Life is an illusion

The problem is we have given key to our life, our happiness and almost our existence to these electronic things. If any one gets hold of the key, they can make or break us. Why would they make us? They will break us. I made much fuss and cry few months ago about losing my developer account and my blogger account. In vain. Nothing happened. I did not get back my account. Nor could I find out whether it was hacked or not. But last fortnight I noticed that one of my apps (from same developer account) - which is no longer in my control, was no longer available in google play. I was upset, worried and lost. Then I recovered and "moved on". Today I saw that all but 3 of my apps have vanished into this air. Just like the song ella mayavo, prabhave ella mayavo account mayavo, app mayavo kannu muchchadenu ella mayavo Now from the proud owner of 7 apps, I have been reduced to a budding programmer of 4 apps. Bear with me, friends, I will build back my life and take the k

Bech is middle aged writer who hasn't written anything significant for a long time and has realized that now that he is not writing, people are finding greatness in him and his works. So he happily attends college symposiums, seminars etc. all around the world. That is the story so far (what I have read) of the book "Bech is back" by John Updike. I should have brought one of his Rabbit series instead. But as usual, I read about him in Wikipedia after bringing the book.  But, I am reminded again and again how weak is my vocabulary for a person trying to award winning authors. And I am also reminded how little attention span I have when I try to read without skipping his sentences which span 5 to 6 lines. So far I like the book. Almost.

My day starts with a deep philosophical conundrum in the morning. Why should I get up? No, no, I am not a teenager rebelling against the idea of getting up, angry at her mom for waking her up. But I find it difficult to understand the purpose. Anyways I do get up and make a cup of tea and take it to the terrace. Where I have some potted plants. Many of which are withering, have ants all around and crying in despair. Yes, I must warn my gardener (me) and tell her to take better care of them. Then I look at the sky. For more than 4 months now, the sky has been dull gray as if even the sky is disillusioned with life and us. After looking at this sad sky, plants do not look so withered and sick. But some days, like yesterday, there were non-gray clouds in the sky, with a hint of pink in them. A nice, nice sky. But they were hurrying some where afraid of me bringing my camera (mobile) to shoot at them. They need not have. By the time I limp down the stairs and climbed them again, not o

Here is the question paper of Pravesha exam conducted by Sanskrit Bharathi held on 19-8-2018 in Bangalore. Hope it helps.

We live in a world where we have so many truths - the television truth, the whatsapp truth, the facebook truth, the newspaper truth - all of which are many many shades of gray. How can the poor little real truth compete with these newer fancier competitors and survive? We live in a world where compassion and kindness are derided as weakness, where cruelty is glorified as bravery, where hatred is masquerading as patriotism. How should we survive in this world and also remain sane? And the one who grandiosely declared that he will "sambhavami yuge yuge", where is he now? Why isn't he taking yet another "avatar" to fix this earth and fix all of us?

I have written earlier that I am learning Sanskrit. Yes, and I am also taking an exam in Sanskrit. Strange but true. Till now, the only Sanskrit I pronounce were the shlokas I would mutter. No I don't give beautiful gaalis and selected adjectives to the God I am praying to while I am praying - though I am entitled to. I don't say "vaktratunda mahakaya", "tell me why should I pray at all. What good you have ever done to me","nirvignam kuru me deva, sarva karyeshu sarvada", "nirvighna, huh, I don't see anything but vighna whatever I do" etc. etc. No I don't do this. Again I am entitled to do it, but I don't. Scold God while praying. But then one day when I was feeling completely disillusioned with life etc. etc., my friend called me and asked whether I would like to study for this exam in Sanskrit. Of course I would be. Any learning which does not involve cooking and cleaning, I would be interested. And if that learning i

Stupid Bug Working computer :)

Well as we all have read that by 2025 Bangalore will face major water crisis, we must at least give a serious thought about water conservation. Please read this article in today's Hindu, where talks about supplying water from river flood plains and creating mineral water zones in forests. https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/scaled-up-solutions-for-a-future-of-water-scarcity/article24575853.ece