A couple of days back I was seeing this movie on AXN....off late I have been seeing too much of television; movies or otherwise....I have to get rid of it....but take m word I was seeing it for atleast the sixth time...but somehow or the other I was attracted enough to see it at a stretch non-stop without even changing the channel even during the pods....I located a couple of things....precisely that is the reason why I am blogging on the same today
a. We associate this movie with martial arts....no doubt that was but whats hidden is the romance that is depicted in the movie....julian and mubai....this is pure romance not the tpical love making or otherwise that is shown in movies to express one feeling for the other
b. More important that this movie at couple of times focusses on man philosophical issues...mubai: all things that can be touched loose their weight...one has to loose something to understand the importance of it
c. Life does not go our way.....more importantly one ought to dedicate onself to the society rather than thinking of oneself....but is it easy? i am sure people will admit that it is easier said than done
do comment if you feel that I am wrong
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Thursday, November 16, 2006
This shall also pass away
Recently (to be specific last Sunday), the father of one of ex-colleagues died. He died of cancer. The instant I heard the same, it was horrible. Memories came back of the time spent together. Though his (my friend) exit from my present company has been almost 6 months, all the images of togetherness, parties, get-togethers, meetings, duels which I had with him came across my eyes vividly. The tone which he spoke was different. A sudden sense of pity rose inside me.
I was there at their home before the funeral rites. There was a sudden gloom as the dead body was being carried away. The dead man's kith and kin could help themselves from not crying while the corpse was being lifted away from their house to the grounds. There was wailing all around; streams of tears from the eyes of all near and dear ones; smokey milieu cortsey the burning of sacred dust as per rituals; commotion with all friends and known ones around.
The funeral went off as per rituals. That was the first for me. Everybody paid their last wishes. I was there for quiet some time even after the ritual lighting of the pyre. The atmosphere had changed a bit. There was grief but that was with a tinge of maturity; all realising that this was to happen today or tomorrow. There was a sense of fellow-ness and feeling for the other person. Me thinks the Hindu rituals are the reason for this. It is a lengthy one encompassing variuos steps and procedures which reduces the sorrow slowly but steadily; one does not realise when it has reached zero.
With the hustle and bustle of the times and the complexities in the respective jobs, we easily are able to do away with the sorrow attached with the death of a known one. Herman Hesse comes straight to one's mind; straight from Siddhartha - This shall also pass away. Who knows when my time also comes....
I was there at their home before the funeral rites. There was a sudden gloom as the dead body was being carried away. The dead man's kith and kin could help themselves from not crying while the corpse was being lifted away from their house to the grounds. There was wailing all around; streams of tears from the eyes of all near and dear ones; smokey milieu cortsey the burning of sacred dust as per rituals; commotion with all friends and known ones around.
The funeral went off as per rituals. That was the first for me. Everybody paid their last wishes. I was there for quiet some time even after the ritual lighting of the pyre. The atmosphere had changed a bit. There was grief but that was with a tinge of maturity; all realising that this was to happen today or tomorrow. There was a sense of fellow-ness and feeling for the other person. Me thinks the Hindu rituals are the reason for this. It is a lengthy one encompassing variuos steps and procedures which reduces the sorrow slowly but steadily; one does not realise when it has reached zero.
With the hustle and bustle of the times and the complexities in the respective jobs, we easily are able to do away with the sorrow attached with the death of a known one. Herman Hesse comes straight to one's mind; straight from Siddhartha - This shall also pass away. Who knows when my time also comes....
Friday, November 10, 2006
Weight of vaccum
A sudden loneliness has engulfed me; I have no explanation for the same. All of a sudden I dont understand how it has happened. Nowadays I seem to be in loss of words while I speak to people. Though there are many people around me and really lots of them; (thanks to my job) lots of parties and get-togethers suddenly these things do interest me. I was pondering about this phenomenon for quiet some time trying to analyse the reasons for the same. This became necessary for the simple reason that I am a person who loves talking to people and make new and newer contacts still maintaining contacts with my old pal. I realised that the most probable rather closest reason would be that I have overgrown for the place and the job. This is the right time for a change. So I am on the job for job hunting. But again I am a lazy person and it would be easier said thatn done for the same.
Till any change takes in my life, I am sure for the moment that I have the unique oppurtunity to try and weigh the emptiness
Till any change takes in my life, I am sure for the moment that I have the unique oppurtunity to try and weigh the emptiness
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- sukhi_area
- banker for the belly, has a penchant for knowing something new, jumps into many things from neutrons-netas-nazis-nature, chronicler of anything historical, avid reader, occasional writer, connoisseur of food, amateur photographer, fb addict, blogger, stoic and philosopher at heart...