Adjudicated Parallels

There is a lax side to every stringent norm or regulation or enforcement, however effective it may sound. This side puts the person at the receiving end to a great deal of comfort or easiness, though at the outset it seems that the he is not. Only a close inspection from the peers can help the naked eye to have a grasp of this. To elucidate further, imagine a person driving in his car on a bylane. All his peers around seem to be following the traffic norms. But, actually in a place with a stipulated speed limit of 40 Kmph, those people are driving much faster and well above it. Though this is a crime, everyone remains reticent about it. They only worry regarding spot fines and the like. This sums up the intricacies of modern life where all of such things exist and people do away with it. Such pompoms remind us a great deal about discipline in our city that is much alike pompoms- only for decoration. All such nothingness could possibly help us brag about the much hallowed city life...

Intellectual loneliness is a term that has got a few people to its task. It can be defined as any loneliness of thought or result of actions pertaining to a person's intellectual prowess. The person can be mired in doubts about his success or profundity of them and tend to make his actions like yielding to his muse, mellow. Though this can be seen in his literary works, there can be no great deviation from their quality in the foreground. A large part of this could be seen in the works of the famous poet, Rabindranath Tagore. He was known for his keen intellect and bogged down by this loneliness but never stopped yielding to his muse. He even likened his muse to a divine inspiration. His spiritual thoughts aside, the intellectual loneliness was found in his stand on various issues relating to our country in his time. Among many, the few issues were nationalism that was taking root in India. Even his alienation from the extremist viewpoint during the freedom struggle was oppose...

There is a demeaning and hurtful connotation attached to every quarrel. So much so that even when the tiff subsides there will be more grave concerns for the perpetrator. This could be ill will and spite from the victims of this person. However headstrong and thick-skinned the person could be, he has to yield to the newly attained status quo. It brings sorrow to him and the wound will be incorrigible because of constant drama from the instigator to gain and maintain a foothold on the situation. I know a person who banked on the need to discharge some subterfuges for selfish reasons. The fact that he succeeded in raking up some moolah and swept along with him many great geese who laid golden eggs remains. But, it should be noted that he found it very difficult to carry on with his sinister design and felt left out and cornered in everyday life. The life became a misery as the victims were not on good terms with him and snubbed the person with taunts. Though the sinister design ...

There is a lot of goodwill wanting in our affairs with people around. If there is some sort of poverty in the underprivileged sections of the society, the need can be met with the generous help of well off ones. But there is a danger of falling victim to treachery of these people who are plagued with misfortune; they tend to be very desperate. I was once privy to an incident that led me to this thought. A person who is a relative became obsessed with helping his kin and had great regards for her. So much so that he gave her the place and title of his immediate nuclear family. After quite a while, the 'relatives' dumped him and never entertained his company. This was because he had lost all his money, being retired from his job. This is a classic case of manipulation. There could be some sort of new age methods they tried too to keep him under their influence. Desperation wroughts vices. Be safe. Take control of your blessings and trust someone who is worthy of your feelings....

People do remember favours. But, it depends on whom you lavish a favour on. A materialistic person may ascribe your generosity to things such as money, attire, job or status as important. This casts a shadow on the love you had showered on him regardless of the type of a favour. I can recall an incident in my life wherein the  person was in need of love. He built some sort of escapist tendencies and sought it in a companion who had a sinister design for him. While the person in whom all the lacking in companionship was sought after appeared a misfit, he was woken from his sleep. Through this incident, one can recall that the right favour needed from anyone in this lacking person's life was love. No money would have satisfied his need for it. Just a timely amount of  love retrofitted could have meant a lot for him. The one who had fulfilled this wish in this person's life could have made a way into his heart and the favour remembered the whole of his life. Such nitty-gri...

Imagine the day you venture out without a watch on your wrist. This day can bring about a disaster if you have a schedule to adhere to. But, try it once leaving early to your workplace. Just a fair amount of time when there is no pressing demand or urgency. It relieves your burden on shoulders and you may feel light. Let us look at a day in which this can be implemented. Such a day can help you rely on a plethora of things that tell time other than a watch. Periodic things like series of buses that come in a order of appearance with one another; a Muezzin's call during parts of the day like 1 PM or 4:30 PM; breaking of dawn as if you are equipped with light meter from the umpires on the cricket ground; sales huddle of some door-to-door salesmen in the vicinity of a park. The things that tell time are many. What matters the most here is the over dependence of us on watches and other gadgets like mobile phones. Giving up your taste for these and not clinging on to them during so...

I had been part of a pogrom along familial lines and bore the brunt of it later on. What it did was shatter all known cordial relations with somewhat finicky emotional people. They were not so greatly bonded with me, but the aftermath of this pogrom thrust a spear down my chest. It was a proverbial can of worms for everyone involved; remember the result is the same if you are a part of this pogrom or are the one initiating it. After a long duel of words and cat calls, what remained was a fragile balance of witty retribution from both ends. Though a despicable action, the late assuaging powers of nubile brains had got the better of it. The opposing forces need not cook the dish bland, but add some sweeteners to the savouries by discharging a favour or two during the onslaught of the melee. This matters as the victims check out the facts wherein the whole tiff was being overshadowed by the altruistic works of the avenger. Everything done in spite pales down in comparison to this wor...