Wednesday, December 20, 2006
The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
3 more days and I shall be in Australia. I FINALLY GOT Kiren Desai ‘s The Loss of Inheritance whoooopieeee!!! There’s just something rather exhilarating in reading the works of Indian authors. I find their writing style more enjoyable, and I find it thoroughly pleasing to read about confused people {inside joke} So to my dear brother who has already eyed my new prized possession..Get off my back! I am not giving it to you till I am done. Speaking of brother, my eldest has been working on a lot of interesting cases lately. He just finished assisting a murder case and is now assisting a defamation case. It’s so fun to hear the procedures or at least it sounds fun.
I recently read this article on the Pope’s comment and the whole forced debate that resulted after that {published in one of November issues of TIMES} Basically this article contained views of 2 prominent religious leaders. What I found interesting was that while on the surface everyone seemed acceptable to each others views there was still this subtle issue on who is right. What I found more interesting was that these views were not that of neutral parties but that of a Father and a Muslim research fellow at Oxford. And rightly so while the Father talked about what the Pope got right, the researcher talked about where the Pope is still in the dark.
This is what I think of this article. This continuous splitting debate on what is right, who is wrong does not solve anything, it just makes things worse. I totally understand the logical rational of publishing such 2 sided reports which is to allow readers to understand both sides and make an informed individual opinion. But what if you were a devout religionist isn’t it more likely that you would only accept a view that substantiates your religion and practices. So does that rectify the existing misunderstandings?
I just think its so sad that of all things humans have to fight over a divine power that has no solid physical presence. Why won’t anyone fight over the best solution to poverty or child prostitution?
Let me just say here that I am not ANTI anything. I follow Mother Theresa’s pursuit of PRO peace :}
"There is only one God and He is God to all; therefore it is important that everyone is seen as equal before God. I’ve always said we should help a Hindu become a better Hindu, a Muslim become a better Muslim, a Catholic become a better Catholic. "
"Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin."
Mother Theresa
Off to dance in 4 hours…
I recently read this article on the Pope’s comment and the whole forced debate that resulted after that {published in one of November issues of TIMES} Basically this article contained views of 2 prominent religious leaders. What I found interesting was that while on the surface everyone seemed acceptable to each others views there was still this subtle issue on who is right. What I found more interesting was that these views were not that of neutral parties but that of a Father and a Muslim research fellow at Oxford. And rightly so while the Father talked about what the Pope got right, the researcher talked about where the Pope is still in the dark.
This is what I think of this article. This continuous splitting debate on what is right, who is wrong does not solve anything, it just makes things worse. I totally understand the logical rational of publishing such 2 sided reports which is to allow readers to understand both sides and make an informed individual opinion. But what if you were a devout religionist isn’t it more likely that you would only accept a view that substantiates your religion and practices. So does that rectify the existing misunderstandings?
I just think its so sad that of all things humans have to fight over a divine power that has no solid physical presence. Why won’t anyone fight over the best solution to poverty or child prostitution?
Let me just say here that I am not ANTI anything. I follow Mother Theresa’s pursuit of PRO peace :}
"There is only one God and He is God to all; therefore it is important that everyone is seen as equal before God. I’ve always said we should help a Hindu become a better Hindu, a Muslim become a better Muslim, a Catholic become a better Catholic. "
"Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin."
Mother Theresa
Off to dance in 4 hours…
Sunday, December 3, 2006
Promotion
Jhumpa Lahiri+Kal Penn+Mira Nair+Movie
=whoopie
Finally Liverpool :)
Let us hope it will continue:):)
Currently craving:Blacforest ice-cream
Same wood different tree
WhooHoo….I love my dance classes and I mean LOVE.If only everyday was a Sunday Yippie doo daa.By the way I found a few more reasons to be proud of my south Indian roots not that I am not already proud or anything.Courtesy to some interview ,I found out that John Abraham has got a bit of Malayalee blood in him and so does Vidya Balan and Arya{or Aryan}
Family: ”did u know john’s mallu?”
Me: ”I thought he’s Iranian Parsi or something like that. where did mallu”ness”come from?”
Famliy ”I don’t know.Read it in some magazine”
Mom: ”See Shalu..there’s still hope for you to find a good looking, well educated Mallu{and she laughs}
Me: ”Whatever ma!”
I knew my mother was joking anyways. Thank God I didn’t end up with typically Hindu/Indian parents. They give my space {though it’s not a lot..i am cool with it}and I give them reason to trust me{smiles..}
I have been thinking of turning vegan, after all the PETA readings I have been doing.
Not immediately though, I’ll need sometime but it shall happen one day or another.
This week is going to be pretty occupied. Fisrt there’s the packing that needs to be done for my 1st trip then there’s the SINDA volunteer programme, which I am heaps excited about. Hopefully everything works out well {fingers crossed}I also have to work on hunting down Anushka Shankar’s CD.By the way she was 2nd page cover for one of the October issues of TIMES magazine ..whoo hooo..
I also want to watch The Departed {I don’t mind watching the Chinese version as long as there’s subtitles}And I very very surprisingly turned down the offer of watching Dhoom2.If the 1st part is anything to be judged by the 2nd one’s going to be just as ridiculous.Hence I will not give up my Wed evening to watch that. Sorry Sara. Honestly it’s this kind of media time and attention that some movies get that deprive the good ones any recognition. No one gives a damn about fresh novel attempts like Mr and Mrs Ayer , Khakee , 15 Park Avenue {which was “literally” out of this world}, Phir Milenge,Mitr my friend. Then there are those who look down on Tamil movies because they don’t have the glamour and also because they don’t generate the media hype Bollywood movies do.Movies like Thalapathi{after 10 years and watching it 50 odd times I am still in love with it} Pitamagan,Pattiyal, Anbe Sivam ,Devar magan are equally fantastic.But no one cares about such production because its not as internationally acclaimed or because there’s no “hot”” good looking” artists to look at.
Change??
Time to go shopping at IKEA..
Family: ”did u know john’s mallu?”
Me: ”I thought he’s Iranian Parsi or something like that. where did mallu”ness”come from?”
Famliy ”I don’t know.Read it in some magazine”
Mom: ”See Shalu..there’s still hope for you to find a good looking, well educated Mallu{and she laughs}
Me: ”Whatever ma!”
I knew my mother was joking anyways. Thank God I didn’t end up with typically Hindu/Indian parents. They give my space {though it’s not a lot..i am cool with it}and I give them reason to trust me{smiles..}
I have been thinking of turning vegan, after all the PETA readings I have been doing.
Not immediately though, I’ll need sometime but it shall happen one day or another.
This week is going to be pretty occupied. Fisrt there’s the packing that needs to be done for my 1st trip then there’s the SINDA volunteer programme, which I am heaps excited about. Hopefully everything works out well {fingers crossed}I also have to work on hunting down Anushka Shankar’s CD.By the way she was 2nd page cover for one of the October issues of TIMES magazine ..whoo hooo..
I also want to watch The Departed {I don’t mind watching the Chinese version as long as there’s subtitles}And I very very surprisingly turned down the offer of watching Dhoom2.If the 1st part is anything to be judged by the 2nd one’s going to be just as ridiculous.Hence I will not give up my Wed evening to watch that. Sorry Sara. Honestly it’s this kind of media time and attention that some movies get that deprive the good ones any recognition. No one gives a damn about fresh novel attempts like Mr and Mrs Ayer , Khakee , 15 Park Avenue {which was “literally” out of this world}, Phir Milenge,Mitr my friend. Then there are those who look down on Tamil movies because they don’t have the glamour and also because they don’t generate the media hype Bollywood movies do.Movies like Thalapathi{after 10 years and watching it 50 odd times I am still in love with it} Pitamagan,Pattiyal, Anbe Sivam ,Devar magan are equally fantastic.But no one cares about such production because its not as internationally acclaimed or because there’s no “hot”” good looking” artists to look at.
Change??
Time to go shopping at IKEA..
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