I'm voicing my angst on two news items that I've come to know of today. I could only recall my grandmother's words, "Mone, this is 'kaliyug' and anything can happen in these times because mankind has reached the limits of morality and does not have any compunction to do the most heinous act, if it works out profitable(?)"
And without much ado, here I go:-
(a) Relief for the quake hit Nepal.
The quake affected people of Nepal have been flooded with cheese and mayonnaise as part of the
contributions from people!
My take.
For heavens' sake do not dump your unwanted stuff to the suffering many in the name of relief.
I've even seen torn clothes and other personal effects going into the collector's bag meant for
providing succour to the people affected by the catastrophe - I'm citing an earlier instance! One
has to take extreme care to select the things that one wants to donate and never take it as an
opportunity to dump one's woefully worn out/unwanted stuff to the people in need of real help.
Mind you, the people out there aren't begging, they're only reestablishing themselves after an
overwhelming tragedy and the relief that's being provided will help them to look after themselves
during the interim when their establishment is being restored!
Apologies for being condescending but I feel strongly when callous attitude is exhibited instead
of actions based on empathy.
(b) 'Supari' killing of your daughter?
A Canada based Indian mother from Punjab had hired professional killers to kill her daughter
who dared to fall in love and marry an autorickshaw driver.
My take.
Unable to digest the fact that her educated daughter had got married to an autorickshaw driver
a mother had hired professional killers, with the connivance of a police officer, to murder her
after a year she'd tied the knot. The mother had an accomplice in her brother, who'd schemed the
ghastly murder. 15 years later, the law has finally caught up with them, when a bench of the
Supreme Court of India has handed out life imprisonment to all the accused.
Human emotions cannot be explained for its logic, which are spontaneous and situation specific
and none has any control over it. And Cupid's ways have their own inherent logic, perhaps! As
lesser mortals, it would be in the fittest scheme of things to accept the situation and hope for
everything to go well rather than allow one's ego to come in the way of rational thinking!
Tailpiece.
Saw the Malayalam movie, "Bhaskar, the rascal" this afternoon which was an out and out entertainer with Mammootty and Nayantara playing the lead. The two child artistes really emoted effortlessly to bring the 'father' and the 'mother' together.
And without much ado, here I go:-
(a) Relief for the quake hit Nepal.
The quake affected people of Nepal have been flooded with cheese and mayonnaise as part of the
contributions from people!
My take.
For heavens' sake do not dump your unwanted stuff to the suffering many in the name of relief.
I've even seen torn clothes and other personal effects going into the collector's bag meant for
providing succour to the people affected by the catastrophe - I'm citing an earlier instance! One
has to take extreme care to select the things that one wants to donate and never take it as an
opportunity to dump one's woefully worn out/unwanted stuff to the people in need of real help.
Mind you, the people out there aren't begging, they're only reestablishing themselves after an
overwhelming tragedy and the relief that's being provided will help them to look after themselves
during the interim when their establishment is being restored!
Apologies for being condescending but I feel strongly when callous attitude is exhibited instead
of actions based on empathy.
(b) 'Supari' killing of your daughter?
A Canada based Indian mother from Punjab had hired professional killers to kill her daughter
who dared to fall in love and marry an autorickshaw driver.
My take.
Unable to digest the fact that her educated daughter had got married to an autorickshaw driver
a mother had hired professional killers, with the connivance of a police officer, to murder her
after a year she'd tied the knot. The mother had an accomplice in her brother, who'd schemed the
ghastly murder. 15 years later, the law has finally caught up with them, when a bench of the
Supreme Court of India has handed out life imprisonment to all the accused.
Human emotions cannot be explained for its logic, which are spontaneous and situation specific
and none has any control over it. And Cupid's ways have their own inherent logic, perhaps! As
lesser mortals, it would be in the fittest scheme of things to accept the situation and hope for
everything to go well rather than allow one's ego to come in the way of rational thinking!
Tailpiece.
Saw the Malayalam movie, "Bhaskar, the rascal" this afternoon which was an out and out entertainer with Mammootty and Nayantara playing the lead. The two child artistes really emoted effortlessly to bring the 'father' and the 'mother' together.
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