Meet My F.O.E

Speculation

2010-06-22T00:26:00.001+05:30

Most of the times, I have realized that its the "speculation" that is the mother of all "dummy pieces" (Actor Vadivelu's interpretation)

@ Good Samaritans

2010-06-06T01:33:00.000+05:30

Social Responsibility = Activity + Charity - Publicity

A pure 'AND' function

2010-06-06T01:29:00.000+05:30

Thinking needs to be followed by action..If either of them is impossible, then cock up and sit at home...

Branding Essentials..

2009-12-27T16:58:00.002+05:30

When we shift from meaning "everything to somebody" to meaning "something to everybody" - we actually end up being "nothing to anybody"

Void

2009-12-24T00:49:00.003+05:30

A huge and deep void in my life on 6th of December 2009. I lost a friend who never spoke much.

Exercise..

2009-11-04T22:25:00.001+05:30

I heard my services marketing Prof VS Mahesh say this, "As you grow older, the only exercise you do is jumping to conclusions.."

Profound!

10 Million Points!! - A True Hypocrite

2009-10-25T15:51:00.000+05:30

A certified 'Hypocrite': "One who restrains the senses of action like hands and feet etc but remains thinking in his mind about sense objects." - Lord Krishna in The Song of God.

Value

2009-10-16T00:12:00.000+05:30

They say "value of something is not relized until that 'something' leaves us". Well applies to monetary economics also. A 100 rupee note is as good as a junk note or a 5 rupee note in our wallets until it leaves our wallets. We have to let go of currency notes from our wallets to realize their actual value.

Don't Hoard. It's useless.

Linda "Good"man

2009-10-15T23:52:00.004+05:30

If Linda Goodman had abstained herself from documenting "The Sun Signs", I believe there would have been a world of good to the mankind. I have seen people constantly compare their traits with those in the book and consciously try alter their behavior mechanisms to match their confirmation biases attained in this process.

No wonder, market experts claim loss of originality and innovation....

Envy and Inspiration

2009-10-03T14:24:00.000+05:30

Jealousy depends on success/happiness of Others.

Others here is a regression of proximity to the successful individual, the level of acquaintance with the individual. And yes, it is upward sloping! If the values of these dependent variables are insignificant, the resultant regression function is ADMIRATION (or) INSPIRATION.

Note: I admire Sachin Tendulkar but Vinod Kambli might be jealous of his pal's success!

Sshhhh..

2009-09-22T01:56:00.001+05:30

"Silencing others does not mean convincing others."

"Net"-working

2009-09-21T19:52:00.000+05:30

Networking is like Love. Can't be thrust upon. Needs to happen naturally..!

Do a Jonathan Seagull.......

2009-09-03T01:22:00.000+05:30

If I am not worth the salt that I am supposed to have been so far, then what exactly is my USP? Need wings to fly away and realize my potential. Tired of constant function graphs - effort vs results....!

Common Sense

2009-09-01T03:10:00.000+05:30

If common sense was a basic prerequisite for a successful individual, it makes more common sense to implement a pedagogy on Common Sense. I really wonder there are none in any B-schools across the globe. The desire of Common Sense to be prevalent still remains a desire....

Disclaimers

2009-09-01T03:08:00.000+05:30

"Just Kidding" - One of the most abused disclaimers of modern day etymology. Just Kidding.

Theory of Compromise

2009-07-01T01:38:00.000+05:30

Compromise has become an integral parts of our lives, at least for many of us. I feel that there are two parts to that reaction of ours - substitution and reasoning for the substitution. Compromise in itself is a necessary evil. Often, people have the tendency to reason out their substitution ( either by chance or by choice) based on comparisons. Comparisons that transcend temporal limits. We are aware that any two arbitrary scientific experiments are compared if and only if the two experiments follow the same procedures/methods under the same standard environmental conditions.
Consider the event that person A desired to succeed in B. However, that did not happen at time t and resigned to fate and moved on to C. Assume he succeeds in C. The normative claim of A would be - "Thank God, B did not happen otherwise I would not have succeeded in C. " This might hold true for events that are serially dependent. For cases that are mutually exclusive such a reasoning appears to be a little distorted from my FOE's perspective. Lets say A's success in B meant him tying nuptial knot with his heartthrob. Failure in B implies A might have resigned to fate or was led by destiny to have a successful marriage with another person C.
Given such a scenario, how appropriate it is to compare persons across time at different situations? Time in itself is dynamic and ever changing that envelopes the entire creation as well in its change. We compare our moods, mind sets, reactions, physical, economical, mental statuses at two different time periods that encompass huge magnitudes of chaos within themselves. Our reactions and moods at time t1 are not equivalent to those at time t2 because, for them to be compared, we as individuals should have undergone the same set of reaction experiments at similar conditions,which is infeasible.

There is a deep inclination of people to regard their current position as the better when compared with the foregone opportunities. In the above case, there is a tendency to claim that C is better of the B. But who knows and who could validate that claim that A probably could have been a lot better off with the success with B. Thoughts on these lines are believed to channel negative connotations of our progress and life and we have resolved to the system of accrediting the current situation as the better against the foregone desires. Lest, we cant move on. This is a famous school of thought and my FOE's intention here is not to debate the resultants but the reasoning attached with the school of thought.

By merely comparing two events that are so unique in themselves, it is as good as comparing oranges and apples over two different time periods. Preferences evolve. Let us resign or accept the fate and let us move on, but let us not compare the results of two totally turnkey events of our lives. Turnkey as they seem because, their results change the path of lives and not judging the efficacy of one of the events with incomplete results and data is merely being foolish. At times hypocrisy.

Abyss

2009-05-27T12:12:00.000+05:30

When you have hit rock bottom, the best option available to you is to LOOK UP..!

Discovery

2009-05-17T14:20:00.000+05:30

I will have to give this to my very dear friend Krish, a strong lateral thinker. Should confess that he has been an influencing personality in the evolution of my thought process. Of the many things that he emphasized, he touched upon self discovery in a subtle and yet effective fashion. He retorts often with his signature statement - " Vish, when was the last time you did something for the first time.."

Reflect on that positively, you for sure will begin to realize more of your unknown self... Thanks mate!!

Pain

2009-03-31T00:54:00.001+05:30

Pain is a direct function of reaction.

Minute surprises...

2008-12-17T16:28:00.000+05:30

Coincidence is a matter of perspective. You need to be myopic to ignore all those myriad coincidences that happen just under your nose. While you are reading this, may be.

Control

2008-09-04T15:17:00.000+05:30

People are in constant search of control buttons throughout their lives - from tv remote to huge machinery to relationships to authority to money to people and infact to ecosystem as well. Alas, the only entity which man is capable of controlling to entirety is his own MIND and nothing else in this universe. Illusionary controls breeds expectations and chaos.

PS : Are you thinking of pets? I have a cute naughty doggie at home. Well tamed infact. But it only acts to my instructions only if it wishes to :-)

Trust

2008-08-29T19:58:00.000+05:30

My trust is like a beam of light from a torch - my soul. You can use the light if you want to. However, the shadows are those of the obstructions( betrayals..) and not that of my soul. I would continue to burn bright as long as the battery lasts!

Work

2008-08-22T16:55:00.000+05:30

I've sometimes thought that work is analogous to puke and sometimes to shit. Because, irrespective of where you "perform", it is still a dirty act to do!!.. ;-P

PS: Never mind - one of those many days Ive dreaded work!

As I see it

2008-08-18T19:02:00.000+05:30

A tribute to Jessica!!!

On the right track?

2008-08-14T18:55:00.001+05:30

There is a popular belief that if everything appears to be going right in our way, then we are probably on the wrong track. Does the corollary hold true? That is , are we on the right track if everything is going wrong in our way?.

Cowardice

2008-08-06T00:09:00.000+05:30

Only humans are capable of the dastardly act of "suicide". Ever heard of a dog/cat committing suicide owing to its problems?
Probably, the ability to give up on life is one of the perks of having that 'extra' sense.
Hail MANKIND.

Wise

2008-08-06T00:01:00.000+05:30

You become wise by learning from your mistakes; wiser by learning from others' mistakes.

Play your life

2008-08-01T18:38:00.001+05:30

Your game of life is as unique as those of others'.

Phenomenon

2008-07-23T02:26:00.000+05:30

During your moments of crisis and conflicts, there are always 'n' (n>0) people who believe you can't make it. You are lucky if you have 'm' people who believe you can make it.

If m = n, confused state
m > n, lucky state
m < n, unlucky state
m = 0, and you still make it....Thou shalt be a PHENOMENON

All "Right"

2008-07-17T18:51:00.000+05:30

Right is an inverse function of Guilt.

Refresh

2008-07-16T15:38:00.000+05:30

New Tides clean up the Old Shore.

Whats your USP?

2008-07-15T15:34:00.001+05:30

Your problems dont make you unique. How you work around them makes you unique.

Rendezvous.

2008-07-14T17:47:00.000+05:30

A hypothetical situation. I am trying to imagine the dialogue between Mr. Crime and Mr. Sin. ( personification of human perceptions) What would it be like? Are they siblings by the way?. Just Curious :)

Hiatus...

2008-07-14T17:22:00.001+05:30

Hmmm. A long one indeed. There are times when you get hypercharged about an activity and yet your battery would let you down in a short while. Writing was a typical example in my life. Well, to be kind on myself, the proxies at work could be blamed partly for preventing me from pursuing an interest of mine. But as I said, partly. Work and its related pressures did take a toll on my interests - Choreography, writing and yes of course day dreaming! . I have realised that writing long stories/ junk is more an inverse function of availability of lesiure than the drive to deliver. So to subvert the risk of losing touch with my FOE, I have decided to aleast keep a tab on some of my key realisations of life - ofcourse from my FOEs perspective. I believe it would help me reproduce the timeline of the evolutionary phases of my thought process.

quarter century crisis..

2006-08-01T01:09:00.000+05:30

in monotony
no field for a battle
apathy in life

As I See It

2006-04-15T12:13:00.000+05:30

A lot was imbibed by the little foe of mine during the time that I spent at a prestigious school for primary education. Religious sentiments were honored to the unimaginable limits. The days started with the chant of the truth..
"maatha pithaa guru deivam.."
It is said that the Almighty himself quoted the above statement thus giving him the least priority in the order of worship.
Reflecting on the above truth last nite, I felt that there was a hidden meaning attached to the same.
Well , lets look at it from my foe's perspective.

It is considered that Maata (Mother) should be the first one to be worshipped followed by Pitaa (father) , Guru (teacher) and Himself. This is since , it is the mother who brought us to the world. So first prayers to the divine being. Then comes the no less important role played by the father who shows us the way to life. The teacher follows next prior to Himself because, he was the one who would have shown us the path of Knowledge which is an alias of God.
Lets us assume that in an idealistic situation, every birth on this earth worships its Mother. When I say birth, I mean to include all the possible cases..Humans,animals,plants,insects,microorganisms etc.
Since no birth is possible without a Mother, then as an universal principle , all the mothers existing on this earth would be worshipped. When we worship somebody, as an automatic implication, Godliness is attached to that entity.
So deducing from the above case, Mothers and Fathers are attached with a Godly status.
Now follows the case of a teacher.
It is impossible for any human, to abstain from the process of learning. He either learns the good or the evil,but the fact remains that heis constantly in the process of learning. His metamorphosis is based on what he learns for the most of the time. If he learns the good knowledge , he becomes respectable in the soceity lest he is termed as a liability to the society. So where does he learn the knowledge from? Well the sources are many.Nature is a good teacher.Since Im assuming idealistic situation, let us believe that everyone learns only the good things from the external factors..Nature and fellow members of the soceity.So the latter set of people act as teachers as well as students at the same time. If A learns something from B, then B is A's teacher. Since the process of Knowledge acquisition is constant , B also constantly updates himself . So B could be A's student in other issues or B could be a student of another entity C who inturn learns something valuable from A. So this vicious cycle continues.When this is taken to the highest level .. the earth, then almost all the humans, need to be worshipped since they act as teachers as well as students at varied instants of time.

Now applying the principle of generality, we observe that all the humans would be worshipped in one form or the other..As Mother,Father or teacher.
So we need to worship every soul that coexists with us.
And that happens to be one interpretation of the Advaita philosophy. God and men are one.
Now lets remove the idealistic situation and refine to practical terms. So the simplification would be ..
Worship only the good in others thereby treating everyone as God... Anbey Sivam..!!! (Love is God)

Oops ..!! what was I talking.

Fate vs Destiny

2006-04-12T15:44:00.000+05:30

It is believed by many that before we are born we make definitive choices as to what we wish to learn and the aim we want to fulfil during the course of our life. It is a decision , which is rarely remembered after our birth but in hindsight we often see that events and circumstances have led us unknowingly towards the chosen destination.So our destiny could be classified as our own motivational force. It is the spiritual will of the person, a deep inner need , something that drives us to what seems impossible.It nurtures us with hope in our darkest moments enabling us to dream of better things and resides in a place wher we are bound to find our fulfilment.
Destiny is what we are here on earth to achieve.It is that which guides us and our need on a quest . The quest to make a mark on something which is a brainchild of ours. If we all went about fulfilling our destiny then the need for a concept called fate would have been lost. Most of us have peoblems identifying our destiny and if at all we manage to do that, more often than not we would be completely lost on how to initialise the process. It is at that moment that the fate comes to play a significant part in our lives as most of us have little memory of what we have committed to do. We are entangled in the material world and often lose sight of our own unique potential.So based on my foe's opinion, Fate could be categorised as our Personal Guardian.
It calls us to attention and knocks us back on to the right path if we stray away from the destined purpose. It is a friendly nudge in the right direction. Though many would regard Fate to be unkind and whimsical in approach, it is both generous and as well as extremely midful of the needs of our soul. Most of the times it hurts. Again, it is only through hardship that we often realise our inner potentials and scale new heights with respect to self realisation.
We often pose a lot of questions on our destiny and are impatient to listen to the answers for they dont happen to spring up in a flash. It happens at the right moment. This could be synonymous to the attempt of feeding a new born wih Panneer Tikka( Kindly Excuse!!, that happens to be my favorite). The knowledge or the taste of good things can only be appreciated at appropriate age with appropriate common sense. Answers could be heard by getting to know more of ourselves and chasing our target with utmost commitment and dedication. Listening to your intuition could help us in this regard.

Destiny is something that we chose to be. Fate happens to us ,seemingly takes away our choices but eventually would lead us back to the choice of Desiny that we chose even before we were born.

Dark Life

2006-04-03T18:40:00.000+05:30

My eyes were closed then, they say...
Lived for free in a dungeon, they say...
sucked blood like a vampire, they say...
clung to her like a parasite, they say..
slept and played in dark, they say...
only to hurt her at will, they say..
won my freedom using her pain, they say...
I was on my own , they say..
Have my eyes and not her , they say..
Have my vision, yet Im blind, I say.

Vande Ganapatim..

2006-04-02T14:55:00.000+05:30

vakrathunda mahakaaya surya koti samaprabha