Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Son

The sanskrit word for son, putra, derived from "Punnama Narakat Trayate" means one who saves (trayate) from hell (punnama naraka), even after father's death. It is a pity if the society, law, or the government supports a son or an unscrupulous mother who uses the son to show the father hell in this world itself, that too, to extort money. There are stories abound of such happenings.

A father names his son after the Sun God (Aditya), hoping he will demonstrate the same brilliant qualities of the Sun God and illuminate the world. But will the world help or even allow those hopes to be fulfilled? The following URL gives pointers to the story of one "Aditya": http://www.google.com/search?q=aditya+chandran Will the world learn anything from it?

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Pillars of Democracy

These days, it does not seem to be a question of who is culprit, who is victim, what is right, what is not and not even what is law and what is not. All that seems to matter is what is convenient to the government, who can put / yield to pressure, what is politically correct and such. Commoner has no where to go if the entities such as media and judiciary who are expected to check the executive wing of the government collude with it, instead. An opportunity then, is to form stronger networks of trusted friends and come to each other's rescue, raising a voice when needed.

"How strange that a culprit can walk away, but the victim is doubted, questioned, harassed and expected to prove his innocence!" "Corrupt officials are not condemned and the society’s silence implies it is fine with them." FYI... http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6032081.cms

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Humanity is beyond the Material World

Human relationships are at a much higher plane than the material world. Any attempt to model the relations with materialistic equations will result in short term gains at best and total isolation in the long run. Vishnu Pendyala