What schools should have taught!

Maths. Physics. Chemistry. Biology. History. Geography. All the other nonsense you studied at school, are you using any of these subjects in your real life? No na? You tell me one time, just one time where you have used trigonometry after the board exam? If you are not using any subject from school in real life means, isnt it a waste of 15 yrs na?

Agreed boss, knowledge is important for all of us. But why so much importance you are giving to school I don’t understand. Best is the politician fellows. They dominate every aspect of our society yet they have no schooling, but working knowledge of society. And yet you want to go to school. Mental or what?

See boss, dont send your kid to schools. What kids, no girl friend only? Like that you will ask. Boss, I will tell you what you should have learnt instead of spending 15 stupid years at school. You will never ask such silly things.

First, Bird hunting : what you think? See boss bird here means young appropriate girls, not some chicken or common indian myna. All our forefathers were schooled or what? Didn’t they still find birds. Just because you studied well and are in a good job means you dont get birds. These birds are strange creatures which dont know what they want and you think with money and good education you could impress them. I know you guys are touching 30, still single and incapable of hunting a bird go wear leaves and live like a sanyasi na?

Second, Driving : What nonsense man, people on the road are like monkeys. Are you deaf? No seriously. Before you get on the vehicle, you leave your brains outside is it? What is the reason for your honking? You think that once you honk, all the vehicles in front of you will vanish is it? City speed limit is there. Overtaking limit is there. Lane limit is there. That and all you don’t care. If it seems like an iota of space in the road and you sneak even if there is not space for you. That’s all no? Idiot.

Third, Mating : Historically we were walking around naked. Didnt they put dirty sculptures in the temples? Didn’t they know that in the future kids will come and look at them and ask nonsense questions to their mothers? I know you what all circus you did to understand how to make 3 humans from 2 in school only, these poor parents have no idea. Then doing unmentionable things in their bedrooms. Secretly, You were also doing all of these things? Yes na? Then why this hypocrisy? For human race to survive you should know this na?

Lastly, Common Sense: Excuse me clever guy, why you want to put so much scene? Whenever others suggest to do something useful, then only you will have all sorts of problem in this world. ‘Oh no, there is so much to do. I have to work, press my wifes legs, email my ex school girl friend, go to hell and come back by tomorrow morning..’ . Some nonsense reason you will give. One time two times is ok, always some stupid reason you give? You say you are busy with this, busy with that, but somehow you will find all the time in the world to update status messages, including your bloody latitude and longitude, in all the social networking websites. And still you act as if the whole earth is rotating on your head.

{inspired from Local tea party blog}

Mr. Paul Cavalanchi, Who?

Knock Knock (at the door) and I opened the door to a stranger, but he didnt enter and started speaking.....

Stranger: Pal
Me: who Paul?
Stranger: this is D1 right?
Me: yes
Stranger: Pal kavali anchi phon......
Me: Paul Cavalanchi, no idea who he is .. but he doesnt stay here....
Stranger: you have no idea what I am talking about (and he leaves)

My brother who was silently listening to all this tell me that its pal kavali anchi (you had requested milk to be delivered)..... What a SNAFU moment!

La Tomatina Hypocrisy

I am indifferent to this event but appalled by the self righteous stance against this particular event! I didn't see a facebook page to stop the wastage of milk during Nag panchami few months ago (FYI - Milk is poured on snake statues as part of celebrations). Milk definitely has more nutritional value for kids than tomatoes! There are many such instances where food wastage happens in enormous scale, ex: Indian Wedding. Wondering how many here would have liked a facebook page in support of the "maximum 3 dishes rule" in Indian Weddings discussed some time back.

I hope and wish their(so called food wastage activists) rules of engagement remains the same in all cases!

Weekend pain

Picked up an injury last Saturday while playing football! What should have been an easy victory over my brother ended up in a draw (2-2) after I sprained something in my neck and upper back. Sudden pain so sharp that I wasnt able to breath or lift my head up, after a while I realized that there was only one position I could comfortably sit. Even the slightest movements and jerks gave me a royal pain in the neck.

Despite the injury I got on with the activity entrusted - went to my native place, dropped off my grandfather. Tried to sleep off the injury but it only got worse after an hours sleep, I immediately left for Hostpital. On the way our car was kissed by karnataka sarige bus, he just came and blessed us with royal sized scratch marks on brand new car ... first scracth ... hurray! It was that sort of day where anything which could go wrong went wrong :)

Finally went to ortho doc, after xrays and other 1000 ruppee worth checkups he told me that it could be because of muscle spasms and gave me muscle relaxants and painkillers (which apparently reduces reflexes of the spinal cord).

I feeling a lot better now but was advised two weeks of rest, no, none, whatsoever physical activity at all ! There goes my vacation plans, tentative bike ride to kanyakumari, etc ... Now thinking of tasks I could do at home sitting.

Timing!

Timing: time when something happens!

Time is of the essence in life and timing plays a very critical part in every ones life and its success, shrewder are those who can advantage of it. I recently experienced one such phenomena of timing, after rigorous analysis and sleepless nights it seems like I ended up on the wrong side of it. Patience is truly a virtue, my restlessness and preconceived notions could have cost me dearly but there is no sure way of predicting the future and the losses.

My very little analysis on how one could be better prepared to take advantage of timing,

1. Patience (don't hurry with your decisions)
2. Understand the situation
3. Scenario Planning (simulate the pro's, con's & effects of each alternative decision)

While above steps might help you to time your decisions appropriately it by no ways guarantees success, so be cautious but don't be afraid to bite the bullet. While I attempt to rationalize the decisions taken in past one month, you mull on the power of timing!

3 Weird Years...

Few more days and I will be out doing something different. Its time for introspection, soul searching what ever one may call it. Even after repeated attempts of rationalizing my thoughts, "RAGE" is the word which comes to my mind. I feel so cheated that I am hardly able to contain my frustrations, sometimes wondering how do I deal with all this vitriolic feelings.

This leads me to a trivial but important question, How do people deal with all prevalent injustice? Some people fight for justice but I am not sure if it results in getting some because the nature of life is not just. One has to be lucky to be born as human and then even more lucky to be born rich and then even more luckier to have endowed with virtues. A small disconnect in the chain of nature could be painful realization of how mean this world could be.

My guess is that over time one becomes indifferent to concept of justice and rationalize it with greater meaning of life. I personally don't believe in any greater meaning of life, we live just because we are alive. May be someday I would like to be under a spell or illusion that life has a greater cause which I could totally commit to.

ಮಾದೇಶ್ವರ ಬಂಜೆಯ ಬೇಗೆಯ ಕೆಳೆಯ ......

ಮಾದೇಶ್ವರ ನಿನ್ನ ಗಿರಿಗೆ ಬರುವೆ, ನಿನ್ನ ಪೂಜೆಯ ನಾ ಮಾಡುವೆ, ಕಣ್ಣಿರಿನ ಹೊಳೆ ಹರಿಸುವೆ,
ನನಗೊಂದು ಶಿಶು ನೀಡೆಯೆ ಮಾದೇವ ನನಗೊಂದು ಶಿಶು ನೀಡೆಯ.
ಮಾದೇಶ್ವರ ನಿನ್ನ ಗಿರಿಗೆ ಬರುವೆ, ನಿನ್ನ ಪೂಜೆಯ ನಾ ಮಾಡುವೆ |

ಬಂಗಾರ ಸಿಂಗಾರ ನಾನಗೆಥಕೋ, ಅರಮನೆಯ ವೈಬೋಗ್ಹ ಇನ್ನೇಥಕೋ||
ನೆರೆ ಮನೆಯವರೆಲ್ಲ ಬಂಜೆ ಎನುವರೆಲ್ಲ, ಕೈ ಇಡಿದ ಪತಿಯು ನನ್ನ ದೂರ ತಲ್ಳುವರೆಲ್ಲ
ನನಗೊಂದು ಶಿಶು ನೀಡೆಯೆ ಮಾದೇವ ನನಗೊಂದು ಶಿಶು ನೀಡೆಯ.
ಮಾದೇಶ್ವರ ನಿನ್ನ ಗಿರಿಗೆ ಬರುವೆ, ನಿನ್ನ ಪೂಜೆಯ ನಾ ಮಾಡುವೆ |

ನಾಗು ಮಳೆಯನು ನಾ ಕಾಣೆನು, ಆದರು ನಿನ್ನ ಪಾದ ಬಿಡಲಾರೆನು
ಅಮ್ಮ ಎನ್ನುವವರು ಯಾರಿಲ್ಲ ತಂದೆ, ಈ ನನ್ನ ಕಂಬನಿಗೆ ಕೊನೆ ಹೇಗೆ ಮುಂದೆ
ಗಂಡು ಮಗನ ನೀಡೆಯ ಮಾದೇವ ಗಂಡು ಮಗನ ನೀಡೆಯ
ಮಾದೇಶ್ವರ ನಿನ್ನ ಗಿರಿಗೆ ಬರುವೆ, ನಿನ್ನ ಪೂಜೆಯ ನಾ ಮಾಡುವೆ, ಕಣ್ಣಿರಿನ ಹೊಳೆ ಹರಿಸುವೆ,
ನನಗೊಂದು ಶಿಶು ನೀಡೆಯೆ ಮಾದೇವ ನನಗೊಂದು ಶಿಶು ನೀಡೆಯ.
ಮಾದೇಶ್ವರ ನಿನ್ನ ಗಿರಿಗೆ ಬರುವೆ, ನಿನ್ನ ಪೂಜೆಯ ನಾ ಮಾಡುವೆ |

This is a prayer to Mighty Maadeshwara from a young queen dealing with infertility & society. Its in the form of song which is swirling with emotions, all she needs is a child. At first its a simple outpouring of tears but it gets complicated, so desperate for the kid that she now cannot comprehend worldly desires, the harsh words of neighbors and her own husband's doubt in her is literally killing her. She feels the need to be called "mother" by a kid of her own to which she can go any length to please the Maadeshwara. There is a line in the poem in which she specifically asks for Male child, which clearly shows the degradation of the contemporary society.

An excellent song portraying the humble nature of motherhood and the vulnerability of women in our society!