Me and life

Going through phase of life when urge to know/feel life gets stronger everyday and that takes away energy that would have enhanced my career. Ironically at the same time, career and money is withering in importance. I feel, I don't need them, these things are not essential to me beyond what is necessary for sustenance.

Apart from satisfaction that I get when i understnad more of the world -I hope I am not deluded -is that things fails to excite, for one feels one has seen all. Eveything looks familiar, and there is nothing to be passonate about.
Slogans, competition and brouhaha of making it in world appears to have ulterior motives, to excite people and make them to offer themselves of their own volition, to keep giganctic machine of world running smoothly. Why should i consume myslef at the altar of big car , big house If all I need is some place to sleep in, some thing to travel in. Is it not irrational to have urge to possess what is useless, like monkey keeping dead baby to itself.

Reading of History

I have a serious differences the way history is interpreted and written by people. As far as the writing about a historical figures goes there may be less of differences of opinion. But when writing about mood of general public goes it is often terribly wrong and writer more often imposes his own ideas farbricating them consistent with selected set of facts. It is more a case of bringing facts to your side rather than being on the side of facts.

For example, relationship between Muslims and Hindus thorough the ages is often empasized to be harmonical rather than being competitive and from multitude of differences they have had examles from architecture , art , music and Akbar are cited to show sense of unity. There are a few more examples that we will not discuss here.

History of religious acrimony and competition for supremacy between them is implied arising either from Britishers and ensuing partition and communal fanning of by BJP, RSS et al.
But even if there is strong racism and discrimination against Asian , it has not prevented them from practising Yoga or like curry. I have seen people vehemently anti-Muslim and still wearing proudly Sherwanis .
And I think learned and experts in general are more tolerant and eclectic, though there are example of insularity but incidence of such cases is fewer. So a musician even if he don't like Westerners would willingly adopt new instrument and tricks. Though to survive as nation it is good to emphasize harmonry and talk of shared culture and plurality, there should not be isolation and derision of historian who present a differing and may be more truer picture of India which highlight differences and strife between community. We must not confust the two issuse here , one is that of survivability and desirabilty of nation state India and another entirely different i.e writing of true history of India.

Hi World

Hi World , Immortal words for a programmer. So I start with it. And hate to be a blogger because I come from IT industry. and would hate my rambling to be classifed as
flatulence -obligation of filled belly.
We dont hear from so many smart people from other field because of still costly internet access while so many others are bloating internet black and blue bcoz internet access comes free as part of the perks.
Now you know my profession and atleast a little of how I think. Nice beginning , will come back with more later on.