tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492631.comments2013-06-20T12:39:12.135-07:00Down the WormholeArun Prasathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12734893201638954566noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492631.post-69545113976686411032013-06-20T12:39:12.135-07:002013-06-20T12:39:12.135-07:00This article is very good.This article is very good.சர்வோத்தமன் சடகோபன்https://www.blogger.com/profile/07100146242033324614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492631.post-53979373555965276722012-08-23T10:17:16.885-07:002012-08-23T10:17:16.885-07:00Collective Sin!
I don't know whether you had ...Collective Sin!<br /><br />I don't know whether you had watched the Kannada movie 'Mane' directed by one of the finest directors of Indian Cinema Girish Kasaravalli.In the Climax scene of the movie, Naseeruddin Shah would witness a big machine bulldozing a Slum.Naseeruddin Shah scrutinizes the Machine even closer only to identify that it is a product of the Company he works for.<br /><br />Maybe the money hard earned to buy the 'Mane'(House) is the infinitesimal labour invested by Nasseruddin Shah to destroy a Slum. <br /><br />A Collective Sin!.<br /><br />சர்வோத்தமன் சடகோபன்https://www.blogger.com/profile/07100146242033324614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492631.post-7851984726867120492012-07-10T23:27:03.757-07:002012-07-10T23:27:03.757-07:00Thanks for the comment, Anonymous. Hope, the tone ...Thanks for the comment, Anonymous. Hope, the tone did not sound as one that could offend others' intelligence/sense of humanity. Only wanted to allude to, how we might at times, unknown to ourselves, might end up doing inhuman things that we ourselves do not really like, and also might otherwise be able to avoid, if we are a little more introspective and watchful. Totally agree with the importance (and difficulty) of 'step into their shoes'.Arun Prasathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734893201638954566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492631.post-17973066440091548342012-07-10T06:33:57.770-07:002012-07-10T06:33:57.770-07:00I am happy to see you touch on these topics and to...I am happy to see you touch on these topics and to some extent envy your ability to put words for your elaborate thoughts. <br /><br />I would like to add that when attempting to change a system or lending your efforts to other a "step into their shoes" approach is necessary rather than imposing our collective wisdom on others in the guise of rationality and undermining their intelligence & humanity. Any act, other than for ones own self, is an act of intrusion. How much ever good heart and faith it is executed with, only a slight skew is required for it to become a cause for the next conflict and undo, or even reverse, the original intent. A "step into their shoes" approach takes time & effort, but I can only console myself that a gradual change may be a stable one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492631.post-81914184192469165432011-12-20T00:23:53.188-08:002011-12-20T00:23:53.188-08:00Too much melancholy...
Though many times true, th...Too much melancholy...<br /><br />Though many times true, the arbitrary illusion we live in, feel happy about, feel pride about, just numb ourselves down to accepting oneself...<br /><br />Maybe you meant sleep or you meant rest, a truer solution is to tire yourself in the illusion until it fades away, all thats left is only sleep...<br /><br />Can you truly tire yourself to get of the illusion?<br /><br />Palani.Palanidaranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08776366913847659001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492631.post-6064174565366280302011-07-14T20:36:05.905-07:002011-07-14T20:36:05.905-07:00Thanks :), and your poem is better than mine, Who ...Thanks :), and your poem is better than mine, Who is this?Arun Prasathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734893201638954566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492631.post-64963649701416276732011-07-14T07:43:15.357-07:002011-07-14T07:43:15.357-07:00Come on, A-run, come on,
You're a gentler soul...Come on, A-run, come on,<br />You're a gentler soul than you let on,<br />Little banter, you're no chanter,<br />Yes, you're a serious communicatron,<br />But equal parts a merry joker,<br />A poet, a scientist, a black swan!A friend.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492631.post-70765453011776854502009-07-11T09:51:50.251-07:002009-07-11T09:51:50.251-07:00"In rooms where dead men lay, the living stoo..."In rooms where dead men lay, the living stood in silence reflecting on the triviality of a living and the enormity of the end. "<br /><br />ஒருவர் <br />சாவதும்<br />ஒருவர் <br />இருப்பதும்<br />வெறும் சாவு<br />என்பதைவிட<br />இது<br />மிகவும் குரூரம்<br />இதைச் சொன்னதும்<br />சுசீலாதான்<br /> - நகுலன்<br /><br />Nakulan is a Writer's writer in Tamil Literary world. He has written lot of existential poems. It seems there was big existential wave in Tamil Literature in 1980's.<br />Albert Cameu and Kafka were much celebrated writers then here. Cameu's Stranger was translated as அந்நியன் in Tamil. If you are interested about real Tamil Literary world you can see nagarjunan.blogspot.com , jeyamohan.in, sramakrishnan.com<br /><br />- Sarwothaman.சர்வோத்தமன் சடகோபன்https://www.blogger.com/profile/07100146242033324614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492631.post-36529729996475959122009-05-09T12:32:00.000-07:002009-05-09T12:32:00.000-07:00Hi,
Your article makes one visualize things...Hi,<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Your article makes one visualize things.You can continue writing.<br /><br /> We are only Human beings and to rest the feet on the earth alone,then we can never bear the of weight of our own existence.<br /><br /> Then we conclude that the world is absurd ,life is meaningless and start singing the sorrowness of existence.<br /><br />Sarwothamanசர்வோத்தமன் சடகோபன்https://www.blogger.com/profile/07100146242033324614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492631.post-69431323691378609492009-05-08T14:25:00.000-07:002009-05-08T14:25:00.000-07:00Excellent post!Excellent post!Ramshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17210089548326986517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492631.post-35361277470995231792008-11-27T06:36:00.000-08:002008-11-27T06:36:00.000-08:00he he. sure, why not? except for the weekend i wil...he he. sure, why not? except for the weekend i will go to delhi for anupam's marriage and those when u are not at bangalore, we might have a weekend or two to meet up and play UNO/trump :)Arun Prasathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734893201638954566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492631.post-60286039482435216962008-11-26T03:51:00.000-08:002008-11-26T03:51:00.000-08:00ok, I will. All of Dec I'm gonna just do this but ...ok, I will. All of Dec I'm gonna just do this but for this we'll have to meet up every weekend :)Ranjanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11778635790096832313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492631.post-21533339810296919622008-11-25T10:09:00.000-08:002008-11-25T10:09:00.000-08:00But, overall, your point seems to be true that, wh...But, overall, your point seems to be true that, whether u have the realization or not, the behavior of holding onto a string, will remain unchanged... seems something fundamental to the design of the evolution of intellect.Arun Prasathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734893201638954566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492631.post-65160449148216769532008-11-25T10:07:00.000-08:002008-11-25T10:07:00.000-08:00The difference between the TV set and a human bein...The difference between the TV set and a human being primarily comes from, i guess, ability to self-introspect, and to direct oneself.Arun Prasathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734893201638954566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492631.post-5295203381587002622008-11-25T10:04:00.000-08:002008-11-25T10:04:00.000-08:00He he. if you write one, it will be so cool :)...He he. if you write one, it will be so cool :)...Arun Prasathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734893201638954566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492631.post-26794119701963417762008-11-24T11:12:00.000-08:002008-11-24T11:12:00.000-08:00I guess it's one of the deepest secrets of life. Y...I guess it's one of the deepest secrets of life. You have put it so nicely.. so abstractly..<BR/>Many people don't realize that they lead a life of holding on to strings.. and many more don't realize that they create the strings. <BR/>I guess it's impossible to lead a life of not holding anything. Even when one says 'I will take life as it is' - he holds a random thread that comes on his way - or he replicates his neighbor's threads.. "i really don't want any string" would mean holding the string of "no-string-in-life".. some people hold on to strings that they don't want to - but they just do it and feel helpless. some others just yearn for strings to hold on to and their actions are not consistent with what they yearn for.. yep, there are few who decide what to cling to, how to get that and ultimately get and lead a life that envisaged.. it's like this i guess - as a TV is designed to beam the signals it receives, the human beings are designed, rather evolved, to just create / imagine and cling to strings.. we just need to cling to strings - no escaping from it.. at times, intelligent souls like you realize that we have been holding on to strings, it might be shocking - but my dear watson, the TV realising that it has been beaming signals wont change its behavior - it would still beam the signal. Just that human beings are an advanced TV - a TV with automatic remote control - they can choose their channel themselves - the channel that they want to beam and see.. like choosing the string you want to hold..SMS - Shanmugavelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11540930551180527077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492631.post-67990797481420149332008-11-24T06:40:00.000-08:002008-11-24T06:40:00.000-08:00I would really like to read your autobiography. Wh...I would really like to read your autobiography. Why don't I write it for you :)Ranjanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11778635790096832313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492631.post-12637841272484060852008-06-26T08:22:00.000-07:002008-06-26T08:22:00.000-07:00oye super a iruku... apdiye continue pannuoye super a iruku... apdiye continue pannuAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400039628728571402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492631.post-54793665254539200152008-03-29T12:56:00.000-07:002008-03-29T12:56:00.000-07:00Open welcome to the evolutionary path ... it has t...Open welcome to the evolutionary path ... it has to come to this, happy for you.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01013759133786056335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11492631.post-30171574738922114022008-03-25T10:10:00.000-07:002008-03-25T10:10:00.000-07:00LOL on "beast rumbling" :)) Also, McD just copied ...LOL on "beast rumbling" :)) Also, McD just copied the concept in their latest advt.<BR/><BR/>Some-not-so-related-stuff on loners: Many loners don't even realize that they are so (dont have people to tell them so! ;)). And I feel it's not wrong to be a loner - it's much more challenging to be loner and needs guts to continue so. Loner Upside: You avoid the unnecessary chatter and misguidance by people; more reflections, observation and deeper understanding of life. Downside: Emotional stress; can't expect mutual help (man is social animal); become very possessive of few people, very stereotypical view of the world (tough to change their opinion!).<BR/>So, it's better to be balanced between loner and a social animal!SMS - Shanmugavelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11540930551180527077noreply@blogger.com