What is happiness? Where is happiness? Can we say that we are happier than animals? Happiness is in mind, people say. These very people also say happiness lies in contentment. How do we know it is true? We are yet to see a contented man! Most importantly the said contentment is subjective. It cannot be […]
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Come at 4 pm for Tea. I Will Wait
After repeated knocking on the window, later on the door, after calling him aloud over 10 times and 15 minutes later, he slowly opened the door. There is an agreed emergency entry into the house, but unfortunately it was latched from inside. Otherwise, I would not have waited for 15 long minutes anxiously. The distance […]
Whomsoever Parvathi
Everything begins with fun, joy and especially when we are not at prepared! A week ago, when Parvathi said: “Your face looks like the ‘whomsoever’ in the ‘whomsoever it may concern’”. I did not understand it in the first instance as to what she meant. When I understood, a smile on my face. I am […]
ANARCHY OF THOUGHTS
The French philosopher Jean Francois Lyotard, in his book “The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge”, argued that all knowledge is subjective, fractured and fragmented, and that there is no one universal truth. Knowledge is not only the known but also the “revelation” or “articulation” of the unknown. Thus, he advocates the legitimation of knowledge […]
GANGI GOVU PAALU – Which idiot wrote such a stupid poem?
An anecdote as told by my father: My Tayaji (my father’s elder brother) late Shri. Atmaram ji was reading the following Telugu Vemana Shatakamu poem aloud when he was in his 3rd class. గంగిగోవు పాలు గరిటెడైనను చాలు కడివెడైననేమి ఖరము పాలు భక్తి కలుగు కూడు పట్టెడైననుచాలు, విశ్వదాభిరామ వినురవేమ. అర్థము: మంచి ఆవు పాలు కొన్ని ఉన్నా చాలు. గాడిద పాలు […]
THE FOUNTAIN PEN
Recently I purchased a CLICK fountain pen. It is a very traditional screw close fountain pen with a big nib in red color. I did feel that the cost of the pen is on the higher side. But considering that there are actually very few people who love to write with a fountain pen – […]
