting off a helping hand
    for another day when we might meet



    if by a strange twist of fate
    i happened to know that she would be me and i would be her
    on another world and another date




    would i still ignore her and walk away
    blissfully comfortable in my world, and ignorant of hers,
    as i was on that day…


    until next time, this is only a temporary aberration 🙂

  • Choice of joys

    Please consider this hypothetical question – If God gave you a choice between 30 (no more, no less) years of life with only joys/happiness and 60 years of life of joys and sorrows, which one would you choose?
    that was a serious question, but this

    Should However Invoke Tickles
    Little Johnny was sitting in class doing math problems when his teacher picked him to answer a question, “Johnny, if there were five birds sitting on a fence and you shot one with your gun, how many would be left?”
    “None,” replied Johnny, “cause the rest would fly away.”
    “Well, the answer is four,” said the teacher, “but I like the way you’re thinking.”
    Little Johnny says, “I have a question for you. If there were three women eating ice cream cones in a shop, one was licking her cone, the second was biting her cone and the third was sucking her cone, which one is married?”
    “Well,” said the teacher nervously, “I guess the one sucking the cone.”
    “No,” said Little Johnny, “the one with the wedding ring on her finger, but I like the way you’re thinking.”

    and someone’s humble contribution to the Taj’s birthday –

    Taj Mahal kya cheez hai
    main to usse bhi bada mahal banaoonga,
    aree Mumtaz to marke dafan hui thi,
    main to tujhe zinda hi dafna doonga.

    until next time, bury the thoughts….

  • Fear Factor

    Nope, AXN is not paying me for the publicity (as if)..hehe.., oops, i am not paying them royalty either…oh well, the balance of life… the disclaimer – this post is also on the lines of some previous posts, in terms of general direction, that is – why we do the things we do…..
    in one of my previous posts, i had written about sex being the principal driver of our actions…but though the arguments were compelling, i realise that there are some times where the argument draws a blank…
    for example, as kids, we dont have conscious thoughts of sex, maybe it exists in some form in the sub conscious, but definitely not as overt feelings..
    so i looked for one emotion that at least equals sex in terms of being a driver – fear…
    from birth to death , there are zillions of situations where fear has propelled us to do the things we did…
    cry coz you were afraid you wouldn’t get fed…..
    ate the food coz you were afraid of the big bad wolf that would come to get you, if you didnt eat
    refused to go to school coz you were afraid of the bullies, teachers etc
    didnt go into a dark room coz you wera afraid of ghosts
    did the homework coz you were afraid of being punished
    insisted on the cricket gear coz you were afraid you wouldnt be allowed to play without it
    took a career path coz you were afraid of being called a failure
    thought hundred times about proposing to your girl/boyfriend coz you were afraid of rejection
    smoked/boozed coz you were afraid you wouldnt match up to your peer group’s standards otherwise
    thought hundred times about proposing to your girl/boyfriend coz you were afraid of commitment
    believed in God coz you were afraid of His wrath
    let your dreams meander away coz you were afraid that if you followed them, your life would meander away
    didnt help an accident victim coz you were afraid that it would take too much of you time/energy
    developed multiple masks coz you were afraid to show your real personality
    thought twice about posting this coz i was afraid people would think of my line of thought as an obsession.. 🙂

    all this and much much more… maybe if i could only stop being afraid, i could be what i wanted to be and do all the things i wanted to do.. and then FDR’s words rings across my mind -” there is nothing to fear, but fear itself”
    but what you dont have to fear is
    manuscrypts trivia
    a link thats a must see…only instructions are to take the pointer to the guy’s nose after the site is fully loaded

    a shot in the arm for indian sports (pun intended?)
    and a great forward
    I wanted to thank all my friends and family who have forwarded chain letters to me in 2003 & 2004. Because of your kindness:
    * I stopped drinking Coca Cola after I found out that it’s good for removing toilet stains.
    * I stopped going to the movies for fear of sitting on a needle infected with AIDS.
    * I smell like a wet dog since I stopped using deodorants because they cause cancer.
    * I don’t leave my car in the parking lot or any other place and sometimes I even have to walk about 7 blocks for fear that someone will drug me with a perfume sample and try to rob me.
    * I also stopped answering the phone for fear that they may ask me to dial a stupid number and the I get a phone bill from hell with
    calls to Uganda, Singapore and Tokyo.
    * I also stopped drinking anything out of a can for fear that I will get sick from the rat feces and urine.
    * When I go to parties, I don’t look at any girl no matter how hot she is, for fear that she will take me to a hotel, drug me then take my kidneys and leave me taking a nap in a bathtub full of ice.
    * I also donated all my savings to the Amy Bruce account. A sick girl that was about to die in the hospital about 7,000 times. (Funny
    that girl, she’s been 7 since 1993…)
    * I went bankrupt from bounced checks that I made expecting the $15,000 that Microsoft and AOL were supposed to send me when I
    participated in their special e-mail program would arrive soon.
    * My free Nokia phone never arrived and neither did the free passes for a paid vacation to Disneyland.
    *Made myself sick trying to call divya singh (Siemens employee) who needs help for her hubby suffering from Lung cellular cancer
    especially when she was not married!!
    IMPORTANT NOTE:
    If you do not make this into an e-mail and send it to at least 1200 people in the next 10 seconds, a bird will crap on your head today at 5:30pm 😉

  • Locating Driver..Please Wait

    Someone recently told me that 98% of the things we do, are triggered by our sex drive, however remote the association is. since this was said by a guy who is pretty serious about this kinda research, i dont think its a hokey pokey statement.i also asked him if it was done by some freud fanatic, but he said that research also showed that it is applicable to about 90% of the people.
    now, since i have come across this bit of info, i have been doing a bit of self analysis- of course the details are classified..hehe, but on the whole (no pun), i dont fall into the majority..now, is that good or bad ?? :)…and it also makes me wonder what actually are the drivers behind what we do and therefore, to an extent, what we are and why we are….
    love, hatred, kindness, jealousy, fear, joy sadness… i realise that i have to apply tremendous pressure on my brains (wisecrack-ers will be executed) to get more emotions..which is kind of funny, because i feel something or the other all the time (shit, this is the problem with writing about sex, there’s always a hidden pun…as a general disclaimer, puns are not intentional and any resemblance is purely coincidental)… back from digressing, which of these emotions trigger us the most…what is the principal driver…
    i had a feeling that money could be the principal driver, until i realised that there are two aspects in this – one, a lot of people are learning to detach themselves from money, and i dont think these guys have any such detachment thoughts about sex, and two, i also realise that (as the cliche goes)
    money is not an end in itself, it is only the means to a different end, and if that end is pleasure, then pleasure in what form? a typical example, if one gets rich, buys villas and sleek cars, how much of the pleasure is out of owning it, isn’t it a pleasure of knowing that it
    is bound to attract a whole lot of people…………..
    sex is everywhere-movie themes, corporate life, hell, even the olympics… is it that it has always been there, but we are talking about it now….but more importantly, is it the principal driver for 90% of the people on this planet… i honestly dont know..
    as for me, i am still locating driver, please wait…..
    and in
    manuscrypts trivia
    a good fwd-
    In a ship the Generals of three nations were traveling with their soldiers. They started the topic that whose soldier had more of guts. The American general called for one of his men and told him to jump down the ship and take a round swimming around the moving ship.The soldier did as he was commanded and the general boasted of by saying “See the guts!”.
    Now the German general called out for one of his men and asked him to take two similar rounds.The soldier did as he was told. When he came back from the water the German said “See the guts “.
    Now the Indian General called out for his most courageous man and asked him to take five similar rounds.The soldier promptly replied, “Tere baap ka naukar hooon kya?????.” At this the general proudly said “See the guts”

    PS i wanted to title it “sex, anybody?” but i thought my discerning audience would find it distasteful, realise my ambitious plans of self discovery through sex 😉 and i dont want to get into trouble like a certain mr.bhandarkar!!..hehe……xxxxxxxxxsexxxxxxxxxx