Silver Lining
I totally believe in the capacity of the human species to survive, against all odds.
And in that sense, in a weird, crooked way, all the environmental issues we create, the pollution, the burning up of resources, the dirtying of water and all the rest of the “ills” of the modern world are (cliche coming up) blessings in disguise, cause it will surely test our spirit and our tenacity. And I have no doubt whatsoever that we as a race and a species will survive. What’s more, we shall ensure that the other species on earth also do.
Disclaimer: This particular post was ideated three days back, and I haven’t taken any efforts to see if anybody else has similar thoughts. I am pretty sure that there are other fools on earth, and as fools seldom differ, this wouldn’t be very original a thought. I therefore, with this disclaimer, indemnify myself against all future suits.
The Book Meme
From Under The Fire Star, is this meme, which I am sure, is much better than the quizzila kind of inane stuff.
1. You’re stuck inside Fahrenheit 451. Which book do you want to be?
Plum’s Sam, the Sudden. I would give my eye to be Sam, of Sam the Sudden.
2. Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?
Let’s see, Though I love books to distractions, and admired the people and the places mentioned, I knew they didn’t really exist. Even if they did, they would be different from the way the author drew them out to be. So I really didn’t have any crushes.
But If I need to stretch the point, prolly, Appollonia of the Godfather
3. The last book you bought is?
Folklore of Southern India, Pandit SM Natesh Shastri.
4. What are you currently reading?
Kalki’s Sivagamiyin Sabadham,
A short History of Nearly Everything – Bill Bryson,
Cutting Edge Advertising – Jim Aitchison
5. Five books you would take to a deserted island?
How does one choose between one’s children? How does one say this child of mine is better than this.
Well, OK.
Let me make it Five Authors
All of Richard Bach
Some of David Frawley, notably The Myth of the Aryan Invasion, Gods Sages and Kings, and Wisdom of the Ancient Seers
Kalki’s Ponniyin Selvan, Sivagamiyin Sabadam (though it is a bit of drag) and Parthiban Kanavu
Vestiges of Old Madras & History of the Tamils (History of the Tamils is by Srinivasa Shastri, not sure of Vestiges of Old Madras, but I club them both together)
Fountainhead and We the Living – Ayn Rand
Oh allright, five it is. Shall Stop here. Can I take a PG Wodehouse too. Please?
6. Who are you going to pass this to (three persons) and why?
Update: Jax has one
Not sure, anybody want to take this up?
Fire
Attempting to burn a hole through the roof with thought failing yet plodding on suddenly hang in there mid thought a blinding searing flash of intuition nay beyond intuition the explanation for all that we are so obvious yet so ignored ignored for its obviousness unable to think afraid of the power of this burning idea yet not wanting to set it down for fear of losing my edge.
Can this even happen it is upto me the ravager to ensure it does to arms the revolution is here folks.
Do no Evil
GMail is freaking me out. I had 1000 MB a week back, y’day was 1890 MB. Today alone, my e-mail storage capacity went up from 2008 to 2080 MB. It’s like a cancer, it is. What does google mean when it says “Do No Evil”?
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Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan is a copywriter, photographer and goofball from Chennai. He is also an archaeologist, historian and a city lover. He is currently a documentary film-maker and desk-monkey for a film production house.
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