A useless life is an early death.
well said, goethe.
Seems like i've died many times over. In fact I've been so useless, I've died thousands and thousands of times.
And that gets me ever closer to achieving mukti, nirvana, moksha... You get the drift.
Hindus believe one needs to be reborn some 88000 times to set the soul free. Sooner if you are a good, obedient and god-fearing one, which obviously i am not.
So i'm trying to die as much as i can, when i am still alive. Say adios, ciao, tata to reincarnation - I mean who wants me to be born into something else. A dog is good, a cat is better, but why take chances. One might be reborn a cockroach, or worse, a high priest. Now that's one truly useless being.
Saturday
the curious case of the firang sherpa
Firangs. They have come over for fat, fat pickings. You see them everywhere, in the markets, cafes, and homes. Of course, we earlier saw them either in drug dens or aboard the retirees royal rajasthan tour – in tracksuits, no less.
Most goras in India, are wont to eulogize their brethren. In matters such as governance, law and these days, environment. Morality, corruption and oh, the guys shitting on the roadside. Sure it shouldn’t happen, sure there should be better sanitation: we’re getting there, after all we’ve just had half a century of practice. We’ve come a long way baby. So much so, the world is already running scared. And we don’t even have proper toilets!
It’s easy to forget, pestilence is an English word. And it probably originated during the dirt and the filth of the plagues! Not to mention throwing the baby out with the bath water. Apparently, baths were taken according to seniority, and by the time the grandchild was dunked, the water got real murky for the mother to see. Duh!
The less said about immorality the better. Popes who decreed that a few gold pieces betrothed to god bought paradise. Another who exhumed his predecessor to stand for trial for his reign. Jesus help you if you are a non-believer, if you know what it means. Believe in me, else I’ll personally see that you go the hell! And then, Osama scares the world with his vengeance. Wait a minute, he comes from Abraham, so do the Israelites. Heck! Get real folks, it’s your way of life.
One has to visit elephanta island to see what the Portuguese wreaked. Apparently, it was Satan’s inheritance. So all statues, except the trimurti, were disfigured, some smashed and some ground to dust.
That was centuries ago. Then they got wiser. Steal the damn thing, they said. Off went the Parthenon marbles, off went oriental treasures. They are still stealing. But it’s jobs, these days. Overpriced designations, overpowdered wigs.
Lose the job.
Most goras in India, are wont to eulogize their brethren. In matters such as governance, law and these days, environment. Morality, corruption and oh, the guys shitting on the roadside. Sure it shouldn’t happen, sure there should be better sanitation: we’re getting there, after all we’ve just had half a century of practice. We’ve come a long way baby. So much so, the world is already running scared. And we don’t even have proper toilets!
It’s easy to forget, pestilence is an English word. And it probably originated during the dirt and the filth of the plagues! Not to mention throwing the baby out with the bath water. Apparently, baths were taken according to seniority, and by the time the grandchild was dunked, the water got real murky for the mother to see. Duh!
The less said about immorality the better. Popes who decreed that a few gold pieces betrothed to god bought paradise. Another who exhumed his predecessor to stand for trial for his reign. Jesus help you if you are a non-believer, if you know what it means. Believe in me, else I’ll personally see that you go the hell! And then, Osama scares the world with his vengeance. Wait a minute, he comes from Abraham, so do the Israelites. Heck! Get real folks, it’s your way of life.
One has to visit elephanta island to see what the Portuguese wreaked. Apparently, it was Satan’s inheritance. So all statues, except the trimurti, were disfigured, some smashed and some ground to dust.
That was centuries ago. Then they got wiser. Steal the damn thing, they said. Off went the Parthenon marbles, off went oriental treasures. They are still stealing. But it’s jobs, these days. Overpriced designations, overpowdered wigs.
Lose the job.
Friday
No confidence on the vote
Sad, isn’t it? When brazen buying of votes raises big, big questions. The rot is set in so deep that ordinary people aren’t perplexed a bit about crores sloshing around. 25 crores they said. Are we out of our minds.
Shame on us for having politicians like Shibu Soren. Shame on the congress for acquiescing to absurd requests, clearly akin to a bribe. For all his enthusiasm to run the coal ministry, is he even qualified? But crores have to be made. Jharkhand coal mines, the shortest route.
Then come jailed, goonda politicians. They should be locked up forever. If they are to be let out, it should be for community service. To let them out to decide something as sacred as a vote, is plain ridiculous.
Of course, politicians are no saints. But some take it too far. They break the rules too often. They get caught. The good thing is that they now get jail. the bad news is that they don't get hanged.
As of now however, they get to decide on the future course of action for India. When asked about the motion, one clueless Member of Parliament candidly replied – hey, I don’t know ****!
Live with it!
Shame on us for having politicians like Shibu Soren. Shame on the congress for acquiescing to absurd requests, clearly akin to a bribe. For all his enthusiasm to run the coal ministry, is he even qualified? But crores have to be made. Jharkhand coal mines, the shortest route.
Then come jailed, goonda politicians. They should be locked up forever. If they are to be let out, it should be for community service. To let them out to decide something as sacred as a vote, is plain ridiculous.
Of course, politicians are no saints. But some take it too far. They break the rules too often. They get caught. The good thing is that they now get jail. the bad news is that they don't get hanged.
As of now however, they get to decide on the future course of action for India. When asked about the motion, one clueless Member of Parliament candidly replied – hey, I don’t know ****!
Live with it!
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