Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Friday, October 05, 2012
God already left INDIA
One of my best memories was going to the movies with my friends. This is year 2003. I had crush on Monica Bellucci and Bruce Willis was one from my favorite actors list too. The movie was “Tears of the Sun”, Showing Africa (Nigeria to be precise) during a highly tumultuous time of past.
I still remember a dialogue from the movie:
when Father Gianni (Pierrino Mascarino) said: "Go with God!"
and Lt. A.K. Waters (Bruce Willis) replied: "God already left Africa"
I don't particularly believe in God but this phrase seemed to hit me hard because is there just no more hope for the country? It makes me sick. (Although I don't have a right to say anything living here in the cushy bubble of the U.S.)
From where I am looking at India today, "God already left INDIA" too.
The uproar of rebellions, uncontrolled government, goons ruling states ...... what else?
I don't want to take name of any rebellion group or political party, because I am not a Law, nor I am authorized to put sticker of "Rebel" on any one's name. But you have to agree with me that, some of them should be categorized as Threat-to-Nation. I can categorized them because It is a dying shame to see some of them behave so unpatriotically – to unleash the full might of fighting machines on defenseless citizens.
Soldiers are duty-bound, trained, and sworn-in, (upon their blood), to protect their citizens from all harm, currently known or unknown!!
But the merciless killing and maiming of unarmed and harmless citizens leaves one immersed in a state of utter dismay!
You know, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing."
--Edmund Burke.
And this is what our political parties are doing; doing nothing. They want to keep running there politics on the issue of caste system, reservation, Naxalites in Tamilnadu, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa. But don't want to get rid of it. They are busy gathering money and sending in their bank accounts in foriegn countries. What else? you know all.
The movie made an impression – I may or may not be impressionable.
I still remember a dialogue from the movie:
when Father Gianni (Pierrino Mascarino) said: "Go with God!"
and Lt. A.K. Waters (Bruce Willis) replied: "God already left Africa"
I don't particularly believe in God but this phrase seemed to hit me hard because is there just no more hope for the country? It makes me sick. (Although I don't have a right to say anything living here in the cushy bubble of the U.S.)
From where I am looking at India today, "God already left INDIA" too.
The uproar of rebellions, uncontrolled government, goons ruling states ...... what else?
I don't want to take name of any rebellion group or political party, because I am not a Law, nor I am authorized to put sticker of "Rebel" on any one's name. But you have to agree with me that, some of them should be categorized as Threat-to-Nation. I can categorized them because It is a dying shame to see some of them behave so unpatriotically – to unleash the full might of fighting machines on defenseless citizens.
Soldiers are duty-bound, trained, and sworn-in, (upon their blood), to protect their citizens from all harm, currently known or unknown!!
But the merciless killing and maiming of unarmed and harmless citizens leaves one immersed in a state of utter dismay!
You know, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing."
--Edmund Burke.
And this is what our political parties are doing; doing nothing. They want to keep running there politics on the issue of caste system, reservation, Naxalites in Tamilnadu, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa. But don't want to get rid of it. They are busy gathering money and sending in their bank accounts in foriegn countries. What else? you know all.
The movie made an impression – I may or may not be impressionable.
Friday, June 15, 2012
We are in an age of 140 characters
Story 1:Today I am x years-old (where 3 < X < 9), and there’s one thing I like about this age, its bedtime stories. My grandparents like kids, but books are certainly right up there. And they used to combine them together every night, and make us a-flutter.
Story 2:Scripture is God’s word, it is also a witness. We know God through the stories. We understand Ram from Ramayana.
Story 3:I am an Engineer. I suppose, as I always strive for the bigger picture and for things & information to be put in a context of data, things like blogging would be a natural venue for me. With no squelching of Pages, Words or characters here often I write science, data, suppositions, views etc.
Story 4:People keeps a diary… personal diary and obsessed with writing there own stories in it.
Now Today:
Suddenly today someone came in my life called 'Social media'. She shortchanges me and diverting my attention so I can tell my story in text messages.
She said, we are in an age where 140 characters, offer an easy substitute for everything.
She said, She is funny or startling or exciting or telling me something or some combination of all of those.
But, this "very different new angle" of mysteriously 140 characters has no supporting background or detail information. It looks they are moving me into their meta-maze with two openings; Death or Appeasement.
No, I cannot be just a people of 'Social media'. We must also be bards, biographers and poets and our content are too grand, too deep and far too wide.
For me 140 Characters Is Not Enough. I can't tell bedtime stories in 140 characters. I can't understand God in 140 characters. I can't understand history in 140 characters. I can't write science in 140 characters. I can't write my personal diary with 140 characters. I can't write poem with 140 characters. And finally.... I can't say how much I love to wife in 140 characters.
Do you want to hear this in 140 characters, here is “MY 140 Characters”:
Story 2:Scripture is God’s word, it is also a witness. We know God through the stories. We understand Ram from Ramayana.
Story 3:I am an Engineer. I suppose, as I always strive for the bigger picture and for things & information to be put in a context of data, things like blogging would be a natural venue for me. With no squelching of Pages, Words or characters here often I write science, data, suppositions, views etc.
Story 4:People keeps a diary… personal diary and obsessed with writing there own stories in it.
Now Today:
Suddenly today someone came in my life called 'Social media'. She shortchanges me and diverting my attention so I can tell my story in text messages.
She said, we are in an age where 140 characters, offer an easy substitute for everything.
She said, She is funny or startling or exciting or telling me something or some combination of all of those.
But, this "very different new angle" of mysteriously 140 characters has no supporting background or detail information. It looks they are moving me into their meta-maze with two openings; Death or Appeasement.
No, I cannot be just a people of 'Social media'. We must also be bards, biographers and poets and our content are too grand, too deep and far too wide.
For me 140 Characters Is Not Enough. I can't tell bedtime stories in 140 characters. I can't understand God in 140 characters. I can't understand history in 140 characters. I can't write science in 140 characters. I can't write my personal diary with 140 characters. I can't write poem with 140 characters. And finally.... I can't say how much I love to wife in 140 characters.
Do you want to hear this in 140 characters, here is “MY 140 Characters”:
Thursday, March 22, 2012
A Bad Dream or Say Good Nightmare
I guess I want to talk about something I’m going through right now…
All the pain and suffering, all the hardness market put me through in last 1 year is for my own good. Without this I would again let the stupid and weak decide the development of the world and trend of market.
Like, without war it is impossible to unveil the cowards, and because of that the cowards get as much to say as the brave, same as.... Without the hardness, Man becomes coward, mixes with animals and forgets the gods and the creed of the gods. With this market tumbling, Let the Stupid and Weak die!
Well, I have a reoccurring nightmare. The place changes but the theme is always the same. In dream I always read news from a yellow page newspaper:
What does this means?
I became Billionaire
Or I became billionaire and then screwed up.
So yeah. That’s me. Every night before I go to bed, I pray that I don’t have any bad dreams! I hope it works tonight. So, what should I call it A Bad Dream or a Good Nightmare. I don’t know if anyone has any input about it.
- Nirnay
All the pain and suffering, all the hardness market put me through in last 1 year is for my own good. Without this I would again let the stupid and weak decide the development of the world and trend of market.
Like, without war it is impossible to unveil the cowards, and because of that the cowards get as much to say as the brave, same as.... Without the hardness, Man becomes coward, mixes with animals and forgets the gods and the creed of the gods. With this market tumbling, Let the Stupid and Weak die!
Well, I have a reoccurring nightmare. The place changes but the theme is always the same. In dream I always read news from a yellow page newspaper:
"Nirnay Bansal, the fourth-largest share trader, has filed for bankruptcy protection, dealing a blow to the fragile global financial system. Bansal had incurred losses of billions of dollars in the Indian share market.
Early Monday morning, Bansal said it will file Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delhi for its holding company in what would be the largest failure of a share trader since the collapse of Drexel Burnham Lambert 18 years ago, the Associated friend reported."
What does this means?
I became Billionaire
Or I became billionaire and then screwed up.
So yeah. That’s me. Every night before I go to bed, I pray that I don’t have any bad dreams! I hope it works tonight. So, what should I call it A Bad Dream or a Good Nightmare. I don’t know if anyone has any input about it.
- Nirnay
I'm too busy living
Oooooooooh well I never thought for a minute it would be THIS long till I posted again! I had every intention of writing about my day to day stuff, but the truth is … I have been way too busy enjoying my life to post about it! A few of my regular readers have contacted me to say they were gagging for an update … so here goes!!
If you are not busy living, then you must be busy dying. Most of us do this subconsciously and are unaware of which side of this equation we reside on. Sometime I think, Is Lots of Money = Lots of Freedom?
Answer is NO, May be or I don't know. But I never found answer, Yes.
In the evening I asked, hey Nirnay! What's the "best" thing that's happened to you today?
I said, Nothing.
How terribly busy we are, just living our daily life ! Each day just slips by – without our even noticing it. We eat, drink, sleep, work, play, shop, fight, watch TV, and procreate. Surely, we can do something for the Less Fortunate(s), even if it’s just once in a year?
You don’t need to join an NGO or become a social service activist. And you don’t have to commit yourself to any long-term project.
Let’s MAKE A START today, by DE-CLUTTERING our homes and cupboards:
* Take out all the old clothes, bed sheets, sweaters & footwear that you haven’t used in the last two years
* Gather old Toys & Games that your children have outgrown
Pack all these and give it away.
- Nirnay
If you are not busy living, then you must be busy dying. Most of us do this subconsciously and are unaware of which side of this equation we reside on. Sometime I think, Is Lots of Money = Lots of Freedom?
Answer is NO, May be or I don't know. But I never found answer, Yes.
In the evening I asked, hey Nirnay! What's the "best" thing that's happened to you today?
I said, Nothing.
How terribly busy we are, just living our daily life ! Each day just slips by – without our even noticing it. We eat, drink, sleep, work, play, shop, fight, watch TV, and procreate. Surely, we can do something for the Less Fortunate(s), even if it’s just once in a year?
You don’t need to join an NGO or become a social service activist. And you don’t have to commit yourself to any long-term project.
Let’s MAKE A START today, by DE-CLUTTERING our homes and cupboards:
* Take out all the old clothes, bed sheets, sweaters & footwear that you haven’t used in the last two years
* Gather old Toys & Games that your children have outgrown
Pack all these and give it away.
- Nirnay
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