Life is an illusion

ಯಮ್ಮನ್ಯಲ್ಲೂ ಇದ್ದಲೇ ಎಂತಾ ಇದ್ದೆ? ಆ ಪುಸ್ತಕ - ಯುದ್ಧ ಮತ್ ಶಾಂತಿ. ಇಪ್ಪತ್ವರ್ಷದ್ಹಂದೆ ತಗಂಜಿ.  ಪುಸ್ತಕ ಇದ್ರ ಎಂತಾ ಆಗ್ತು? ದೇಶದ್ರೋಹಿ ಹೇಳ್ತ್ವಡಲೆ ಅದೆಲ್ಲ ಪುಸ್ತಕ ಇಟ್ಕಂಡ್ರೆ. ಈಗೆಂತ  ಮಾಡಕಾತು ಅದ್ನಾ? ಎಲ್ಲಾರು  ಹೂಗಸಿಟ್ಟುಕ್ ಬಲಕ್ ತಿರ್ಗು ಬಲಕ್ಕೇ ಹೂಂ. ಬಲಕ್ ತಿರಿಗ್ದವೆಲ್ಲಾ ಬಚಾವಾಗ್ತ. ನಿಂಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಯ ಬಲದಲ್ಲೆ ಬಲ ಇದ್ದು. ಹಂಗಂಬ್ಯ?

I call myself a confused atheist. Spirituality OK, but religion! Not so much. Rituals, festivals? Not a big fan. So when someone talks about the pujas in festivals, you may see my one eye brow slightly higher. No, I am joking. I am not Jeeves. And I do not dare most of the times to contradict any one’s beliefs. I do it only in the privacy of my blogs. ;) But why the picture of Ganesha in my blog post. Because in childhood we use to be so thrilled looking at these idols getting made, coloured etc.  One thing no one can deny is in this mundane life of ours we need something to celebrate- be it a cricket match or a festival. Festival is an excuse we have invented to make ourselves happy?

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This is one of the shows on Netflix from Australia - Secret city. There is a situation in the series like this. A lady senator - let us call her Jane wants to bring a bill called One Australia - where this agency with the same name will have complete control over all communications - encrypted or not. That way the agency can protect their nation from terrorists and rogue elements inside and outside the nation. This Jane has allies of not so good people - as politician are known to have. But the bill has opposition because it violates the privacy of common man. All his private texts, mails and phone calls to his wife, colleague, or an ex-lover or any one becomes not-private. Now what happens is there is a communication attack in the airports. All flights in 3 airports are unable to communicate. In one of the flights is son of defense minister - let us say Max who is completely opposed to One Australia bill. Defense ministry is panicking. They are unable to contact the PM as he is

We all need some role models. In all stages of life.  When we are kids, we look upto our parents, imitate them and want to be them. After certain age, we idolise our teachers. Then may be film stars. Or may be some religious gurus. But I hadn’t come across people in awe of a political person, being his fans and willing to die for him. Not even Gandhiji was adored like this by people of post independence India.  Now suddenly people are literally becoming devotees of this party and its leader. Why and how? Difficult to fathom. 

ದಯೆ ಧರ್ಮ ಮಾನವೀಯತೆ ಇವೆಲ್ಲ ಮಾಯವಾಗುತ್ತಿವೆ. ಬದಲು ಸೇಡು, ಶಾಸ್ತಿ , ಬಲ ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನ, ಇವೆ ರಾರಾಜಿಸುತ್ತಿವೆ. ನಾನು ಬಲಾಢ್ಯ, ನಾನೇ ನ್ಯಾಯ, ನಾನೇ ಧರ್ಮ, ನಾನೇ ದೇವರು. ನಿನಗೆ ಸರಿ ಬರದಿದ್ದರೆ ಮೊದಲು ತೊಲಗು ಈ ಮಾತು ಪ್ರತ್ಯಕ್ಷ ಪರೋಕ್ಷವಾಗಿ ಎಲ್ಲೆಲ್ಲೂ ಕೇಳಿ ಬರುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಘೋರ ಕಲಿಗಾಲ !

In the 1980s when TV came to India, there was only one Tv channel. Doordarshan- a government channel. Now almost 40 years later, there are lot many TV channels, many news channels. All (almost all) government channels. But with a better UI. 

Before I forget, let me tell you something. I tend to forget, as I have too many projects going on like Elon Musk, to make the world a better place (for me :)) So I have this wonderful app called “ Simplified C++”.   The app has everything you need to learn C++. It has notes, quiz and solved programs.  Of course, it is a free app. Why don’t you download and see for yourself? Download from google play store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hegdeapps.cppsimplified