"God's Own Voice - Rafi"

A close friend asked, what makes me love Rafi with such rare devotion and exult ever so much that I do.

I told him,“You see, the ass that I am, am not sure if your God lets me in heaven even once, when I am dead and there. But sure as hell, my Rafi perennially keeps me in heaven, while I am here and alive!”

As someone who can’t imagine a ‘heaven on earth’, my pal obviously, was disinclined to believe me.
Fact of matter is, I am of that ignorant lot, who don’t subscribe to the very concept of ‘heaven above’!
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How have I been a devotee of this human-God for 55 years?
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Don’t we believe in that ‘One Supreme-Godhead’ in a sea of demi-gods & goddesses?

Yes, we do! But, while we do revere all those demi-gods & goddesses, our true love & devotion will ever stay Supreme-Godhead-centric!

If it doesn’t by any chance, for God’s (and your own) sake, don’t ask me who & what I think you are!
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The Supreme-Godhead is none but Rafi in the whole of singer-fraternity!

Here, I would present you with an example of a song, to see what differentiates the 'Supreme' from even the 'Best' - ‘Rafi’ from the ‘Rest’….Lata included!

Singing with a lovely voice 'perfectly in tune with the set-tune' is one thing (which Lata does with élan).

But singing with a divine voice where a million melodies culminate into one to create a heavenly feel all around, is a different proposition altogether.
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If you care to know, listen to this song intently, with eyes closed, letting all senses receptive to their optimum competence!

You can observe - "a feeling so explicit, emotion so expressive, pronunciation so exquisite, throw of words so unique, nuances so intricate, precision so amazing & style so trendy".

In case you can’t, well, curse your creator!


PS:
I provide a very small sample for those musically deaf of us:

https://youtu.be/L1ieEurUE2E

[Lata at 1.46-48 & Rafi at 3.13-15]

Whatsay?!!!!!!

"AAP sucks real bad"!

AAP sucks real bad! 

A party created & led by anti-nationals, Naxals, Commies & MFs of the first order.

Its a party of rotten d.heads like Prashant Bhushan who advocates referendum in J&K; 

Yogendra Yadav, the pseudo-social scientist and till recently member-advisory-team of Pappu;

Kumar Vishwas, another smelly d.head who calls himself a poet and makes the cheapest mockery of Lord Shiva; 
and like pervert lot.

On election eve, this dangerous liar & cheat Brindencrazywal shows to the world a 370-page charge-memo on Sheila Dixit; 

declares that she would be put behind bars for all her 15-year-long corrupt rule if they came to power; 

takes an 'oath on his kids' neither to lend nor take support of the corrupt Con-G or BJP to form the govt; 

pledges that no elected leader of AAP would avail govt. provided vehicle / house / security!

doesn't have any moral gumption in playing ball with known terrorist leaders, only to garner votes of a section of people! 

Now he forms a govt with the very support of the 'corrupt' Con-G;

won't move a finger against Sheila or any Con-G leader anymore;

demands "proof" to be shown to him when questioned on what action he was taking on Con-G corruption; 

gets palatial govt. house & a vehicle; 

all his cabinet members take a new SUV 'Toyota Innova' each! 

plays the same ruinous Con-G tactic of doles & freebies with least concern for to-morrow! 

wants to further extend & enhance existing reservations (learn for whom!)! 

Arrogant, irresponsible, double-speaking buggers, no different from other dirty politicians! 
Other politicians could be corrupt but are no traitors of nation like these are!

Mind, their 'only point agenda' is to stop Modi from becoming the PM at whatever cost, in the crooked company of Con-G, SP, BSP, RJD, BJD, NCP, PDP, MIM etc.

These are here to break our nation into bits & pieces and make us Indians, refugees in our own motherland!

Which right-thinking 'aam admi' would vote for these anti-national crooks in the garb of "aam admi"? 

Personally, if I were given the only option of voting for either AAP or the thoroughly rotten Con-G, I shall be constrained to still vote for Con-G and definitely not to this d.head traitor tribe!

Aam Admi, better know for your own sake!

"Seeing through the AAP for what it is"

AAP really sucks! 

AAP knows that it can't rule Delhi and deliver any of what all it promised - before the oncoming general elections. 

Con-Grass pledged unconditional support to AAP to form the government and belled the cat to make people see the worthlessness of AAP as much as to keep off BJP - two birds at one shot! 

AAP knows that it simply lacks the wherewithal to rule even a tiny state like Delhi. 

They are at a total loss as to how to wriggle themselves out of this situation. 
And hence, their tall list of idiotic demands, most of which ironically, need no more than executive orders to implement and support from none. 

Showing heaven in the palm is one thing but making it even remotely true is something of a different proposition. 
[as with most suitors. married girls know this better] 

Only idiots would vote for this "Spit & Run Party"! 
[You did see & know the Commies, of course!] 

Or, is it the Con-Grass 'B' team, a grand strategy to split the BJP votes in the forthcoming general elections? 

Judge for yourselves!

Food for thought: 

Isn't Arvind Jokerwala, the future Brindenwala, a creation of the Congrasswala? 
       

Broom prices skyrocketed overnight across Delhi and Northern India while onion prices came crashing down!

As the assembly poll results poured out, Delhi witnessed a never-heard phenomenon of disappearance of brooms of all types and sizes. Brooms did a vanishing act right from that corner-shop to the departmental store in the capital state.

Fingers were pointed at the same politician of Maharashtra who was earlier credited with the onion price rise. 

It is said that hoarders vacated onion stocks overnight from warehouses to make room for the broom stocks.

A certain non-secular party went on record linking this to D-company but was stoutly shouted down in one voice by all secular parties of the nation.

House-wives were at a loss as to whether celebrate the sudden influx of onions or mourn the disappearance of brooms in the market.

All Delhi Home-Rulers Community (ADHRC) appealed to Arvind to change AAP election symbol ‘Broom’ to the more modern ‘Vacuum-cleaner’ to ease the situation, assuring that such smart changeover will only enhance the essence of the party message and hence, its image.

Their chairperson made a sweeping statement that it would be the first ever ‘Change’ that AAP, the party ‘with & for a Change’ owed them for all their support.

The vacuum-cleaner, they fervently argued, offers the best solution to suck-out the remnants of corrupt congress elements once and for all, from under the exquisite carpets of Dixit and Gandhi households.

They told the party bosses of AAP in the clearest feminine terms that depriving them of their most traditional dual-purpose domestic appliance on the eve of each election, was unethical and hence, unacceptable. 

Simultaneously, they assured that they would put the brooms to the exact use they were invented for ages ago, and ensure that their spouses voted for AAP instead of BJP in the forthcoming elections.

Meanwhile, the All Delhi Oppressed-Hubby Community (ADOHC) questioned the wisdom of AAP bosses of disowning the brooms which brought them their first electoral glory. They cautioned that such an act would only have a pan-India negative impact on the voter-sentiment.

Opponents of AAP and the Congress particularly, went wild with exhilaration on knowing the scarcity of brooms.

However, Sheila Dixit going public with her ecstasy at this news drew the wrath of ADHRC activists who said that it was demeaning of the very core of womanhood.

Finally, the Congress breathed easy that AAP couldn’t sweep them out any more, in the absence of fresh broom supplies. They believe that new stocks can never reach Delhi markets before the general elections. 

Further, insiders revealed that teams of party-activists were already deployed at all entry points of Delhi to block any new broom supplies. High-command assured the party workers that their efforts would be well compensated from NREGA funds and those drawn from the Swiss accounts for this exclusive purpose.

"Of predictions and bypass routes"

Is there something on my ‘mind’?

            

Why, yes!

Predictions…..prophecy……

Astrology, ….mistry, ……logy, ….ing, ….ult, ….logy et.al !

“What has future in store for me?”

This, I believe, appeals equally to my ‘utterly ignorant mind’ as to your vastly knowledgeable ones…..a matter of great interest to delve (shall I say deep?) unto!

And, how I love foreknowledge to all future happenings!!!

(For God’s sake, don’t be so naive as to censure me, “what f….n fun would there be in your f….n life, once you knew every damned bit of it?”)

But the greatest paradox ever is that being privy to such knowledge and whether or not one likes that which were to happen, none would like to be questioned as to what the hell could one do about a certain thing that one wouldn't like to happen.

There of course, are readily-laid-out routes to bypass any & every unsavory occurrence / bad phase in one's present or future life, offered on a platter by those Gurus or God-men/women who claim glory to have altered the course of innumerable lives (except their own) …… if only one were willing to compensate (in cash or kind or both) for that off-the-rack, proprietary solution.

So I pay someone to know my future and yet again, that very someone or some other one, to provide me the ticket to go the bypass route!

Now, it’s time to get down to serious business….

“Oh, no please,” pleads my old fatigued mind. “Need some rest, can’t go about astrology kind of a dense topic right now,” it says.

No way but to excuse it till a later date!

"Exports...."

Global exports:

USA exports WAR 

PAKISTAN exports TERRORISM

And what does INDIA? 

Nothing worth mention of....

The only commodity India can export and live without is......

the huge Stacks of CON-GRASS....unfit for domestic consumption - human or otherwise!

Can India export and offload its rotten stock at least by 2014?

"Wanna escape the Digital reach? No way!"

Isn’t it inhuman of FB to ask ‘what’s on your mind?’ knowing well that my mind is still in a swirl? ......not that I expect Facebook to behave any human though! 

I suffered this ‘blocked-mind’ the other day, but had a lucky escape from what otherwise could have been a ‘busted-bottom’ as a free add-on. 

The how and what of it, I’ll tell you once my mind clears up a bit.


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Hitherto, Mahesh babu alone had that killer ‘punch’ to ‘block' your 'mind'! 

But, could he do the same to those beyond his ‘physical reach’? Nope!

These modern days, he can't keep us awed anymore …...that is all passé! 

Wonder why?

* * * * * *

Tell me, what chances does that great Bruce Lee have against the genius of our Rajnikant in a fight? 

Zero that is equal to 0! 

Don’t look so damned confounded….

Simple truth is, Bruce Lee can only fight physically, but none the way our Rajni baba can! 

Exploits of our Rajni are gravity-defying, of which the Lee fellow has the least idea! 

Got the point? Still, No? 

Okay, let me explain!

You can stay clear off the ‘physical reach' of Bruce Lee, but never beyond the ‘digital reach’ of Rajni dear! 

Simple na?

* * * * * * 

Uh, I recollect now…... 

It all happened on that fateful night….when I sat within the ‘digital reach’ of our "7th/43rd century-non-definable-phenomenon" called Ra….......!

No, no, not Rajni baba, did I not say it was the 7th/43rd cent....non-def.....phen....?

Gawd, you truly deserve to get your minds blocked and bottoms busted! 

Don’t plead that you needed more time to recover from the last shocker.

Arre yaar, these are no ordinary times….no mock-drills anymore….don’t you realize it’s run-up time for the grand polls?….an emergency? ......time for you to pull up socks, tighten belts and brace up pronto with the best of chest-ups to brave the incessant shockers aimed your way?

Aaah, now you know….who else? yeah, yeah…. it’s the charming prince of erudite eloquence and darling of the nation! 

Yes, no wonder the media needs him real bad....to dole out their daily quota of subsistence! No, not fodder….don’t you ever lock horns with Lalu's cow-herds!

* * * * * *
It is fine with me, the old, unencumbered that I am. 

But you, youngsters need adequate life cover before venturing to face the ‘7/43c.non-de.ph'! 

True of course, the risk of 'going insane' can't be insured against!

* * * * * *

Though enough braced-up as ever I was, the prescription of ‘escape velocity of Jupiter’ made me wince and go 'near-brain-dead'! 

I suffered a severely ‘blocked-mind’ but seated as I was in a chair, escaped the freebie I was referring to....the ‘busted-bottom’!

The best of the Medical fraternity advised me the ‘only antidote’ available for my condition on date......FB, the miracle medicine!

So now, my dear fellow faces, don’t underestimate the TV screen, taking it for an innate object that can do no harm! 

Be wary of what 'digital reach' is capable of....those spills of atrocious wisdom from the ‘7/43c.non-de.ph' coming off your TV screens and hitting against your fragile brains!

Forget dalit empowerment for now; go save your beans as best you can!

On your Guard? 

Well yes, that’s a lot better now….you might survive past 2014 to show your happy faces back on FB!

"Innocent Nonsense!"

There is a certain matter bothering my ‘mind’ these days...... 

Why do kids of the day lose innocence at an age far earlier than you did?

I hear people attributing it to an overload of information.

If it were so, how a similarly placed Rahul G could retain his kid-like innocence?

No denying that Rahul baba defended him-self against all attempts by this wicked world to violate his virgin innocence for 43+ long years, which for sure, is a record of sorts!

So far as I knew, he never took it any kindly to people who went hoarse goading him, ‘Grow up kid!’

Isn’t it possible that your kids too retained their innocence the way Rahul G could? 

I stoutly refute those corrupt minds who say that a 43 year old can no longer be a kid or innocent! 

Rahul proved all such people wrong when he told the world, “my mother told me, what words I used in the ‘press club’ against the proposed ordinance was wrong!”’. 

Tell me, how many of the new age kids enjoy such honest innocence? 

That people equate ‘pristine innocence’ to ‘idiocy’ is another matter and the world abounds in all kinds of vicious minds. 

Just concede that Rahul G is in a league by him-self! 

Of course, there is a lot to do with the birth and brought-up, I concede.

But then, don’t waste my precious time and your own breath, arguing that all kids can't have Sonias for mothers and Gandhis for fathers! 

Find some other reason, Okay? 

And ha, don't mix up innocence with nonsense......

"Pray pardon my ignorant mind!"

I heard someone say that Americans these days are a 'pissed off' lot with our beloved MMS!

"The Indian PM sets his foot on American soil......American government shuts down!"

I am annoyed at this half-baked truth! 

How come they make such mean aspersions against MMS?

I vehemently contest this....I mean, there is a limit to discredit his abilities! 

It is only a "Partial shut-down" what they had after his visit, while we, Indians credit MMS with the "Total shut-down" in India! 

Whatever, the true Indian that I am, I celebrate the power of the MMS leg!

Pray pardon my ignorant 'mind'....

"Knowledge is power!"

‘Knowledge is power’ is what generally is said and believed to be. 
Of course, it is! 
One ought to aim and gain as much of it as one can. 
Quite true!

That said, it is the amount of ‘Common sense’ we possess and ‘Prudence’ we exercise in matters of life that keep us afloat in this world while knowledge, as always, is a perk. 

‘Knowledge’ being a vastly relative and an abstract term is common knowledge.
Of what one can attain in the span of a whole life time is just a minuscule of the available.

Enough if one realizes this.


Tail piece:

What are you left with in life if your one and only objective is but to gain knowledge and knowledge alone?

It exactly is why sages like me proclaimed that ‘Ignorance is Bliss’!

Now you shouldn't wonder why I always kept myself ‘ignorant’ rather than ‘knowledgeable’.

Take my advice and push your knowledge to the backseat where it belonged!

Be forever blissful!!!

"iPad Spirituality!"

Ah...the moment I open FB, the same bloody poser stares at me….'What’s on your mind?'

It sounds like “pehchan kaun?” from that comedy show on TV….or like Bhetala who isn't ever tired of testing Vikramaditya!

Oh, am I not pleasantly surprised to realize that my 'face' on FB does have a 'mind' after all?!!!

Gracias.... 

Well then, I would rather spill my beans....

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Okay, the 'jobless' that I am, am now on a portal which claims to be the only one of its kind to promote 'spirituality'! Fortunately FB doesn't stake claim to any such grandiosity!

Among those thousands of its members, the community I am telling about can really boast of quite a few brilliant thinkers and writers. I feel extremely happy going through their wise contributions! A platform without parallel, where one finds great diversity in thought and expression!

But then, there too are certain glitches, glaringly visible. 

Alas, we can never find anything good sans one or the other annoying elements in this universe!

Yes, the admin have many a scheme in place to encourage active participation by all and sundry (such as I am)!

One such recent initiative was the monthly ‘BlogStar’ contest - with an ‘iPad mini’ on the offer to whosoever won the “BlogStar of the Month” title! And with what great results?!!!

Like us ordinary mortals, certain spiritual seekers too can't contain the base human tendencies lurking underneath their philosophical facades from surfacing overnight......What for but to win something tangible like a (silly) ' iPad mini', if not that (bizarre) 'title' itself!

Many who used to contribute some four / five blogs a month, straightaway got into business in right earnest, raining on us thunderous spiritual blogs at lightning speeds of  thirty or so a month, attaining great spiritual heights in the process. 

Besides all the spiritual genius, they showcased worldly skills too with equal ease and finesse in their own innovative ways of manipulating the star ratings, comments, shares etc. all of which to boost their point-count and win that coveted(?) ‘title’!

In this devilishly stormy scenario, an aggrieved blogger poured out his anguish in his post! Yours truly, as you all well know by now, could not help but volunteer with his “Free Tips” on how to win this spiritual battle ever so effortlessly!………………….….

I reproduce here-under what all I advised them on that 'spiritual' portal:

"Okay, I have these 'Free Tips' on offer to anyone aspiring to WIN the 'BlogStar' title (& that iPad mini) with a resounding BANG:

(1) Keep quiet for a month - make out 6/7/8....even 10 or more blogs a day - on any and every idiotic topic you can think of (pretty simple) - keep a ready-to-use stockpile of that junk!  [ammunition]

You don't need any originality of thought or expression - only the numbers count.

Tip:
(a) Copy paste anything from the 'Net'
(b) Add an Introductory & a Concluding sentence and give it a good enough Title
(c) Acknowledge source: 'Internet' ['blanket cover' - you are now 'honesty personified!']

(2) Create some 20/30 - as many profiles as you can! Post a few comments from each such profile on others' blogs during this 'preparatory' month - to make them look authentic. [logistics]

(3) A moral can always be added at the end of each blog - an expression of your moral hunger:

"How sad people have become so dishonest these days? Don't we STians have a sacred duty to uphold virtues as best we can?"

[You can go on shuffling the first & second questions just for a change, in each blog]

(4) For novelty, you may also say:

"Have a purpose in life and Work to that end - Doesn't matter even if it is as small as winning an iPad mini!

[No harm repeating the same in each of your blogs!]

(5) So now you are ready for the assault!

From the 1st of the following month, start throwing all your (own!) blogs at those, sitting underneath the 'Silent ST' with a missionary zeal @10/day!...........................................

(6) Post three comments per each of your 'creatively created profiles' and your ignorant / innocent replies on them!

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Receivable: iPad mini

Payable     : Honesty & Self-respect [nothing in fact....I don't have any!]
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"Rules are for Fools" [I don't intend to be one!]
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When you undertook a pious project, say, like lifting a new pair of shoes from a marriage pandal or such place & were on the exit route, nothing should distract you......no shouts, police whistles....whatever, from behind!

After all you have a purpose in life and a goal to achieve!

Ain't it?

Spiritually yours,

zukzukzuk

Tail piece:

Everybody wants to go to heaven....but nobody wants to die! [anonymous]

How come? 

"How to Deal with Desperation?"

It is always ‘Inspiration’ or ‘Desperation’ that drives one to think and act ‘Positive’ or ‘Negative’ in life!

‘Desperation’ is the feeling of utter helplessness in given situations with no apparent way out.

Desperation can make one so miserable as to despise even the God, the rest of the world and/or one's own self and existence.

This condition is experienced by many at some time or the other in the course of their lives.

There could be any number of causes or situations to make one desperate, and hence, miserable!

Desperation pushes one to decisions and actions, which more often than not, end up in catastrophe.

It is only ‘inspiration’, if one is fortunate to find in some form or source, which pulls back and resurrects one from the psychological doom likely to be caused by desperation.

Hence, it is of paramount importance that one needs to be ‘inspired’ in life to be saved from getting ‘despaired’.

In any desperate situation, one should never forget the very basic and universal truth that ‘Nothing is going to be the end of the Road’ and that ‘There always is Light at the end of the Tunnel’.

Also, one another thing to be remembered forever is that the sufferer is not alone or exclusive in this vast, vast world, but millions suffer from desperation and its misery, but sure come out happier.

Tomorrow is always going to be yet another and a better day, for anyone to look for!  

Modern day provides medications albeit with serious side effects, to counter depression which has many causes, desperation being one.

But of the many other larger gains it provides, one sure-shot remedy for prevention & cure for this problem is always there in ‘spiritualism’ which is inclusive or even independent of any religion.  

The role and benefits of ‘spiritualism’ in life is immense by any measure, as it negates all the negatives.

The sooner the better it would be, for anyone to realize this!

"In a nutshell"

‘Religion’ or ‘Faith’ basically is conceptualized by the ‘wise’ to bring in order, cohesion and peace in human habitations at the very beginning of evolution of civilization. 

End of the ‘man-eats-man’ phase and protection to the weak and the infirm (order); Tolerance, equality, bonding among people belonging to the particular faith (cohesion); Interaction, affinity, brotherhood, harmonious co-existence - all of which, culminating in the physical and psychological well-being (peace) – are all the fruits of introduction of religion in this universe.

Peace is the quintessential prerequisite for proper channelization of thought processes concerning all areas of human endeavor, aimed at advancement in humanities, arts, sciences and spirituality.

Great minds realized the futility of anything destructive (negativity); and the worth of everything constructive (positivity). 

Accordingly, they showed different ways and means to nurture and sustain positivity among humans through religious tenets. 

When endowed with fertile minds, diversity in thought is but natural. This caused the birth and propagation of different religions through the agency of great souls at different times in human history. 

There can always be new religions evolving so long as human race exists in this universe. 

Incidentally, no religion ignores the nature with all its creatures, without a proper balance of which, humans can’t survive for long on this planet. 

‘Spiritualism’ is innate to religion.

But then, certain thinkers, by virtue of their inherent knowledge and in their own innovative ways, went beyond religion in pursuit of self-realization. 

Hence, ‘spiritualism’ could be both inclusive and independent of religion.

Now-a-days ‘Hinduism’ is known as one another religion. 

People including those born as Hindus, are ignorant of what came to be known as Hinduism in fact, is ‘Hindu Dharma’ or ‘Sanatana Dharma’ - a way of life, and not a religion as has been contrived by the British and acknowledged by the rest. 

The fact of course, stands out that as with the times, ‘Hindu Dharma’ lost much of its sanctity, though not in totality. 

Though not adhering to their own religious principles in any great measure, people are getting more and more intolerant of other religious groups - a great irony. 

Religious intolerance is indicative of lack of reverence to own religious principles, which is not realized as such, by any! 

What all religious alienation we witness today, is sparked by ignorant fanatics and further fueled and bolstered by political leaders for their own selfish ends.

No sane person whichever religion he is aligned to, would harbor negative thoughts against another religion!

"What's on your mind?"

What's on my mind?

Ah yes, its old age....

I read a blog a moment ago, titled "Old is not always Gold". 

The lady started the blog expressing how very exhausting an experience it was meeting her old uncle etc. etc. with the customary spiritual overtures splashed here and there!

She was clearly in need of being reminded of a simple, yet relevant fact of life, which made me to post this comment on her blog: 


"Old-age is an inevitable phase of life.

Everyone loves it to be a well-written last chapter with a matching epilogue!

Well ultimately, how it always will be - what we sow, so we reap! 

Incidentally mam, you are not alone to experience exhaustion meeting an old, ever-grumbling uncle!

In fact, it feels such a trying experience for me too at times...whenever I meet my own old-self!"

"I don't at all mind...."

Every time I open Face Book, sure as hell an empty dialogue box  poses me a question! 

Oh God! this space never tires of asking "What's on your mind?"!!!

Okay, what is on my mind?

Well, there is no reason for me to mind telling whatever is there on my mind! Fine!...........

I respect a certain great soul - one learned and wise gentleman, a blogger, commentator and yes, a humorist too! 

He mixes humor and spirituality so intricately that reading his blogs & comments will be so very joyful and also make us contemplate deep on what has been conveyed!

He ended his recent blog this way:
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Trickishly yours,
psn

[Oh, don't say there is no word 'trickishly' in English! He is a great Master of English language too! Its only that he is just, pleasantly tricky here as well!]

Well, I loved the content so very much that I couldn't but fall head over heals, as any of his readers would!

What is extracted below was part of my comment posted on his blog:

"Hmm…trickishly ours!?!!!

So my revered sir can be trickily ticklish if he so wished!.....Oh, nope!

He is only a champion of tricks……no sir, I don’t mean trickeries….can’t say a trickster either….not by any chance!

[o it meens sooo? o, reelly? gawd, i dinnoo! i hate foren langvage….damn ingileesh… an bannit foren!]

"…….desire for ‘attainment’ and desire for ‘dropping of the desire"…...


True Sir, it is the trickiest of all and the last trick for any to succeed at!

That exactly is why I said on your preceding blog page - the ‘master of both worlds’!"
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(well, this doesn't matter hereabouts)

I don't at all mind if you say....none of the above too....

"Forgiveness"

“To forgive is divine!” is the universal 'Truth'!

Of the many aspects relating to “forgiveness” that the writer discussed so meaningfully in a blog that I read recently, “Who can forgive the guilty? Is it the aggrieved, or we people, who are not directly affected by the crime?” was pivotal to her write-up.

At a personal level, I believe that, whenever a rape / murder or any kind of irrevocable physical and/or mental harm is committed intentionally or knowingly by an individual, he/she if proved guilty, has to be punished, not by physical harm or killing in retaliation, as done by who we call the uncivilized (tribal or barbarian communities), but by segregating him/her for the rest of life from the society. 

To me, the lofty idea of providing an opportunity to reform simply does not work and carries no meaning at all, and is the greatest folly being entertained, and the greatest injustice meted out to the aggrieved!

Such a crime if ignored by a society is no society to live in, for normal humans.

Such society ceases to be a just society, and the community, no humans!

But alas, such is the ‘society’ we happen to live in! 

Are you and me, alien to this society?

Or is it just the apathy most of us are used to display in our daily lives?

I believe that we do have a duty to perform to the society we belong to, besides our own selves.

Our personal virtuosity alone cannot ensure a safe existence to our kids and theirs!

I wholly condemn and curse those, who sit in relative safety and advocate “a Fair Opportunity to reform (!?)” - to plumb hell! 

I care a damn if I sound impudent to these pseudo-intellectuals or if I amass sin for cursing certain sub-humans.

These irresponsible members of the society, according to me, are the real culprits, and even worse than those who actually commit such heinous crimes!