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Sunday, June 17, 2007

What is truth?

Truth -- a very simple word, but does it really have a meaning? Merrian Webster summarizes it as a "the state of being the case, a fact"...
But, aren't facts seen, interpreted, reported? What I see is probably not what my neighbor wants to because he is biased, doesn't like that truth? Well, in making that decision, am I not being biased?

So, given a situation -- WHO can represent/report the truth? Human brains are surrounded by clouds of cognizance. These clouds are made up of droplets of information (biases) as imparted by our education, society, friends, parents and our own cognizance(yes, our own so called knowledge)..For example, I have an impression that Gandhiji was really a Mahatma, but he had this "-ve political streak" in him. The more I see things about him, read about him, this truth seems to be true. I am on a truth consolidation mission and interpret truth within my boundaries. So, does that make these things true about Gandhiji???...Well, only in my perspective and maybe a few others who have come to "accept" this as the truth....

So, back to the question, what is truth then? Is truth the cause of all evils in this world? Perhaps yes, because there is no single truth!! Every conflict is a conflict of perspective..I know you might not agree with me, because that is your truth. Are we all living lives of falsehood then? Who can really get me closer to truth? A soul untarnished by the effects of society, culture or truth? Do you think such a soul is truly available?

I live my life in a dream
A dream seldom comes true
But I still live a life to dream a dream
A dream that will just look like true


Life is not about finding truth. It is about the journey that gets us to a path leading to it. It is not just tough to erase our impressions...it is IMPOSSIBLE!

Monday, June 11, 2007

Controversies galore

Cricket and controversies go hand in hand, atleast in the Indian sub-continent (as defined in yesteryears). One coach dies, charges of murder float around, conspiracy theories float around AND everything ends in a whimper? Why the big drama, why all those allegations, resignations and why this dumbness now? Bob Woolmer was not murdered, really? Even if that were true, I really don't want to believe it after all those forensic reports, video recordings, interrogations -- Whatz the scoop !!!!!!

Bangladesh does well, upsets a couple of big teams, reaches quarter-finals AND then loses it's coach Whatmore :)...If I were him, I would stay with the team and get them to win the cup! Whatmore saw BLUE, but only got the blues when India decided to "ignore" him for the big coach position and decided to interview Graham Ford and Micheal Emburey..They offered the job to Ford who politely declined it saying that he preferred coaching Kent to India (what a shame!) and Micheal Emburey didn't want the post either...people should really hate team India...wonder when we will understand on how a sport should be played at an international level. Team decides who it wants the coach to be and BCCI does some futile chases...I wish I could decide who my manager should be :P..

Btw, Whatmore was not called for political reasons apparently...Sharad Pawar has his eyes set on the ICC chariman post and he needs support from 6 of the 11 test playing nations. Asking for Ford, a South-African to coach the Indian team could possibly get that country's approval and Sharad Pawar, his seat...Well, Ford stumped them (pun intended) by refusing it making it a (x+iy) equation for team India to solve...Wonder what our next move is going to be...whatever it is, I think people really have lost interest/ are losing interest in the game.

Indian Idol Googlies

Don't know if I can call it controversial..It almost seemed so. I was surprised when a new girl "Jolly Das" suddenly joined the top 10 Indian Idol contestants to take a shot at winning the much coveted title. Apparently she had contested last year, came to the finals (almost) and had to retract because of a chicken-pox attack. So, the Indian Idol TEAM considered this and gave her a free entry to the final round as "promised". Well, don't recollect if anybody except the Indian Idol "TEAM" remembered the promise. Even the judges weren't too impressed with this sudden development. I can understand it if all this happened as planned, but it hardly seemed so. Why, Sony would do this all of a sudden is quite un-understandable. It is like somebody clearing the CAT exam, then the GD and then coming down with chicken-pox. Would he/she get a free ticket into the selection in'views next year by virtue of this? Comparison might be bad, but both are national level competitions !!

If the above was surprising, shock yourself this time :). Indian Idol decided to bolster this team of 11 contenders with 2 more "promising" contestants from the previous rounds. Don't know if Sony is just too unhappy with the quality of singers on the floor currently or if it just wants to add unnecessary suspense/surprise or if the judges really hate the junta opinion...whatz final is that the list is growing and these two new contestants from a pool of 6 who would perform on stage -- another surprise, judges will choose "one winner" :P...junta will choose the other..Btw, the list of candidates vying for the two spots are
* Shantanu
* Ankita
* Amit Paul
* Ayesha
* Bhavin
* Shifa

In an age where "Wisdom of the crowd" is the mantra for success, we see that Wisdom from a few sometimes overrides it :P..Don't know what to say, but feel that when the contest is about what India wants, it should be that way!!

Henry Ford once said, "Any color as long as it's black"...is that what Sony is saying...any winner as long as it is "?????"...Please feel free to fill the question marks :)...

Btw, for those of you who want to ramp up on Indian Idol 3, http://indianidol.sify.com is the site for you! Enjoy and let the suspense unravel!!!

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