Free thoughts - 6

Heal the world, but heal yourself first

M.J had said "Heal the world, make it a better place, for you, me and the entire human race".

To make the world a better place for myself, I should have found what makes me happy...but looks like I haven't really figured out what I am looking for, seeking for.

I keep looking for meaning in Songs, I keep asking the roads that I travel, to find a peace place, I keep asking every new place I visit - Are you my Home? Hope I figure out what I need, and what I want.

The more I am irritated, agitated, angry, I am sure I can't contribute to make the world a better place.

The undelivered Email

I pity eMails, it's still considered a young, undependable younger one amongst the communication siblings.

The poor eMails are not given a chance to do it's job, as soon a mail is sent, the same communication is sent by Message or through a call and the worst part on how the communication ends "I have sent you a mail on this, please check and revert".

I am like "Then why did you even message/call, when you have already sent a mail?"

Is it that they don't trust Mail delivery?

Is it that they don't trust us reading Emails?

I guess Emails have become an integral part of our work, and most of us have access to Emails 24/7 both on Laptop and Mobile phones.

Gone are the days when I used to say "I am on vacation and have no/limited access to mails".

It's high time Email is given its due credit as a dependable mode of communication, it gives the recipients the liberty and prioritisation to respond to the communication!

Explain your Smell

I can describe my feelings in words,

I can put words to my emotions,

I can explain what I see,

I can elucidate what I hear,

I can describe how my food tastes,

But I can never describe what I smell..

We only tend to explain a smell as "that odd smell, that pungent smell, that smells great, that smells good", but we can hardly explain how it smells.

How do you describe the smell of a News Paper, new Car, voggaraNe, my body smell, her body smell, smell of my bed, my room?

Each of us have a unique body smell, that our sensors identify and recognise, but we can never explain how it smells!

What Man cries

I want to cry my struggles out loud,

I want to scream from the top of a building what pains me,

I want to pour out my frustrations with everyone I meet,

I want to share my heart break sagas,

But what the heck..

What kinda man is he who can't endure pain,

What kinda heart is it, if it isn't broken.

Heard this impressive dialog in a movie "If the pregnancy and delivery pain was supposed to be borne by Men, then there would be no more Men left on earth, that's why the pain is given to women who are built to endure pain".

So I now resort to crying under the rain, writing my sad stories on a white wall using a white chalk, screaming at myself while driving alone in my car with loud music, with all windows rolled up.

And pretend I am unfazed, unbreakable and composed to handle any crisis or challenge!

Timelessness

Somewhere far, up on the Arctic circle, is an island called Samanoy.

People there have abolished time!

There is no clock, no one urging you to do anything, no schedule to follow, you can sleep, eat, work whenever you feel like.

It makes sense, as they either have 24 hours of sunlight or 24 hours without sunlight.

It's a Mirror without time!

The first thing that came to my mind was, what would Narayana Murthy do if he was packed to that island, or what would those Norwegians do to him!?

What would I do if I was there?

There are things I want to unlearn, there are things I want to not learn, and that's what I will do.

There could be logical, practical questions, but I guess we just need to change the perception of life, a life without a sense of time!

What would you do if you were there?

My Frustrations - 2

The trophy of war

Not sure if Media is hyping, or if there is a genuine build up for another World War. Enough and more nations already have the bugle in their hands, and are ready to blow the war bugle.

Wars in those days atleast was the norm for expanding, protecting Kingdoms.

Take any modern day conflicts that have led to Wars, most of them (as per my limited history knowledge) are for religious and ethnic reasons. Take any armed conflicts, be it Iran, Palestine, Myanmar, Ukraine or Kashmir, ethnicity and religion are the root cause.

Religion is supposed to bring in peace, take us closer to God, but the mindset in the present world literally takes us to God!

What's the trophy of the War? Religion is saved?

I recently came to know that many Hindus hate Gandhi and one of the primary reason is his speech "Hindus should not retaliate against Muslim's violence, but to face it bravely".

What if he had said "Don't spare them, Kill them all", would he be considered a Hero?

Time or Tom

How is Tim so calm? Doesn't he have any opinion? Doesn't he have a stand on this sensitive subject? Doesn't Tim get agitated, irritated, frustrated?

Or Tim's belief in his belief system, philosophy, reality so strong that other views don't matter to him.

Or Tim must be aloof, doesn't care about anything.

Or Tim's tolerance levels are beyond the ozone layer.

What would Tim do when he accidentally brushes another bike/car, he is abused, beaten and snatched away money.

But when someone else brushes Tim's Car, he is again abused, bullied.

What if Tim has people around who are brainwashed, biased, illogical, unconcerned, selective morality, subjective sensibility? Can he still be calm?

Hi, I am Tom, I get perturbed with everything and get stressed out with every wrong around me.

Are you the Tim or the Tom?

Belittling Bengaluru, it hurts

It hurts when my city is made fun of, especially from people who have migrated. With all its flaws, infrastructural vows, traffic chaos, rain havoc, it is still my home town, it is still my city, and I am bloody proud of my City.

And I am very sure it's the same emotion, sentiments for everyone about their respective home towns.

People making fun of Bad roads, Pot holes, Waterlogging is rather sadistic, because the problem is not unique to Bengaluru, but it's the same or worse at any other city in India. Like any other metropolitan cities, even Bengaluru faces population explosion with 100s of migrants pouring in everyday, and it's obvious the infrastructure will have limitations causing Traffic chokes.

It is unfortunate to see migrants spewing venom on Social Media, with one Tamilian creating a Blog of Potholes in Bengaluru and calling it "Potaluru", another Northie making fun "Start speaking in Kannad, and the water will recede", memes on boat rides to Manyata, waterlogged streets and Apartments.

No city, no village in India or abroad has ever been spared by Nature's fury, no Govt, Municipality can avoid or be prepared for such incessant rains.

Opposition blaming present day Govt is also funny, because it's not the first time it has rained and it's not the first time few areas are under water.

Making fun of a kamadhenu that provides them shelter, livelihood, lifestyle that they had never seen before, prosperity, only shows their attitude and their upbringing, but is also disheartening that these guys are in my City corrupting our Bengaluru charm!

The Conversations

 The Conversations

By

Murali Murthy

The connect to the almighty reflects the way we engage with him.

Can't speak on behalf of all religions or everyone in general, but I feel Hinduism gives enough space to have conversations with our deity.

Though the customs, rituals are rather followed with all seriousness, dedication, focus, devotion and submission to the deity, conversations with him/her what makes one feel connected to the spirit.

A festive and celebrative conclusion to Navrathri this year.

Itching to hit the Ghats in my New Creta, got an invite from a friend in Moodbidri to be part of the Dashami festivities.

It is a genuine reiteration, realisation of how Hinduism is intact and deep embedded in the roots of the depths of rural India, as it's their culture, way of life, livelihood, and entertainment as well.

We Hindus especially have defined God the way we want to see it, we have humanized Gods, given them human form, created stories with a sole intention to interact with him better, connect with him better through conversations.

The day long celebrations at Moodbidri included folklore and music.

Ofcourse some sumptuous food fiesting marathon.

The deities are invited to possess the performers and have conversations with the deity! The vibrations, the energy you feel witnessing such celebrations of spirits are beyond words.

When you witness such rituals where you feel God in front of you, where you see God talking, people connected to nature, God, "Hinduism is in Danger" narrative being pushed by pseudo Hindus, politicians, city-bred Hindus, is laughable and irony too!

Hinduism is intact and safe as long as you and me follow our rituals, be connected to our roots, carry forward our family legacy, and not by using Hinduism to prove one upmanship not by falling for new age Guru's, Politician's agendas!