Long time

Long time since I blogged. It was an eventful year. So there was no time to blog :-) 

This year summer vacation lachu is going for summer vacation camp . Every year she used to go home town. But this time in bengaluru.

Comes to mind  last April 6th where we had a very bad accident when our cab was hit by lorry while going to airport. Things can change quickly... Need to appreciate more the present moments..

God and Heaven

Lachu was put forwarding her heaven theory while I was seeing "wonders of the universe" DVD , I asked her whether Hindus and Christians have different heaven. She was sure they have and I will be going to the Hindu heaven. I was confused and asked her then who created this world. She was confident that Hindu Gods created the place where Hindus live and Christian Gods created where Christians live. Then who created the place where brigade metropolis exists ? Its very clear to her, since this place is owned by Hindus, Christians and Muslims this will be joint effort by all the Gods. Now I understand why Brigade metropolis costs 6500 Rs per sq. ft. It has got all the blessings.

Buddha can say

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment"

But its very difficult. It is tough to keep the mind unoccupied. Its like a chain reaction. One negative thought bombards a chain reaction and then the negativity increases. Decisions in life changes directions and changes life forever. Decisions affect not only yourself, your family and others around also. Fear steps in and then you are doomed. Failures in the past further pull your confidence down.

Thank you!

Most of the relationships I screw up and then I take a pause.And then have a reason to feel guilty about that. I hope I could take a pause when everything is in a good shape...

Now I am doing the corrective measures, and once I get a "Thank you!" pause the relationship.

Grow up or die- Bill Maher

Bill Maher could have not said it better:

“No, it is not a surprise that a person would want to be a prophet. What’s ridiculous is that other people let him. It’s just too easy to start a religion. All you have to do is: A.) think up some really powerful stupid shit. Some stuff that is so idiotic and weird that a person who believes it will be proving that ultimate virtue of faith; B.) throw in some entitlements like life after death, washing away sins and free dental or whatever; and, C.) wait. Just wait. Just say your bullshit and stick to it. Believe me, if you do that, if you just say it, they will come.

(…) Faith means making a virtue out of not thinking. It’s nothing to brag about. And those who preach faith, and enable and elevate it are intellectual slaveholders, keeping mankind in a bondage to fantasy and nonsense that has spawned and justified so much lunacy and destruction. Religion is dangerous because it allows human beings who don’t have all the answers to think that they do. Most people would think it’s wonderful when someone says, “I’m willing, Lord! I’ll do whatever you want me to do!” Except that since there are no gods actually talking to us, that void is filled in by people with their own corruptions and limitations and agendas. And anyone who tells you they know, they just know what happens when you die, I promise you, you don’t. How can I be so sure? Because I don’t know, and you do not possess mental powers that I do not. The only appropriate attitude for man to have about the big questions is not the arrogant certitude that is the hallmark of religion, but doubt. Doubt is humble, and that’s what man needs to be, considering that human history is just a litany of getting shit dead wrong. This is why rational people, anti-religionists, must end their timidity and come out of the closet and assert themselves. And those who consider themselves only moderately religious really need to look in the mirror and realize that the solace and comfort that religion brings you actually comes at a terrible price. (…) That’s it. Grow up or die.”

Bad Karma

Past life I was a rich land lord and used to abuse and torture a lot of people... Due to the past life karma, this time they came as my wife and in-laws and parents and other relatives and are torturing me here and there !!!!

End of world thoughts...

Lachu was anxious after too much discussions on Dec 21st and end of world Mayan predictions.. She was asking what is going to happen.. I said everything is going to end and asked her what she wants to do in the remaining 2-3 hours...

She said she will pray to God not to end this world. But that was not possible I argued. The decision was taken long back by omiscient God and although he is omnipotent to change things usually he does not do that  ( even for worst kind of rapes and child abuses God does not avoid those as Eve ate that apple and since then evil is also part and parcel of our equations..).

I pushed her to know her wishes again.. Again she wanted to pray to God not to end this world and said she will cry and pray and that may have an effect on God.

I agreed, but asked her to imagine that the world will come to an end and say something more funny and interesting rather than prayers. This time she said - she will see DIL TO PAGAL HAI again and started seeing. She is seeing it for the 50th time and another shah rukh khan has emerged in my house.

I am an idiot

Lachu's advice went waste!!!

Lachu's basics

One day ( as usual :-) ) people around me were convincing how use-less I am in managing these worldly material things.. I was feeling bad and complained to lachu. She said " dont feel bad on what others are saying.. If others are telling you use-less then they are use-less..." And after a big pause she told me " dont come to bother me with these small small things again..." Good advice.

One week later again I was bothered by the same comments. I went to my motivator lachu and complained... She explained the same things patiently once again.." dont feel bad on what others are saying.. If others are telling you use-less then they are use-less..." And then scolded me " I HAD TOLD U NOT TO COME TO ME WITH THESE SMALL THINGs"..

Hmm...

Movie week

Saw some great movies.. ice age 2, scarface, scent of a woman, madagascar, american gangsters.....

next in list "emerald forest"

Brahma sutra - Casteism

http://www.bharatadesam.com/spiritual/brahma_sutra/brahma_sutra_sankara_34107.php

The Sûdras are not qualified for that reason also that Smriti prohibits their hearing the Veda, their studying the Veda, and their understanding and performing Vedic matters. The prohibition of hearing the Veda is conveyed by the following passages: 'The ears of him who hears the Veda are to be filled with (molten) lead and lac,' and 'For a Sûdra is (like) a cemetery, therefore (the Veda) is not to be read in the vicinity of a Sûdra.' From this latter passage the prohibition of studying the Veda results at once; for how should he study Scripture in whose vicinity it is not even to be read? There is, moreover, an express prohibition (of the Sûdras studying the Veda). 'His tongue is to be slit if he pronounces it; his body is to be cut through if he preserves it.' The prohibitions of hearing and studying the Veda already imply the prohibition of the knowledge and performance of Vedic matters; there are, however, express prohibitions also, such as 'he is not to impart knowledge to the Sûdra,' and 'to the twice-born belong study, sacrifice, and the bestowal of gifts.'--From those Sûdras, however, who, like Vidura and 'the religious hunter,' acquire knowledge in consequence of the after effects of former deeds, the fruit of their knowledge cannot be withheld,

for illayaraja fans...

http://www.tamilkey.com/endrendrum-raja-15-01-12-jaya-tv.html
http://www.tamilkey.com/endrendrum-raja-16-01-12-jaya-tv.html
http://www.tamilkey.com/jaya-tv-endrendrum-raja-17-01-12.html

December Kerala Vacation

Veri - Veri = zero Veri

Veri has to be subtracted with Veri.. Only then there will be No Veri. Whenever the discussions are without logic I support only my people.. What is "my people" is depending on context...

1. When its a Tamil-Malayalee issue I am on Malayalee side

2. When its a Atheist - Religion fight these days I am on atheist side..

3. When its a Muslim-Hindu issue ofcourse on Hindu side

etc etc.. The only place I dont support my people is

4. When its a Ezhava-Nair issue I support Ezhavas.. I dont like these stupid Nairs. I hate to be one among them.

I started receiving lots of Tamil views on Mulla(i)-periyar during afternoon discussions:

1st Lecture minutes ( long before):
1. All RAW and national security top posts are from Kerala. They gave false advises on Srilankan Tamil issue and thats why Srilankan Tamilians are suffering. This is the reason why Mulla periyar issues come in between.

2nd Lecture minutes ( before Dam 999 release )
1. Dam 999 movie is funded by Kerala government
2. Kerala wants water for Hydro electric power project in Idukki

3rd Lecture minutes
1. 5 districts in Tamil Nadu will become desert if mullaperiyar water does not reach Tamil nadu

4th Lecture minutes
1. We are paying only 6 lakhs per year for Water from Mullaperiyar. Even a software engineer can pay.

Last Lecture minutes:
1. There is a talk that Idukki should become part of Tamil Nadu.. ( Thereby if people die it will be people from Tamil Nadu who will be dying)
2. Kerala assembly is now 80-78 and re-election is occuring in one constituency because of a death. The Mullaperiyar row is for election purpose..

No where there is any talk about Safety and the danger if Dam breaks. In Kerala there is no ban for Tamil products or Chennai silks showrooms nor there is any attack against Tamilians. The status quo is maintained on water supply to Tamil Nadu. Its just that now people are afraid of a Dam collapse and they need an answer.

No Veri

Had no time for Mullaperiyar investigation.. only focus was on eating...... These are the things I heard on Mullaperiyar subject in Kerala.

* PJ Joseph and Kerala congress is taking advantage of Mullaperiyar issue

* Vaiko and PJ Joseph are of the same category

* Dam is not in danger, it is a political conspiracy

* Dam is in Danger. But everybody will listen to only Tamil Nadu.

etc etc

Anyway there is no Veri.

And people are listening to and dancing to Tamil songs for new year. But I didnt see any Tamil films this time - Saw two malayalam, one hindi and one english.

Mullaperiyar should be a symbol of co-operation and harmony. Periyar is a river flowing through Kerala and has been supplying water to 5 districts of tamil nadu for last 120 years.. and Keralites eat most of the vegetables cultivated from those 5 districts.. Let Veri go and Chiri come.....

Mullaperiyar Veri

Whether Dam will collapse and kill people in Kerala is not sure.. But definitely its making life of Keralites in Tamil Nadu difficult now ( as per malayalam news paper reports.. )

Its funny how people are fighting over the net. And too much abusive remarks.. Why we are complaining about australian racism and all ?

One thing I am not able to understand --- Kerala states Dam Safety as issue, and Tamil Nadu has fear of Kerala re-negotiating contracts ?? ( I still dont understand Tamil Nadu fears ). Its very easy to settle the issue - See if the dam is in real danger - bring experts - and do it with RED ZONE URGENCY.

Anyway I trust more VS and Chandy than Karunanidhi/Jayalalitha/Vaiko brand.

Decided to study more on the issue during the december vacation. Will be back with more details !!!

Soup song - kolaveri effect !

Jab koi baat bigad jaaye jab koi mushkil pad jaaye tab why this kolaveri di...?
Jab koi baat bigad jaaye jab koi mushkil pad jaaye tab why this kolaveri di...?

Na koi hai na koi tha zindage mein
empty life-u
eyes-u full-aa tear-u
life reverse gear-u

why this kolaveri di...?
why this kolaveri di...?

Saturday night fevers

We met at Srini's house at saturday night for a small get together. After having Pizzas and "Cranberry juice mix with honey" we wanted to have a coffee. Night 12'o clock - all options from Hosur to Mysore were discussed. And finally we decided to fly to Leela Palace - Barista place. There were 4 bullets but what chance they have when my Ferrari is there. We trouble shooted through outer ring road service roads and from Bellandur took some strange curvy small roads with lot of gutters to reach Wind tunnel.

Cops were waiting for us after we passed HP office - But I was totally at my inner peace... Cops asked in kannada, but i will give its english translation as i dont remember exact kannada:

Cops: where are u going ?
Me: Windtunnel
Mani: for Coffee
I gave my driving license and other car papers
Cops: where are you going ?
Me: HP office
Mani: for coffee
I gave my HP ID card...
Cops: where are you going ?
Me: Whitefield
Mani: for coffee
Cops wondering, asked me: Are you drunk ?
Me: No sir, coming from HP office

They allowed us to go , probably because of respect to my Ferrari's age. Even KL registration doesnt matter. We anyway are the good guys.

There were some confusions in taking a right turn at Leela palace. I took couple of U turns and lefts and rights to get into the side road of Leela palace. Dont remember exactly what happened.

And finally parked near to the "No Parking" board. Get down and srini, anand hurried for the coffee. Chetan was waiting there. Starting walking I realized that I locked the car with key inside. DOOMED. We started removing everything near the windows of the car to open it. And now Police again - a police bike came and they seemed to be very happy to find five car thieves. But somehow they believed us seeing the car key inside. They asked us to break the window, but we didnt as duplicate keys were in my house.

And after having coffee in leela palace at 1am went to pick up the keys ( thanks to chetan and his bike).. 1 am in Bangalore winter was shivering.. Entered the house at night as a thief without waking up anybody.. and somehow found the duplicate key. On the way also we were stopped by police ( but did let us go even without asking for papers ).

Now with two keys in my ferrari we ventured through the difficult roads near EGL to escape police ( my 150cc Ferrari car is suitable for race courses and not for EGL terrains). After reaching Srini's home drank 1 litre apple juice and slept. Morning had plans to go to Shivaji nagar and eat biriyani.. ( there is a place where u get biriyani from 5.30am to 6.30am). That didnt happen. But even without that saturday night was colurful for me and Ferrari and others. And now sunday I have fever...

Notes 1 - Last time I forgot car keys inside was in chennai and that time it was worse - the ignition was ON at that time. So certainly I have improvements :)

Notes 2 - All names have been changed to fake names for providing privacy :)

Toilet flush philosophy

Life is like a toilet ( be it indian or european or american). All people who have access to you come and shit at you... some after shitting clean it properly.. some do it just for the sake... some doesnt clean also after shitting...

Anyway each time they flush you get a new freshness of life.. Life gets a new start.. a new beginning..

What best you can hope is the ability for the toilet to flush itself.. take shits is the purpose of life.. that cannot be avoided..

Toilet flush philosophy is a copyrighted term - Poonaji Inc - Patent has been applied..

Present Inevitable

And then when you are flying around your past and future incidents come which make you really feel your present moment.

Graphite India junction 6:30pm Friday - one of the busiest - and your car doesnt start after waiting in the junction for 15 mins for signals to appear green. The omnipotent and omniscient may have known, but not me. With curses from other cars and vans, and curses from inside my own car each second was tough - but then angels came in form of a police and a santro car owner who helped me drag the ferrari to the leftmost end from the right most..

After waiting for 1.5 hrs mechanic came and he could somehow start... The car is not yet ready , they have dismantled and trying to figure out which parts this time...

My holy relationship with this shit will come to an end soon. Two shits cannot live together. Time for a new one.