hmm, the wicked witch of the west, the cruel stepsisters, the quintessentially evil pallavi of kahani ghar ghar ghar.....havent u noticed hw the most evil manifestations of evil as in implied evil are women.....wht does this indicate to you??
i have been battling with this question for ages now and till last week hadnt come across any reasonable, feasible explanation....until the da vinci code happened....suddenly everything fell in place....u see, Dan Brown explains all this- the degradation of the feminine form over the centuries to a part of the church's propoganda to perpetuate the divinity of christ.....i dont knw hw true or correct this is, but it sure is an interesting insight!!
this brings me to the indian version of things- the sanctity of the devi- the daughter or the bahu being a "devi".....ostentatiously very feminine oriented but practically this belief being mocked at every single day by our actions.....so wht does tht make- ppl who choose to ignore wht they knw or imbecicles who dont knw??
all said and done, my question remains unanswered!!
any answers??
Friday, November 12, 2004
Saturday, August 07, 2004
fitting in
there are times when we tend to feel down and out for no apparent reason...it may not be becoz of anything in particular, just tht u get to knw everything last of all, u figure out stuff after all others, all relationships are topsy turvy and most of all suddenly the ppl u love best expect u have an independent life of ur own!!
u then start to really feel as if u dont belong....but with a person like me, it goes further than this...i feel as if i dont belong to the now....i tend to feel tht in the normal course of things also, but at times like this, the feeling gets aggravated and a cyclical tendency sets in place.....but the times are a changing and this time instead of a "why do i even exist in this world? why cant we have an option of a better world?" and so on, wht did get into my head was a thought, " if God sent me in this present, i must belong to the nw"......tht is my option, i can choose to live my life or i choose to let life govern me:)
it seems very simplistic, but look at it a 2nd, 3rd or even a 4th time, and its a very powerful idea....we belong in the present, there is nothing else to it....and tht is real and there is no way around it.....either think of urself stuck with it or accept it...:)
so dear girl think, but not so much so as to want to no longer think.....and more importantly live for there is but one life, dont really knw abt the others nw do we?
u then start to really feel as if u dont belong....but with a person like me, it goes further than this...i feel as if i dont belong to the now....i tend to feel tht in the normal course of things also, but at times like this, the feeling gets aggravated and a cyclical tendency sets in place.....but the times are a changing and this time instead of a "why do i even exist in this world? why cant we have an option of a better world?" and so on, wht did get into my head was a thought, " if God sent me in this present, i must belong to the nw"......tht is my option, i can choose to live my life or i choose to let life govern me:)
it seems very simplistic, but look at it a 2nd, 3rd or even a 4th time, and its a very powerful idea....we belong in the present, there is nothing else to it....and tht is real and there is no way around it.....either think of urself stuck with it or accept it...:)
so dear girl think, but not so much so as to want to no longer think.....and more importantly live for there is but one life, dont really knw abt the others nw do we?
Sunday, July 11, 2004
aajkal
the title sounds prety boring naa, well it is bas yun hi:)this one is about the life and times of today and well maybe tomorrow....they say, the world is shrinking- a global village is in the making....well duh, the world seems pretty big from where i am standing...this is abt the BPL coexisting with the globetrotting rich, abt a ragpicker coexisting with an ambani, abt a dalai lama coexisting with george w.bush....and cats coexisting with dogs..lol
but then isnt this world abt coexistence....why then do we have a war on iraq?? why then do we have an arms race?? why then do we have sooooo many disparities that ur head actually starts to reel once u start thinking abt it??
is this going to be true abt the future also?? i dont knw, and if u dont believe in astrology or even time-travel for tht matter, then nobody does....
tis true the world seems unlivable at present, but u knw wht, i luv it!! it may be crooked, it may not be a perfect sphere- its still abt me, my age, my times....we crib and crib and crib and lust after wht we dont have- my only prayer is tht let not the future be soo perfect tht there is nothing to change- let it not be soo good tht man maynot deserve it...let there be flaws, the correction of which makes one want to go on...and more still; let there be one....
i dont knw hw we will get there- will it be peaceful or will it be violent?? will it be in equality tht we march or in much worse inequalities than exist today?? will it be as an enlightened race tht we march or as a species (in)famed for its destructive capabilities??
morover will it be here on earth or in a land far, far away??
maybe tomorrow we may yearn for today, thinking this to be perfect....think abt it..
but then isnt this world abt coexistence....why then do we have a war on iraq?? why then do we have an arms race?? why then do we have sooooo many disparities that ur head actually starts to reel once u start thinking abt it??
is this going to be true abt the future also?? i dont knw, and if u dont believe in astrology or even time-travel for tht matter, then nobody does....
tis true the world seems unlivable at present, but u knw wht, i luv it!! it may be crooked, it may not be a perfect sphere- its still abt me, my age, my times....we crib and crib and crib and lust after wht we dont have- my only prayer is tht let not the future be soo perfect tht there is nothing to change- let it not be soo good tht man maynot deserve it...let there be flaws, the correction of which makes one want to go on...and more still; let there be one....
i dont knw hw we will get there- will it be peaceful or will it be violent?? will it be in equality tht we march or in much worse inequalities than exist today?? will it be as an enlightened race tht we march or as a species (in)famed for its destructive capabilities??
morover will it be here on earth or in a land far, far away??
maybe tomorrow we may yearn for today, thinking this to be perfect....think abt it..
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