It's true that true information is harder to get just as in the old days. When I was growing up there was just 2 channels by the same network. DD1 and DD2. So we had any information coming between our ears from 2 channels, one network.
You took that information and you formed your own opinions.
Now we have perhaps 30 news channels from varied networks.
And all 30 pretty much hum the same tune.
I doubt if competition or even multiple sources made any dent on the kind of information I am imbibing.
I think now, we don't form any novel or insightful opinions, we just go to the channel that plays our tune or are comfortable with. All of us pretty much hum the same song.
We have similar opinions about an event, we state the same causes for problems in our region and we pretty much voice the same recourse to a solution.
we are polarized to recite the same song without much ado.
and we seem to be doing a good job of it.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Sunday, August 29, 2010
good films
A film where you spent a bit of time thinking about it.
The film makes you want to believe in its story.
And if a film can make you want to believe at some level, even if it's all humbug, it does you in.
The film makes you want to believe in its story.
And if a film can make you want to believe at some level, even if it's all humbug, it does you in.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
new world liberalism
this new world liberalism that advocates about the power to do , the power to choose, the freedom to be or to do anything and this swashbuckling individualism that is purported in books, films and media, leads to some very confusing and skewed causality.
though the world advocates such, the truth about is that we're not in control of anything. we're not even like a painter who can say "I'm just going to go into my studio and do my work." But you need someone to appreciate that art or it has to sell or it has to move someone out there to actually reach out and accept your art.
And to our surprise we find that we just can't will that for all our ability to paint or desire to paint or even just plain passion to do some art.
we finally are waiting for somebody to hand us that acceptance & appreciation.
we're in this wildly dependent position.
In contrast, actors, who go from barely acting to being on the cover of magazines and tabloids kinda tells them that they have arrived in this world.
common folk can't really be surprised if such actors have a skewed perspective of their importance in the world, when common folk envy them and the media come together implying that these actors are the most important thing in the world now.
It can be quiet confusing and disconcerting, when the actors themselves believe this implication, I mean can you blame them for this skewed recognition and appreciation.
but then it is the actors who make us common folk believe about the new world liberalism and we common folk wait for our own recognition and appreciation believing this new world liberalism!
to nip this, the liberalism and individualism is a myth or for that matter poppycock. What we do has large 'effects on others' and if this is true then we are to a large extent a causality of the 'efforts of others'.
though the world advocates such, the truth about is that we're not in control of anything. we're not even like a painter who can say "I'm just going to go into my studio and do my work." But you need someone to appreciate that art or it has to sell or it has to move someone out there to actually reach out and accept your art.
And to our surprise we find that we just can't will that for all our ability to paint or desire to paint or even just plain passion to do some art.
we finally are waiting for somebody to hand us that acceptance & appreciation.
we're in this wildly dependent position.
In contrast, actors, who go from barely acting to being on the cover of magazines and tabloids kinda tells them that they have arrived in this world.
common folk can't really be surprised if such actors have a skewed perspective of their importance in the world, when common folk envy them and the media come together implying that these actors are the most important thing in the world now.
It can be quiet confusing and disconcerting, when the actors themselves believe this implication, I mean can you blame them for this skewed recognition and appreciation.
but then it is the actors who make us common folk believe about the new world liberalism and we common folk wait for our own recognition and appreciation believing this new world liberalism!
to nip this, the liberalism and individualism is a myth or for that matter poppycock. What we do has large 'effects on others' and if this is true then we are to a large extent a causality of the 'efforts of others'.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
the story
have more often than not, wanted to know how far one can go with belief in life. I mean if you really believe, you've got to have this passion that can make you tell the story every time.
At its very worst, It requires resilience and heart and self-belief(providence and purpose) even after it's been knocked out of you. It's a certain kind of a test.
And the story is just getting along and you've got to keep the passion alive. Most of all you've got to keep that love for what you are creating alive. And it's hard and the training alone will kill you.
And it tough to keep the passion alive for the love of the game. I mean if you don't love what you are doing, I doubt you could tell the story.
And that's before people start giving you a dig. and it does take awhile for the story to makes sense. But you've got to keep telling the story and keep it alive.
If ever, you do have your soul torn, you kind of adopt that kind of conflict, it's difficult to quit.
the real icing on the cake is I suppose: to have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, to believe.
At its very worst, It requires resilience and heart and self-belief(providence and purpose) even after it's been knocked out of you. It's a certain kind of a test.
And the story is just getting along and you've got to keep the passion alive. Most of all you've got to keep that love for what you are creating alive. And it's hard and the training alone will kill you.
And it tough to keep the passion alive for the love of the game. I mean if you don't love what you are doing, I doubt you could tell the story.
And that's before people start giving you a dig. and it does take awhile for the story to makes sense. But you've got to keep telling the story and keep it alive.
If ever, you do have your soul torn, you kind of adopt that kind of conflict, it's difficult to quit.
the real icing on the cake is I suppose: to have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, to believe.
love, longing and belonging
my parents are settled in a sleepy town in Kerala, work keeps taking me around, was raised in Bombay, post graduate studies at Pune, have been to the east and the west and I just can't say where I like to be at the end of the day.
At some level I don't feel any solitude, if people ever do choose that feeling to live or call a place home.
I've managed to create a sense of banishment in so many different areas of my life.
That its hard to say where I really belong.
At some level I don't feel any solitude, if people ever do choose that feeling to live or call a place home.
I've managed to create a sense of banishment in so many different areas of my life.
That its hard to say where I really belong.
that moment
You can be ignorant about this for a long time, however there comes a a moment in life when everybody does ask themselves this:
'Is it really seemly for me to still be doing this?'
(on still watching cartoons and playing videogames...)
'Is it really seemly for me to still be doing this?'
(on still watching cartoons and playing videogames...)
the impression
Every once in a while we get to work with people who perhaps have not
quiet impressed us or have been impressed with.
When we're working with such people they can put us on the same level, and that
just makes our job a little easier.
And it creates quiet an impression about such people.
on the flip side, I have had the opportunity to work with people I would have
given more of myself to work with but you just aren't able to level with them.
And that quiet changes that first impression.
perhaps, the irony of relationships or expectations!
so really, what does make us level with a person.
ah, cést la vie.
quiet impressed us or have been impressed with.
When we're working with such people they can put us on the same level, and that
just makes our job a little easier.
And it creates quiet an impression about such people.
on the flip side, I have had the opportunity to work with people I would have
given more of myself to work with but you just aren't able to level with them.
And that quiet changes that first impression.
perhaps, the irony of relationships or expectations!
so really, what does make us level with a person.
ah, cést la vie.
the BIG one
every experience that we have, everything we do,
enlightens us a little bit or worsens us.
the question is which is the 'BIG' one, that does us in?
enlightens us a little bit or worsens us.
the question is which is the 'BIG' one, that does us in?
Sunday, June 27, 2010
the paradox of truth
Rules exist to forbid us to do something,
rules don't exist to allow you to do something.
For that matter, there is something about the fact on rules,
that they exist in the world in an attempt to describe that limit.
It would suffice to say, that some of these rules can be
broken, some bent and some are just too darn difficult to overcome.
Imagine a 'Truth Machine' constructed with a single rule, to identify 'lies'.
For the sake of convenience, the 'Truth Machine' is limited to humans.
If a human places his hand on the 'Truth machine' and lies, the 'Truth Machine'
will detect the lie and apprehend his/her hand to signify the lie.
Now imagine a human, not very smart not very daft, but one who likes stating the obvious.
And he/she states with the hand on the machine
"I will not be able to free my hand"
Should the machine apprehend or let the human free.
A. If the machine holds onto the human, it would mean the human has lied, but the human has not. Which would mean, the machine is in error.
B. If the machine does let the human free, then one infers that human has stated the truth, but the instant the machine lets the human free, what the human stated has turned to a lie and the machine should have held onto the human.
Which would mean, the machine is in error.
Of the only 2 options available to the 'Truth Machine', it will err on both counts.
rules don't exist to allow you to do something.
For that matter, there is something about the fact on rules,
that they exist in the world in an attempt to describe that limit.
It would suffice to say, that some of these rules can be
broken, some bent and some are just too darn difficult to overcome.
Imagine a 'Truth Machine' constructed with a single rule, to identify 'lies'.
For the sake of convenience, the 'Truth Machine' is limited to humans.
If a human places his hand on the 'Truth machine' and lies, the 'Truth Machine'
will detect the lie and apprehend his/her hand to signify the lie.
Now imagine a human, not very smart not very daft, but one who likes stating the obvious.
And he/she states with the hand on the machine
"I will not be able to free my hand"
Should the machine apprehend or let the human free.
A. If the machine holds onto the human, it would mean the human has lied, but the human has not. Which would mean, the machine is in error.
B. If the machine does let the human free, then one infers that human has stated the truth, but the instant the machine lets the human free, what the human stated has turned to a lie and the machine should have held onto the human.
Which would mean, the machine is in error.
Of the only 2 options available to the 'Truth Machine', it will err on both counts.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
somethings are strange
The strobilanthes kunthianus (Neel Kurinji) blooms once in 12 years and then dies.
I don't mean just the flower, I mean the entire plant dies after that bloom.
Well, think of her, she waits a lifetime, just to bloom and then die.
Her only purpose is that one bloom.
I am just wondering if we humans would wait that long if we knew about our purpose,
It is ironic, most of us don't even get to our purpose or realize it.
While the Neel Kurinji lives just to realise hers.
I missed her bloom in 2006, I need to wait till 2018 for the new bloom.
I don't mean just the flower, I mean the entire plant dies after that bloom.
Well, think of her, she waits a lifetime, just to bloom and then die.
Her only purpose is that one bloom.
I am just wondering if we humans would wait that long if we knew about our purpose,
It is ironic, most of us don't even get to our purpose or realize it.
While the Neel Kurinji lives just to realise hers.
I missed her bloom in 2006, I need to wait till 2018 for the new bloom.
Monday, May 24, 2010
the power to predict the future
Predicting the future that involves us and so ipso facto a difficult task as our presence affects the future:
The 3 possible outcomes of a prediction, whether we agree or disagree with the prediction:
1. Many people could actually believe the prediction, which eventually is predilection to encourage the event, such that the prediction becomes self-fulfilling.
2. No on really believes the prediction, but it happens anyway.
A chance coincidence is what people would call it in hindsight.
3. Many people could actually believe the prediction, and take a precautionary approach and avert the prediction, which makes the prediction itself self-defeating.
The key aspect is not predicting the future, but our very presence in this future that can change it.
The 3 possible outcomes of a prediction, whether we agree or disagree with the prediction:
1. Many people could actually believe the prediction, which eventually is predilection to encourage the event, such that the prediction becomes self-fulfilling.
2. No on really believes the prediction, but it happens anyway.
A chance coincidence is what people would call it in hindsight.
3. Many people could actually believe the prediction, and take a precautionary approach and avert the prediction, which makes the prediction itself self-defeating.
The key aspect is not predicting the future, but our very presence in this future that can change it.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
will the real slim shady, please stand up!
If a Keralite buys a luxury item, he would go out of his way to let one know that he would have paid the highest price on the product and he went through extraordinary lengths to get it.
In other words, to let his fellow peers know that he has the ability to pay more and go to extraordinary lengths than otherwise.... to prove that he is affluent.
If a Gujarati buys a luxury item, he would assess and ascertain to get the most competitive quote on the luxury item. And he would go to extraordinary lengths to let his fellow peers know that he bought the luxury for the most competitive price on the market.
The moot point being a Keralite is concerned with letting his peers know how affluent he is on account of his money, while a Gujarati would be concerned with how smart he is with his money!
In other words, to let his fellow peers know that he has the ability to pay more and go to extraordinary lengths than otherwise.... to prove that he is affluent.
If a Gujarati buys a luxury item, he would assess and ascertain to get the most competitive quote on the luxury item. And he would go to extraordinary lengths to let his fellow peers know that he bought the luxury for the most competitive price on the market.
The moot point being a Keralite is concerned with letting his peers know how affluent he is on account of his money, while a Gujarati would be concerned with how smart he is with his money!
Sunday, April 4, 2010
life...
When we are young, we have our whole life ahead of us.
At some level it feels good.
However, once we begin to live life, we begin to understand life.....
As we begin to understand life; we get too old to use it.
At some level it feels good.
However, once we begin to live life, we begin to understand life.....
As we begin to understand life; we get too old to use it.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
belief and intentions
A man can only be judged by his actions, and not by his good intentions or his beliefs.
For there are those who profess good intentions and there are those who adjure a belief. It comes to naught when one fails to act.
An action is a causality on ones belief and intention, seldom can one say that intention and belief deliberate an action.
For there are those who profess good intentions and there are those who adjure a belief. It comes to naught when one fails to act.
An action is a causality on ones belief and intention, seldom can one say that intention and belief deliberate an action.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
much ado about experience
As the years go by, you learn more about how things can go WRONG, which makes you think that you've got smarter with experience over the years and you keep your bases covered, till something goes WRONG ...
which perhaps leaves you circumspect; if now you could actually learn how to keep things RIGHT......
which perhaps leaves you circumspect; if now you could actually learn how to keep things RIGHT......
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