Life is full of paradoxes....and wisdom lies in the ability to identify them and gracefully accept them with a smile.
Some thing which we think as a small mistake eventually turns out to be a big blunder. The reverse too happens... and with passage of time huge losses and calamities get forgotten completely. The beauty is that this holds good even for positive things of life too....!!
While most of us are expected to do a job - any job for that matter - with speed, there is always a need to have a check on quality. You dont need any great intutions to see the nexus between a mistake that happens and a re-work which will be needed to repair it up.
A batsman while trying to score lot of runs also needs to ensure his wicket is safe. Any common man who is rational enough would like to enjoy the pleasures of life but is quite aware that he cannot over-do it which can risk his life itself....!!
As I keep writing these words in the open terrace of my home during a midnight, I see the blowing whistle of a night watchman (Gurkha) who goes past in my road....in his bicycle. It is quite a paradox that his whistle could disturb all the people sleeping but no one really minds it.....for they know he helps them to have a peaceful sleep for the rest of the night.
Well, I am putting the whole thing in reverse.... Oops...!! With a still mind, as I hear his whistle, seeing the paradox, I started identifying all the other points written earlier. It could be too good to have such a still mind for a longer time... than what I am destined to - currently !!
I dont imagine myself to be a Vedanthi to be precise an Advaithi.... Rather, even Dvaitham is still out of my reach. But the duality of life - expressed as a fabric of these paradoxes is so crystal clear to me.....!! It is so seductive you see...
Suren
Monday, August 31, 2009
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Turning Inward......
Prelude :: Never before I had made any posting in this blog / the earlier one which I had - with so much intensity as I have today. If it is incomprehensible after reading, the responsibility is mine !!
Hi All
Just out of seeing a movie "Kandasamy" where you get back entertainment to the full value of money that you pay for.....!! I had actually intended to go for the second time - a movie that I saw 2 / 3 weeks back (Nadodigal) just for the picturisation of one particular song (shambo siva shambo !! )....and was slightly dissappointed to see that it has run out of the KG theaters, CBE.....!! This particular film was going at two halls of the same theatre....and with a tinge of dissappointment, I got the ticket - telling myself....to take it easy..... !!
Well, Not an ardent fan of Vikram, but I respect him for the commitment and the intensity with which he gives himself....Had enjoyed Anniyan immensely....and could see that this film was a remake of ANNIYAN in slightly different shape (like murukku and seedai...for example)....!! The biggest difference was that the suspense element unveils itself slighty before Interval itself.....!! Being not a frequent goer to cinemas, little little technical thing amuses me too much and I enjoyed many parts of the film....for the intelligence with which these modern tamil cinemas are shot....!!
The founder of Robinhood character (or was it a real person ?) should be cursing himself for throwing open the floodgates of hundreds of such movies...!! He would have never imagined his character will be portrayed by a Tamil Film where hero (for a difference) shakes his heads like a cock....and symbolises pet animal of Lord Kandasaamy while taking up adventures.....!! I really took this portrayal quite easily, the innumerable logical flaws quite gracefully....and was stunned by the physical structure of the herione (Shriya) awefully !!! (I really started liking the polished aristrocratic femaninity of this girl...incidentally I have just seen one film acted by her so far- SHIVAJI. There is some thing too regal about her !! Blessings.....!! )
Well, In the past 15 decades, we have seen too many such Shankar films and I feel like congratulating this director (a new one??) for giving one of the big banner films for Kollywood. There were lot of intelligent things (seemingly !!) in the plots and honestly I could not understand few of them as I was bit stuck up with the little little wonderful things that I saw in earlier scenes (very typical of me....!!)
The most important point is that when I came out of the theatre I was as usual....with moist eyes and body shaking with sobs....which happens to me when ever I see cinema in big screen particularly when the film has a heavy subject. Well I put towards my thoughts below which is the main purpose of this musings...
Well, the dualism in economy...the widening gap between rich and poor..... is (projected to be) sincerely addressed in this film.....BUT, I see that there is a logical flaw in the whole design....(I had penned a poem on a previous film that I saw....AYAN).
So much money spent on this subject by itself defeats the very purpose / message !! All such cinemas (have you noticed this...all such films balance so nicely between being an entertainer and talking about some social menace so sincerely...... I have not seen any recent director telling that he wants only on of them...every one seems to want both !! They all have a easily understandable example of "sugar coated pill" hmmm !!) are again and again offering simplistic solutions repeatedly....in various permutations and combinations. With so much logical flaws, why is that the industry is not really ashamed trying to tell that it helps all of us for a temporary escape only AND that they dont really hope to have any miracles happened...!! After all GIGO is the eternal truth of life, isn't it ??
Every cinema watching is a yoga experience for me....and the feeling that I get today after this film (right now sitting in a browsing center to type this) is that...
All tools from outside might not really make any impact on us wholistically....!! They may give a brief escape / small satisfactions / put us in a feel good atmosphere....But the only option available for some one who really craves to be sincere is to turn inward....!!
To a great extend, I realised the MAYA of cinema today with me fully involved with the cinema and the same time with crystal clear perception about the whole drama nested around such escapes....!! I am neither getting carried away with these escapes at the same time see the beauty of getting entangled for a while.....and be focussed within myself....
I remain
Suchoo
Hi All
Just out of seeing a movie "Kandasamy" where you get back entertainment to the full value of money that you pay for.....!! I had actually intended to go for the second time - a movie that I saw 2 / 3 weeks back (Nadodigal) just for the picturisation of one particular song (shambo siva shambo !! )....and was slightly dissappointed to see that it has run out of the KG theaters, CBE.....!! This particular film was going at two halls of the same theatre....and with a tinge of dissappointment, I got the ticket - telling myself....to take it easy..... !!
Well, Not an ardent fan of Vikram, but I respect him for the commitment and the intensity with which he gives himself....Had enjoyed Anniyan immensely....and could see that this film was a remake of ANNIYAN in slightly different shape (like murukku and seedai...for example)....!! The biggest difference was that the suspense element unveils itself slighty before Interval itself.....!! Being not a frequent goer to cinemas, little little technical thing amuses me too much and I enjoyed many parts of the film....for the intelligence with which these modern tamil cinemas are shot....!!
The founder of Robinhood character (or was it a real person ?) should be cursing himself for throwing open the floodgates of hundreds of such movies...!! He would have never imagined his character will be portrayed by a Tamil Film where hero (for a difference) shakes his heads like a cock....and symbolises pet animal of Lord Kandasaamy while taking up adventures.....!! I really took this portrayal quite easily, the innumerable logical flaws quite gracefully....and was stunned by the physical structure of the herione (Shriya) awefully !!! (I really started liking the polished aristrocratic femaninity of this girl...incidentally I have just seen one film acted by her so far- SHIVAJI. There is some thing too regal about her !! Blessings.....!! )
Well, In the past 15 decades, we have seen too many such Shankar films and I feel like congratulating this director (a new one??) for giving one of the big banner films for Kollywood. There were lot of intelligent things (seemingly !!) in the plots and honestly I could not understand few of them as I was bit stuck up with the little little wonderful things that I saw in earlier scenes (very typical of me....!!)
The most important point is that when I came out of the theatre I was as usual....with moist eyes and body shaking with sobs....which happens to me when ever I see cinema in big screen particularly when the film has a heavy subject. Well I put towards my thoughts below which is the main purpose of this musings...
Well, the dualism in economy...the widening gap between rich and poor..... is (projected to be) sincerely addressed in this film.....BUT, I see that there is a logical flaw in the whole design....(I had penned a poem on a previous film that I saw....AYAN).
So much money spent on this subject by itself defeats the very purpose / message !! All such cinemas (have you noticed this...all such films balance so nicely between being an entertainer and talking about some social menace so sincerely...... I have not seen any recent director telling that he wants only on of them...every one seems to want both !! They all have a easily understandable example of "sugar coated pill" hmmm !!) are again and again offering simplistic solutions repeatedly....in various permutations and combinations. With so much logical flaws, why is that the industry is not really ashamed trying to tell that it helps all of us for a temporary escape only AND that they dont really hope to have any miracles happened...!! After all GIGO is the eternal truth of life, isn't it ??
Every cinema watching is a yoga experience for me....and the feeling that I get today after this film (right now sitting in a browsing center to type this) is that...
All tools from outside might not really make any impact on us wholistically....!! They may give a brief escape / small satisfactions / put us in a feel good atmosphere....But the only option available for some one who really craves to be sincere is to turn inward....!!
To a great extend, I realised the MAYA of cinema today with me fully involved with the cinema and the same time with crystal clear perception about the whole drama nested around such escapes....!! I am neither getting carried away with these escapes at the same time see the beauty of getting entangled for a while.....and be focussed within myself....
I remain
Suchoo
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Expressions of Joy - A new poem
Prelude : It was a energy booster to read Ganesh's comments... Thanks Ganesh. Gowri, it appears there is not just one crow around....!!!
Dear All
We had been to an outing at our office last sunday and the day was packed with immense joy and talents display by many of our team members. Since half of the team was newly joined (during last 3 - 4 months), I was particular on this outing and at last it happened successfully.
After reaching home, I had no other option other than to pen down a new poem which I had hesitation in publishing to my whole team....as it contains some thing bit controversial in my official position. Not wanting to change the content of poem (which is of course truth - just stated for the purpose of pinch of humour) , I decided to read it out yesterday to the Committee who organised the outing....just as a mark of my thanks towards their commendable work on this outing.
Here you go..... Forgot to say....The outing was titled as "Confluence" by the committee
Dear All
We had been to an outing at our office last sunday and the day was packed with immense joy and talents display by many of our team members. Since half of the team was newly joined (during last 3 - 4 months), I was particular on this outing and at last it happened successfully.
After reaching home, I had no other option other than to pen down a new poem which I had hesitation in publishing to my whole team....as it contains some thing bit controversial in my official position. Not wanting to change the content of poem (which is of course truth - just stated for the purpose of pinch of humour) , I decided to read it out yesterday to the Committee who organised the outing....just as a mark of my thanks towards their commendable work on this outing.
Here you go..... Forgot to say....The outing was titled as "Confluence" by the committee
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Musings after a BREAK......!!
Dear All
It appears to me as if it is ages I have got into my blog. When I finally came inside today {did you know some thing....I had forgotten even my password to enter the AGANDAM !!}, I am surprised that its just 2 months I have not made any posting....
Time is a great phenomena.....When we are not in proper shape, every day seems to be an eternity.....while time just flies off when we are in terrific shape. YES, I was not in my full form for such a long time and had almost forgotten that I own this blog...and there are lot of people with so much craving (!!!!) whom I am dissappointing....!! Even the poems which used to ooze naturally like saliva in our mouth just got dried up.... With a closed mind, all disasters are possible, right ?
Well, the rude shock to me when I entered the blog was that the number of visitors had just stayed at 400 odd figures which I clearly remember was the similar situation when I logged in during June 2009.
So very clearly demand diminishes when there is no supply. This is a paradox to the accepted economic theory.....and I still keep thinking about it.
A beautiful Sanga Kaala Thamizh poem rings in my mind which talks about no birds come near a tree without fruits in it.....!! Again, Demand is there only when we have a supply.
Is it that our culture not so modern OR modern economics so uncultured.....??
Just musing...
Suchoo
It appears to me as if it is ages I have got into my blog. When I finally came inside today {did you know some thing....I had forgotten even my password to enter the AGANDAM !!}, I am surprised that its just 2 months I have not made any posting....
Time is a great phenomena.....When we are not in proper shape, every day seems to be an eternity.....while time just flies off when we are in terrific shape. YES, I was not in my full form for such a long time and had almost forgotten that I own this blog...and there are lot of people with so much craving (!!!!) whom I am dissappointing....!! Even the poems which used to ooze naturally like saliva in our mouth just got dried up.... With a closed mind, all disasters are possible, right ?
Well, the rude shock to me when I entered the blog was that the number of visitors had just stayed at 400 odd figures which I clearly remember was the similar situation when I logged in during June 2009.
So very clearly demand diminishes when there is no supply. This is a paradox to the accepted economic theory.....and I still keep thinking about it.
A beautiful Sanga Kaala Thamizh poem rings in my mind which talks about no birds come near a tree without fruits in it.....!! Again, Demand is there only when we have a supply.
Is it that our culture not so modern OR modern economics so uncultured.....??
Just musing...
Suchoo
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