Linkin park

I Jog….with my Ipod…which begins with some linkin park song, “I wanna run away and never say goodbye…” and I run, run, run around the apartment complex not knowing whatever the heck I am listening to….yet not in mood to wait and have a look at my modified list fed by my brother during my last India trip. I run some more and the screams continue but now the lyrics is different…it says… “I tried so hard and got so far but in the end it doesn’t even matter…” By the time I reach home I am totally pissed off by 2 things, one the screaming, and two the lyrics. Please tell me I am not alone in feeling so…

Potluck party

Hmmm.. .There you go I have one invitation for potluck party tomorrow. Occasion? Well does potluck party qualify as a party? Every person in potluck party is an equal contributor. So what’s the point in asking who or what it is for? Oh well but this has one-“post marriage blues”. So alright, it’s an occasion where we can sympathize with the victim. Chalega. Potluck chalega! Infact the victim needs many pots of luck. So bring on as much as you can.

Potluck party is basically a get together party. Technically it’s nothing more than a sort of domineering party. The invitation comes in casually like—“Hey tomorrow we are having potluck party, 6pm, at my house. Have invited few other friends as well!” Now, how does that sound? Good idea! Doesn’t cost him/her anything. Infact it gives them right to decide the time, the venue and the guests. Brilliant!

So how about potluck party at my place now at 6 pm…coz I am really hungry!

Noise pollution

Do you react if the person next to you talks loud and shrill? Perhaps not. Perhaps a lot. I have seen people fight against noise pollution without making any noise. Just kidding! I mean really how do you argue with a person who is hearing songs on his/her cell phone with the volume cranked up to the maximum? I mean if you do at all. If you are a good person, it makes sense to keep your noise level below his cell phone noise level. Nahi? An interesting way is to get interested in that person’s personal affairs…so much that in an attempt to converse with you he tunes it down or even better turns it off. In any case what you want is achieved. Really simple! Well won’t give you the feeling of changing the world, but what do you really care? Being compassionate will solve plenty of problems. Do you know how to twitch and turn the things to everybody’s advantage? That’s called social work too ;)

People make mistakes and if they are publicly ridiculed for it, chances are that they will probably remember that hurt more than what was worth learning. So why hurt? To change the world you just need enough time to connect. Have it?

I have been implementing many such ideas on daily basis since my childhood. And believe me it works every time. Hope to twitch and twist many things around me. They are quite bothersome. But shhh….that’s the secret.

An opportunity for all...

Unable to spend enough time editing my posts, most of my posts are left as rough drafts and consequently there is a huge backlog of posts to be edited. So I here I am promising myself not to overdo this "post" analysis. After all these posts just symbolize a thought at a moment in our life, which certainly changes as one understand things better or experience more things in life. Oh sorry for drifting again into that spiritual mode.

Here is an interesting post from rediff.com that Amit Varma brought to notice through his blog. http://specials.rediff.com/news/2009/jan/03slid1-its-buy-election-time-in-tamil-nadu.htm

It's amazing how the commoners who always get their kicks by blaming corrupt politicians, themselves enjoy the opportunity to lay their hands on whatever they can during the elections. Does this baffle you? Please don't be. If you wonder how many people are like that, let me tell you the exact number. It's atleast 90%! Those who have faith in goodness, let me tell you one thing. I am one of you! I am considered hopelessly optimistic, even after knowing exactly who around me laid their hands on opportunities like that. It's disheartening!

We fight against corruption, but it never works and this is the reason why. Think about it. This is why we need grass root change. A fight against chosen few (politicians) will not solve the problem. They will be replaced by someone who is equally corrupt if not more.

Aamir's post

Aamir Khan's blog post after Mumbai terrorist attack,

From the ashes rises the Phoenix.

After little modifications it is also posted in TOI under the title - "Aamir ko gussa kyon ata hai..", although I don't see any kind of gussa in it.

From TOI.

It is a good post...although I cannot agree with him entirely when he talks against the negotiations done by the govt. with terrorist in the past(perhaps he is talking about Kandhar plane hijack). Read it and you will know.

Aamir says:

"that in the future if there is a situation where me or my kids are held hostage by a bunch of terrorists then I must be prepared to tell our government – to hell with me and my children just go in there and kill the terrorists... "

Seriously...Question for all of you...
Do you believe you have right over your children's life?
No comments then....

But, life matters!! more than death of the evils in this world.

The point is to be strong enough to fight them! and not losing
lives...it is not a game of statistics...where you have to choose
between 200 now vs 20000(or more) anticipated in the future!!!(do you get the point here?)

Again the main thing is "Life matters!"

The question is - What gets you to the point where one needs to
negotiate? People go to the extent of saying that these prisoners
should be killed and not kept in jails. Is this not a joke that
perhaps we can guard our prisons better than our people! The right place to be free from everything is jail!...not the open air!

Atleast this time what we feel is for real(?)

Mumbai, a warfield!

Reactions are coming from everyone, everywhere... people, media, politicians. Everyone has a point to make. Some reactions really make me think that this India is different from what it used to be. My friend, ND, attempts to put all such reactions gathered from media on one page (here).

But really where are we heading? We all want to fight back. But fight back against what? It is not a fight against country or religion but it’s a fight against terrorism. War is not a solution!

It’s amazing how we stand together when things like this happen. But it never goes beyond blaming the system. It’s our country, it’s our system. The system is not responsible for us, it includes us. Who are we blaming the media we support, the politicians we elect or the corrupt officials who we pay to get our jobs done? We created the system, we are responsible for it. We are at war with ourselves!

So many times we hear terrorists demanding prisoners to be released(though not the case this time). Few people go to the extent of suggesting that such prisoners should not be kept alive. Death is the only penalty!? Perhaps because we can guard our prisoners better than our people!!! Let us all go to prisons! This is how blind we are to our own follies.

We all realized how vulnerable we are on our own soil. This incidence made us mad... mad at everything, but how long will we feel the same? We are not disciplined enough to let this feeling last long enough.

I hope atleast this time what we feel is for real. And if it really is...then let that feeling be put into some positive action!

World Philosophy Day

Before this day ends, on this World Philosophy Day I ought to post something..

http://news.bbc.co.uk/
More later...