CHAPTER 27
01. Whenever there is aviation noise of aircraft in
the sky at dead of night, one should think of the fact that scores of men and
women, and may be children, of different ages, beliefs and nationalities(who
have not seen one another before boarding, nor will ever see after
alighting,)comfortably huddled together in plush seats,and hurtling through
space ,at hectic speed,up and above the sky,and maybe the clouds,and may be over
the deep seas,habited by nonhuman life in myriad forms,in pitch darkness and
biting cold,for diverse purposes,which may include sundry or outright stupid
social,or political purposes, and withobjectives from plans for meeting personal
needs to upliftment of conditions of human life ,or designs for
smuggling,murder,or spread of terror.If this is normal in life,what else is
abnormal?#life
02. Ideas are for immediate execution, unless labelled
otherwise. They cannot withstand the luxury of delay. #ideas
03. If your sound ideas go unnoticed, you may feel
bad. But who knows whether you are the loser or others?.#ideas
04. Decisions churned out by the brain pass through
the filter of the heart. With some people the heart is bypassed. With some
others, the decisions originate from the heart itself with no role for the
brain.#decisions
05. Saint Thiruvalluvar devoted whole chapter to extol
the virtues of not killing for food. We praise him to the heavens but.......May
be principles and practice are two different things and we should not confuse
one with the other.. #vegetarian
06. Half the hall is full. Enough to satisfy the
optimist. But, half empty will be the marketer's concern.And you can't blame him. #optimism
07. Even scintillating ideas will do better with cheer
leaders, than without them. Such are the days!.#ideas
08. Money spent in detecting fraud, theft, murder and
the like must be compensated by huge penalties/ confiscation of property from
the guilty. There must also be a liberal dose of death penalty. Who is
benefitted by somebody languishing in jail for years on end #crime
09. You can see a table there, but it may not be there
actually. Just possible. It can be a mirror image. Maya theory simplified!#maya
10. More philosophy in mind, and less interest in
continued living go together. #philosophy
11. All life is a compromise between propriety and
feasibility ie. between what is proper and what is possible. #propriety.
12. The strange thing about FAITH is that, in
fairness, we can neither accept nor reject it and be at ease. Because, questions
will always arise on both sides, for which there can be no answer. #Faith
13. God is believed to be a problem solver. But, in
the first instance, who creates the problem? Everything happens as ordained by
God. Then...#God
14. The choice of a gift must be based on the need or
desire of the receiver, and not on the inclination of the giver, it is said. May
be true, but a little harsh on the giver. #gift
15. Lord Buddha said(or did he discover)that all
misery stems from DESIRE. What is the use of telling this to the victims? He
should have addressed the Maker. #desire
16. Sex is the only thing in the world that needs no
marketing. Urge for the transaction is inbuilt. With what sinister objective,
God implanted this device resulting in continuation of life, with all attendant
misery ,He only knows.#God
17. Advice may be timely or ill timed, in context or
out of context, well deserved or ill deserved, appropriate or inappropriate,
sensible or stupid, warranted by public interest, mutual interest or selfish
interest, approving or dissenting, requested for or unwarranted,paid for or
honorary, well received or thoroughly misunderstood, promote or shatter
friendliness, beget gratitude or create animosity, be gracefully accepted ,
silently rejected, or curtly rejected. Such is the risk in advice. (including this
one) Beware!#advice
18. There was a report in TOI chennai edition, that an
educated young man, who was shortly leaving for Kohima , his native place, was
sentenced to 10
years in jail, because in a fit of rage in the course
of a tussle at an ATM, he stabbed the ATM guard with the knife, he usually
carried with him. Actually, if you come to think of it,10 years RI is harsher
than even death penalty. This is not understood in our system of justice . What
will he do in jail for 10 years, and what will he be like at the end of 10
years? And family ?#punish
19. Some companies print their user manual or text of
traded document, in very fine print ,keeping only the availability of technology
in mind, and in utter disregard for the need or capacity of the customer to
read. This is deplorable. #read
20. God is a mystery. But the prevalence of Faith in
the face of widespread of contra indications, is a deeper mystery.#GOD
21. If you look inside yourself, you will see God, or
so it is claimed. But if you watch what all happens outside, you will wonder how
it can be so. #God
22. The media has the undesirable practice of
intensifying the sadness in happenings, by modulation of voice of the news
reader, to a loud and raised pitch, and by appropriate suspense rich background
music. That nobody objects shows the blunted social awareness. #news
23. Think we must. But whether we should think of only
what makes us happy, or can think of all reality, which perhaps may make us feel
unhappy, is probably a matter of personal choice ,whatever prudence may demand.
#happy
24. We have giant size cut outs for cine stars who
entertain us for a very fabulous price. But these days, photoes of parents have
disappeared from
the walls, and are tucked inside albums opened
rarely.They brought up children with care and affection and without expecting
any return.I hear the young murmur "if they did not expect any return,
what is the problem now?"#parents
25. In bygone days, brahmins had long hair or tuft as
known, and this provided food for fun for dravidian parties. Now our villains
have it, and ah! there is a transition of power centre also.#villains
26. What leads to sex crimes is not so much the
anticipated pleasure of indulgence, as the intense discomfort from abstinence.
This aspect should make the dispensers of justice, concentrate more on the
punishment of the promoters of stimulation,, be they artists,actors,advertisers,
or dress designers, than on
punishing the so called offenders who have already
unwittingly succumbed to the physiological pressures intentionally exploited for
profit by a variety of unprincipled groups enjoying enviable social
status.#sexcrimes
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27. What philosophical ideas may appeal to those on
full stomach may not appeal to those on empty stomach. #philosophy
28. Story is fact mixed with fiction100%.News is fact
50 propaganda50..forecast is fact 50 assumption50..diplomacy is fact50 suppression50..Budget is fact 50
assumption 50 ..Faith is reason50 belief 50..Life is real50,maya50...#fiftyfifty
29. To look forward is a prospective based on
assumption. To look around is a consideration of realities all around.. #reality
30. Faith encourages courage and optimism in
preference to caution and realism. #faith
31. The sun is there even when the clouds obstruct the
view .Truth is there even when camouflaged by calculated suppression or tactful
diversion. #truth
32. The corruption in any power to grant anything,
lies in the power to withhold,delay or deny that. #corruption
33. Everyman sees a different cinema in a different
theatre, or travels by a different train in a different terrain. Their
experience differs widely. Unfortunately they did not choose the theatre or
train .They were placed there, and that shapes their attitude to life.#life
34. A tonne of happiness is no excuse or compensation
for an ounce of misery. #misery
35. How can anybody explain how even the very kind
hearted have no qualms in their treatment of animals and birds--when they catch,
kill, cut and smash, heat and fry, add salt and pepper, for taste and munch
without any feeling for their suffering?#kill
36. Marketing is of different kinds. Marketing for
money is most common. But there can be marketing for name and fame also.
Marketing of ideas in the public interest is of another class and is the most
difficult one. #ideas
37. Faith consoles. Reason rebels. #faith
38. One lawyer coaches the witness. Another examines
him with a view to discredit the witness.Both are supposed to help the judge
arrive at the truth But they have (naturally!) greater loyalty to their clients The
job of the judge becomes all the more difficult because of them. #justice
39. To keep the husband or wife away, you need a decree of court. To keep children away you need a strong mind. Relatively it is easier to keep parents away. (and in some cases may be pleasant too!).#parents
40. A coy look, a mischievous wink, a casual look, angry pose, quick glance, considered attention, and calculated response, are all different reactions warranted in different situations. #look
41. Imagination is an extension of thought and free ride in the realm of possibility piercing the borders at times. #imagination 2784.Patrol cars precede ministers' cars, when they are in power. Later when their misdeeds during this patrol grandeur comes to light, police cars follow them. #time
42. Boredom results if there is continuous work and also if continuously there is no work to do. What we need is change. Rest from work, or some work after rest, as the case may be. Change is the need .Any mismatch can lead to undesirable consequences for the body/mind.#boredom
43. While young, if you call a long time friend several times and there is no response, you may wonder where he could have gone. In latter days, at sr citizen or super sr citizen level, you may wonder whether he has left for good!# oldage
44. Arts and literature are benefitted by advances in science and technology. Otherwise, how can cine actors charge and be paid hundreds ofcrores as remuneration ? But science and technology are not benefitted by Arts and Literature. Is there any billionaire scientist?#science
45. The position regarding justice/injustice is very clear. If there is a God, He will take care of it. If He does not, you can't do a thing. If there is no god, then also there is nothing you can do about. In any case, you have no role to play. #justice
46.Police vigilantly crack on criminals.Lawyers diligently defend criminals.Courts vigorously protect the rights of criminals under all circumstances.No wonder crime thrives.#crime
47. We have windows to see through, and window
screens to prevent others from seeing through.#see
48. Who are you? You come with a ready answer.I am so
and so, born at .....on such and such a date/month/year to parents so and so.
All hearsay evidence. It all happenned before you could understand anything!#
life
49. Positive thinkers think that a contingency will
arise ,only if you are constantly thinking of it. So they keep no contingency
plans. The correctness of the theory will be known only if, a contingency indeed
arises, but then it may be too late wriggle out. #positivethinking
50. Patrol cars precede ministers' cars when
the ministers are in power. In some caes they have to follow the same cars when
the ministers are out of office.#police