A day in the life of LIFE

A very interesting dimension to human intellect is the art of drifting away from one's actual goals. I call it "interesting" because more often than not it is unintentional and happens with most people irrespective of which stratum of society they belong to.

The "drill down" of the thought process stimulates a chain reaction which leads to subsequent clones which take the tangential path along the road less known.

No doubt the journey might throw up some interesting experiences, but these are good for a sojourn and not meaningful in reaching the end state objective.

It's like building a house that is eventually going to be sold to someone for sure. Building it with optimized efforts would probably be a better bet rather than going into the nitty gritties like interior decoration, especially for a house whose pedestal you might not even cross again. If it is going to be more of ego massage for taking the detour too seriously, then it is more akin to finding an address of a street which we donot wish to enter.

Having considered all this, the essential take away is that life's focus needs to be maintained in achieving the long term goals and all that comes along the way are "nice-to-haves". A trade off with the latter is possible , but a compromise with the GOAL - NO WAY!

" सम्स्क्रुत भाषा ढेवभाषा गीर्वाण वाणी च। "

were the lines that remain embedded in my mind from the class 6 lesson delivered by Shri Harsha Sir. I am still amused with myself for one reason. We, the class of VI B had no doubt opted for Sanskrit as our first language, but were awe struck when a teacher in a crisp shirt and blue jean walked in, to tutor us. We had expected a traditional instructor in "dhoti" and kurta, with a knotted hairdo to actually deliver Sanskrit sermons, very much akin to the situation in the "Valley of the Cobras" by Herge(of Tintin fame) where the detective is refused entry to the crime scene owing to the fact that he was not present in a Sherlock Holmes outfit.

But things went on well after that, for, we were gradually convinced that we were pursuing a course in Sanskrit and not Modern Art.

To Flashback and back......

"The Market is bullish... We are on track to achieve double digit growth...". the newspaper screams

Today, we have governing bodies to monitor the government. We have more bodies to monitor these bodies and then we spend crores of currency on maintaining the "babus".

SCENE 1: A meeting of well to do executives discussing policy issues in a plush, state-of-the-art building in Chennai.

SCENE 2: Ragged children selling Economic Times on the road just outside the plush building.

When we all gloat of all achievements,Widening disparity is something we all need to ponder about.

Not just ponder, we need to make moves.

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No, I am not a pessimist. I am a realist....[Period]

Irfan Pathan's hat-trick : and the whole of India was ga-ga over the same.

Kamran Akmal's ton: highlighting Pakistan's fightback

India's score of 238: wow we've come close

Paki batsmen let loose: Run feast in the offing

Md. Asif's breath taking spell: India's doomsday.

Sachin's failure to perform when it mattered: A Tyre, a Legend....

P.S. - Hope the One Dayers are better.

Incompetence: The very word is subjective. A simple reasoning is - what does it take an individual to correctly describe the word? In other words, how "competent" should the judger be, before he judges another to be "incompetent"?

I have seen quite a few people who brand others as incapable. This was evident in a related incident today, to which I was a witness. Worse it gets, when the discussion gets public, mush to the dislike for both parties but forms interesting pickings for the audience who, with a pinch of spice and a dash of seasoning spread rumors like wildfire.

Bah! So much for the elite and educated who dont care about subtleness.

Hmm... Point to Ponder.