Relation ships between individuals can at times get messy and intertwined, which can itself create numerous problems in front of them. And this is no exception to me as well and here i put forward my theory on a relationship.
First I will categorize relationships as 3 levels. These levels are categorized keeping in mind only for a long term relationship. Why only long term?Because the complexity adds on only in the long term and that's when one realizes the depth in relation. Also one might ask what is the criteria for the categorization. My criteria would be the openness of a relationship. In my view, this is what is needed when one is in a relationship, that's what will give the trust and confidence on one's partner and that's the basic building block for relationships.
1. Perfect: In this level of relationships, either of the two will share every thing about themselves to each other. They have no secrets and its an open relationship. These typically are what one call the close friends or lovers etc. Because perfect relationships often take lots of resources from both individuals and having many perfect relationships itself cannot be sustained in a long term. And one might ask no secrets means what? This is where we get into psycho analysis. Sigmund Freud quoted that "To truly understand a person, one has to understand not only conscious thoughts but also unconscious ones which are sitting in the ID in Freudian terms and bodily desires of the other". The unconscious thoughts can be known from interpreting dreams. If the understanding of sexual desires and unconscious thoughts is clear, that's when one can say its a perfect open relationship :) So a relationship at this level today may not be at the same level any more unless one dedicates time to maintain the understanding of conscious and unconscious thoughts of the other. (This is the reason why Its tough to get committed!!) If this maintenance is not done, soon in long term, there will be complete level drop from perfect to semi perfect state which is explained below. This is the typical case of after marriage boredom which couples generally face.
2. Semi Perfect: In this level of relationship, either of the two share certain things and do not share others and both of them know that this is the case and a fact. Both the individuals accept this fact and compromise themselves with that. These individuals are open only to certain topics and not open to others and both accept this fact. This is the most typical one. And please don't think that this is not good. This level of relationships are absolutely essential for an individual unless he loves being lonely. But these are like replaceable ones(of course time is needed!!) as they do not have the depth which a perfect relation has.
3. Now there can be another level in between these two levels, perfect and semi perfect. Like for example, A in relationship is totally open to B but the vice-versa is not the same. This kind of levels cannot be sustained typically in long term. Either A will get mentally hurt because of inferiority and finally goes back a level to move away from relationship or B will realize certain things and step up the level to bring it to next level (which generally is not the case by the way). Even if at this level it sustains, It will not look good for either of them at various points of time. This will more or less cannot be sustained in a life time but the first two levels can be sustained in a life time of an individual!!
feeling too much theory? chill madi :)
Hope every body gets at least one perfect relationship ;)
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
All about Meditation...
Why Meditation:
People now-a-days always think twice before they start doing something. This is necessarily true with meditation as well. So why do we need to do meditation? Is it absolutely essential to do this? And why do we close our eyes when doing meditation? Lets look at each of these questions.
The essential purpose as to why meditation is - People get busy with what it is they do in life that they sometimes become materialistic or forget the basic purpose of life. Mediation will help you in getting back to this basic or primitive state. What is the primitive state? One should not be too much materialistic, should be forgiving, patient, loving and caring for others. How will meditation help one in getting to this state? Well its not that when one does this, will automatically attain this state, one ought to work towards attaining the primitive state by incorporating in every part of life. That's when true sense of peace can be attained. Here this does not mean that one should stop working, pack bags and go to Himalayas!! Just remember at the End of the day that life is much more than all this you are seeing daily...
And do we need to close eyes when we do meditation? The reason why it is better to close your eyes and be in darkness is, every one is living in a materialistic world and when you keep looking at materials, you tend to get involved into it. Darkness is humble and its beautiful in its own ways. Its unknown and tells you the fact that ultimately all the materials will dissolve into darkness and only thing that's destined to be there, is dark. But is it compulsory to close your eyes? Not necessarily, one can very well concentrate to attain the primitive state with out closing.
Various forms of Meditation:
There are various forms of meditation like sahajayoga, transcendental meditation etc. The steps which will be followed might vary with different form. But all the forms essentially help in the same idea.
Its not about forms but about peace:
People do meditation in all kinds of forms, But is the form so much important? No, I think the form is similar to what religion is in life. They give you a path to follow to attain what is peace in life. This path is not the only path in life. This is not written to disrespect any form as such, but main point is not to be getting dragged into a nasty duel as to which form is better and all. All of them are paths and none of them is shorter with respect to others. The whole idea of meditation is to have peace in life :)
Metaphor from Religion:
This is what is happening in recent times. People get so fanatic about a specific religion and they forget the main purpose of why do we follow religion. Religion is a path to talk or reach the God who can be Allah or Jesus or Vishnu. In the case of an atheist, its unknown or Darkness. It does not matter who we believe in or follow, what matters is the positive energy which is created within, when one follows. So follow beliefs but remember the ideals of those beliefs as well ;)
So Happy Meditating :)
Special Acknowledgments to Jayashree and Tamal for their valuable inputs about meditation.
People now-a-days always think twice before they start doing something. This is necessarily true with meditation as well. So why do we need to do meditation? Is it absolutely essential to do this? And why do we close our eyes when doing meditation? Lets look at each of these questions.
The essential purpose as to why meditation is - People get busy with what it is they do in life that they sometimes become materialistic or forget the basic purpose of life. Mediation will help you in getting back to this basic or primitive state. What is the primitive state? One should not be too much materialistic, should be forgiving, patient, loving and caring for others. How will meditation help one in getting to this state? Well its not that when one does this, will automatically attain this state, one ought to work towards attaining the primitive state by incorporating in every part of life. That's when true sense of peace can be attained. Here this does not mean that one should stop working, pack bags and go to Himalayas!! Just remember at the End of the day that life is much more than all this you are seeing daily...
And do we need to close eyes when we do meditation? The reason why it is better to close your eyes and be in darkness is, every one is living in a materialistic world and when you keep looking at materials, you tend to get involved into it. Darkness is humble and its beautiful in its own ways. Its unknown and tells you the fact that ultimately all the materials will dissolve into darkness and only thing that's destined to be there, is dark. But is it compulsory to close your eyes? Not necessarily, one can very well concentrate to attain the primitive state with out closing.
Various forms of Meditation:
There are various forms of meditation like sahajayoga, transcendental meditation etc. The steps which will be followed might vary with different form. But all the forms essentially help in the same idea.
Its not about forms but about peace:
People do meditation in all kinds of forms, But is the form so much important? No, I think the form is similar to what religion is in life. They give you a path to follow to attain what is peace in life. This path is not the only path in life. This is not written to disrespect any form as such, but main point is not to be getting dragged into a nasty duel as to which form is better and all. All of them are paths and none of them is shorter with respect to others. The whole idea of meditation is to have peace in life :)
Metaphor from Religion:
This is what is happening in recent times. People get so fanatic about a specific religion and they forget the main purpose of why do we follow religion. Religion is a path to talk or reach the God who can be Allah or Jesus or Vishnu. In the case of an atheist, its unknown or Darkness. It does not matter who we believe in or follow, what matters is the positive energy which is created within, when one follows. So follow beliefs but remember the ideals of those beliefs as well ;)
So Happy Meditating :)
Special Acknowledgments to Jayashree and Tamal for their valuable inputs about meditation.
Friday, August 22, 2008
Dark Knight Second Half Conversations...
Second Half of Dark Knight good conversations compiled...
Alfred n Rachel Scene::
Rachel: Why is he letting do this?
Alfred: he went down 2 press conf
Rachel: I know n he just stood by!! Why?
Alfred: Perhaps both bruce Wayne and Dent believe that batman stands for something more important than a whims of terrorist Mrs Dawson even if every one hates him for it, thats the sacrifice he is making.. he is not being a hero. he being something more
Rachel: ya you r absolutely right. letting harvey take the fall for this is not heroic at all. you know him better than any one.
Alfred: I do.
Rachel: Will you give this to him for me. When the time is right.
Joker Jail Scene Joker (J), Gordon(G) AND BATMAN (B)::
J: Good evening commisioner
G: harvey dent never made it home.
J: ofcourse not
G: What have u done wth him
J: me i was right here. Who did u leave him with? ur people assumin ofcourse they r still ur people. n not marooney's. Does it depress u commisioner 2 know how alone u really are..doent make u feel responsible for harvey dent's current predicament.
G: Where is he?
J: Whts the time?
G: Wht difference does that make?
J: Well dependin on the time he maybe at one spot or several.
G: If we r gonna play games, i am gonna need a cup of coffee
J: hmm...the gud cop, bad cop routine?
G: Not exactly?
J: Never start wth head, the victim getss all fuzzy n cannot feel the neck. see...
B: You wanted me. Here I am.
J: I wanted 2 see wht u do n u didnt disappoint, u let five ppl die..then u let 10 take ur place. even to a guy like me thats cold
B: Whers dent
J: Those mob fools want u gone, so that they can back 2 the way things were but i know the truth, thers no goin back, u hve changed things forever.
B: And why do u want 2 kill me.
J: hahah...i don wanna kill u...wht would i do without u..go back 2 rippen off mob dealers..no no u complete me...
B: u r garbage who kills 4 money
J: Dont talk like one of them. You r not. even if u would like to be..to them u r jst a freak like me, they need u right now, but wen they dont they wll cast u out like a leopard. see they r morals they r cold its a bad joke, dropped at the first sign of trouble, they r only as gud as the world ask them to be..i wll show u...wen the ships r down these civilized ppl, they wll eat eachother. see i am not a monster..i am jst a head of the current...
B: whrs dent
J: Have all these rules n u thnk they wll save u?
B: I have one rule.
J: ohh then Thats the rule u hve 2 break to know the truth.
B: Which is
J: The only sensible way 2 live in this world is without rules and tonight u r gonna break ur own rule.
B: I am considering it..
J: No there r only minutes left ur gonna hve 2 play my little game if u wanna save one of them.
B: them?
J: you know for a while there i thought u really were dent, The way u threw urself after her...look at u go...does harvey know abt u and ur little bubbly
B: Where r they?
J: killing is makin a choice,
B: Where r they?
J: you choose between one life or the other ur frd da or his blushin wife...u hve nothin 2 threaten me..nothin to do wth all ur strength..don wrry i am gonna tell u whr they r..both of them and thats the point...u will have to choose...
J:i want my phone call...i want it...i want it...i want my phone call..
JA:gues not..
J: how many of ur frds have i killed..
JA: i am a 20 yr man n i know de diff between punks and de freaks like u who jst enjoy it...n u killed six of my frds...
J: Do u wanna know why i use a knife...guns r too quick u cannt see all the little emotions u see in their last moments ppl shw u who they really r...so in a way i know ur frds better than u ever did...would you like 2 know which of ur frds r coward...
JA: i know u r gonna enjoy it...i am gonna try 2 enjoy it even more..
J: i am only burning my half..all you care about is money..this town deserves a new class of criminals..i amm gonna gve it 2 them..tell ur men they work 4 me now..this is my city...why dont we cut u up into little pieces n feed them 2 ur dogs..n then we wll see how loyal a hungry dog really is...its not about money..its abt sending a message....evrythng burns...i had a vision of a world without batman....the mob ground out a little profit n polce tryin 2 shut them down..one block at a time n it was so borin i had a change of heart...i dont wanna mr.reese spoilin evrythin...but why should i hve all the fun..let gve smeone else a chance...if collman reese isnt dead in 60 minutes..then i blow up a hospital...
HOSPITAL SCENE JOKER (J) AND HARVEY DENT (HD)::
J:Hi u know i dont want there to be any hard feelings between us harvey..wen u n
HD: rachel
J: rachel were bein abducted..i was sittin in gordon's cage...i didnt read those charges
HD:ur men...ur plan
J: do i really look like a guy with a plan. u know wht i am..i am a dark chasin powers...i wouldnt know wht to do wth it if i gt it...i jst do things..the mob has plans...the cops hve plans..gordon has plans.. u know they r schemers...schemers tryin 2 control their little worlds...i am not a schemer...i try to show the schemers how pathetic their attempts 2 control things really are...so wen i say that u n ur galfrd was nothin personal u know that i am telling de truth...its the schemers that put u whr u r...u were a schemer u had plans...n look whr that got u...i jst did wht i do best...i took ur little plan turned it on itself...look wht i did 2 this city with few drums of gas and couple of bullets...u know wht i noticed nobody panics when things go accoridin 2 plan even if the plan is horrifyin...if tomorrow i tell the press like a gangbanger will get shot or a truck load of soldiers will be blowing up..nobody panics..becoz its all part of the plan..wen i say that one old man will die...ohh then evryone looses their mind...introduce a little NRD upset the established order...evrythng becomes chaos..i am an agent of chaos..ohh n u know that thing about chaos...its fair..
HD:u live ...u die...
J:now we r talkin...
LAST SCENE JOKER(J) AND BATMAN (B) - 1::
J: You You jst couldnt let me go, could you? This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. You truly are incorruptible arent you? haa? You wont kill me out of some misplaced sense of self righteousness and i wont kill you because you r jst too much fun. I think you and I are destined to do this forever.
B:
J: May be we could share one. That will be doubling up the city's inhabitance in loosin their minds
B: This city jst shows u that it is full of people ready 2 beleive in gud
J: Until their spirit breaks completely. Till they get a gud look at real harvey dent and all the heroic things he has done. You didnt think i had risk loosing the battle for gotham soul in a fist fight with you, ohh you need an ace in the hole. mine's harvey.
B: Wht did u do?
J: I took gotham's white knight and i brought him down 2 our level It wasnt hard, see madness as u know is like gravity. all it takes is a little push.
Harvey Dent (HD) AND BATMAN (B) LAST FIGHT SCENE::
HD: Do u thnk i wanna escape from this? There is no escape from this.
B: You dont want to hurt the boy harvey.
HD: Its not abt i want.Its abt what's fair...You thought we could be decent man in an in decent time. But you are wrong. The world is cruel and the only morality in a cruel world is chance. unbiased unprejudiced and fair. His son has gt same chance she had. 50-50
B: What happened 2 rachel wasnt chance, we decided 2 act we three.
HD:Then why i am the only one who lost everything
B:It wasnt
HD:The joker chose me...
B: Because you were the best of us. He wanted 2 prove that even smone as gud as u could fall
HD: And he was right.
B: You are one pointin gun harvey. so point it to the people responsible.
HD: Fair enough.
Last Scene Gordon (G), GORDON'S SON (GS) AND BATMAN (B)::
G: The joker won. Harvey's prosecution evrythin he fought for undone! Whtever chance u gave of fixing our city dies with harvey's reputation. We bet it all ordeal, the joker took the best of us and torn down people will loose hope
B: They wont. They must never know what he did.
G: 5 dead, 2 of them cops.
B: But the joker cannot win. Gotham needs its true hero
G: no
B: You either die as a hero or you live long enough to see urself become the villian. I can do those things. Because i am not a hero. Lietunant I killed those people. Thats what I can be.
G: No No you cant. You are not.
B: Whatever gotham needs would it be
G: A hero, not the hero we deserved but we needed.Nothing less in the night
B: They will hunt you. You can tell me.Send the dogs on me, because this is what needs to happen because sometimes truth isnt gud enough. sometimes people deserve more. sometimes people deserve faith rewarded.
GS:Why is he running dad?
G: Because we have to chase him.
GS: He didnt do anything wrong!
G: Because he is the hero gotham deserves, not the one who needs right now. so we will hunt him. Because he can take it, because he is not a hero, he is a silent guardian, a watch ful protector, a dark knight!!
Alfred n Rachel Scene::
Rachel: Why is he letting do this?
Alfred: he went down 2 press conf
Rachel: I know n he just stood by!! Why?
Alfred: Perhaps both bruce Wayne and Dent believe that batman stands for something more important than a whims of terrorist Mrs Dawson even if every one hates him for it, thats the sacrifice he is making.. he is not being a hero. he being something more
Rachel: ya you r absolutely right. letting harvey take the fall for this is not heroic at all. you know him better than any one.
Alfred: I do.
Rachel: Will you give this to him for me. When the time is right.
Joker Jail Scene Joker (J), Gordon(G) AND BATMAN (B)::
J: Good evening commisioner
G: harvey dent never made it home.
J: ofcourse not
G: What have u done wth him
J: me i was right here. Who did u leave him with? ur people assumin ofcourse they r still ur people. n not marooney's. Does it depress u commisioner 2 know how alone u really are..doent make u feel responsible for harvey dent's current predicament.
G: Where is he?
J: Whts the time?
G: Wht difference does that make?
J: Well dependin on the time he maybe at one spot or several.
G: If we r gonna play games, i am gonna need a cup of coffee
J: hmm...the gud cop, bad cop routine?
G: Not exactly?
J: Never start wth head, the victim getss all fuzzy n cannot feel the neck. see...
B: You wanted me. Here I am.
J: I wanted 2 see wht u do n u didnt disappoint, u let five ppl die..then u let 10 take ur place. even to a guy like me thats cold
B: Whers dent
J: Those mob fools want u gone, so that they can back 2 the way things were but i know the truth, thers no goin back, u hve changed things forever.
B: And why do u want 2 kill me.
J: hahah...i don wanna kill u...wht would i do without u..go back 2 rippen off mob dealers..no no u complete me...
B: u r garbage who kills 4 money
J: Dont talk like one of them. You r not. even if u would like to be..to them u r jst a freak like me, they need u right now, but wen they dont they wll cast u out like a leopard. see they r morals they r cold its a bad joke, dropped at the first sign of trouble, they r only as gud as the world ask them to be..i wll show u...wen the ships r down these civilized ppl, they wll eat eachother. see i am not a monster..i am jst a head of the current...
B: whrs dent
J: Have all these rules n u thnk they wll save u?
B: I have one rule.
J: ohh then Thats the rule u hve 2 break to know the truth.
B: Which is
J: The only sensible way 2 live in this world is without rules and tonight u r gonna break ur own rule.
B: I am considering it..
J: No there r only minutes left ur gonna hve 2 play my little game if u wanna save one of them.
B: them?
J: you know for a while there i thought u really were dent, The way u threw urself after her...look at u go...does harvey know abt u and ur little bubbly
B: Where r they?
J: killing is makin a choice,
B: Where r they?
J: you choose between one life or the other ur frd da or his blushin wife...u hve nothin 2 threaten me..nothin to do wth all ur strength..don wrry i am gonna tell u whr they r..both of them and thats the point...u will have to choose...
J:i want my phone call...i want it...i want it...i want my phone call..
JA:gues not..
J: how many of ur frds have i killed..
JA: i am a 20 yr man n i know de diff between punks and de freaks like u who jst enjoy it...n u killed six of my frds...
J: Do u wanna know why i use a knife...guns r too quick u cannt see all the little emotions u see in their last moments ppl shw u who they really r...so in a way i know ur frds better than u ever did...would you like 2 know which of ur frds r coward...
JA: i know u r gonna enjoy it...i am gonna try 2 enjoy it even more..
J: i am only burning my half..all you care about is money..this town deserves a new class of criminals..i amm gonna gve it 2 them..tell ur men they work 4 me now..this is my city...why dont we cut u up into little pieces n feed them 2 ur dogs..n then we wll see how loyal a hungry dog really is...its not about money..its abt sending a message....evrythng burns...i had a vision of a world without batman....the mob ground out a little profit n polce tryin 2 shut them down..one block at a time n it was so borin i had a change of heart...i dont wanna mr.reese spoilin evrythin...but why should i hve all the fun..let gve smeone else a chance...if collman reese isnt dead in 60 minutes..then i blow up a hospital...
HOSPITAL SCENE JOKER (J) AND HARVEY DENT (HD)::
J:Hi u know i dont want there to be any hard feelings between us harvey..wen u n
HD: rachel
J: rachel were bein abducted..i was sittin in gordon's cage...i didnt read those charges
HD:ur men...ur plan
J: do i really look like a guy with a plan. u know wht i am..i am a dark chasin powers...i wouldnt know wht to do wth it if i gt it...i jst do things..the mob has plans...the cops hve plans..gordon has plans.. u know they r schemers...schemers tryin 2 control their little worlds...i am not a schemer...i try to show the schemers how pathetic their attempts 2 control things really are...so wen i say that u n ur galfrd was nothin personal u know that i am telling de truth...its the schemers that put u whr u r...u were a schemer u had plans...n look whr that got u...i jst did wht i do best...i took ur little plan turned it on itself...look wht i did 2 this city with few drums of gas and couple of bullets...u know wht i noticed nobody panics when things go accoridin 2 plan even if the plan is horrifyin...if tomorrow i tell the press like a gangbanger will get shot or a truck load of soldiers will be blowing up..nobody panics..becoz its all part of the plan..wen i say that one old man will die...ohh then evryone looses their mind...introduce a little NRD upset the established order...evrythng becomes chaos..i am an agent of chaos..ohh n u know that thing about chaos...its fair..
HD:u live ...u die...
J:now we r talkin...
LAST SCENE JOKER(J) AND BATMAN (B) - 1::
J: You You jst couldnt let me go, could you? This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. You truly are incorruptible arent you? haa? You wont kill me out of some misplaced sense of self righteousness and i wont kill you because you r jst too much fun. I think you and I are destined to do this forever.
B:
J: May be we could share one. That will be doubling up the city's inhabitance in loosin their minds
B: This city jst shows u that it is full of people ready 2 beleive in gud
J: Until their spirit breaks completely. Till they get a gud look at real harvey dent and all the heroic things he has done. You didnt think i had risk loosing the battle for gotham soul in a fist fight with you, ohh you need an ace in the hole. mine's harvey.
B: Wht did u do?
J: I took gotham's white knight and i brought him down 2 our level It wasnt hard, see madness as u know is like gravity. all it takes is a little push.
Harvey Dent (HD) AND BATMAN (B) LAST FIGHT SCENE::
HD: Do u thnk i wanna escape from this? There is no escape from this.
B: You dont want to hurt the boy harvey.
HD: Its not abt i want.Its abt what's fair...You thought we could be decent man in an in decent time. But you are wrong. The world is cruel and the only morality in a cruel world is chance. unbiased unprejudiced and fair. His son has gt same chance she had. 50-50
B: What happened 2 rachel wasnt chance, we decided 2 act we three.
HD:Then why i am the only one who lost everything
B:It wasnt
HD:The joker chose me...
B: Because you were the best of us. He wanted 2 prove that even smone as gud as u could fall
HD: And he was right.
B: You are one pointin gun harvey. so point it to the people responsible.
HD: Fair enough.
Last Scene Gordon (G), GORDON'S SON (GS) AND BATMAN (B)::
G: The joker won. Harvey's prosecution evrythin he fought for undone! Whtever chance u gave of fixing our city dies with harvey's reputation. We bet it all ordeal, the joker took the best of us and torn down people will loose hope
B: They wont. They must never know what he did.
G: 5 dead, 2 of them cops.
B: But the joker cannot win. Gotham needs its true hero
G: no
B: You either die as a hero or you live long enough to see urself become the villian. I can do those things. Because i am not a hero. Lietunant I killed those people. Thats what I can be.
G: No No you cant. You are not.
B: Whatever gotham needs would it be
G: A hero, not the hero we deserved but we needed.Nothing less in the night
B: They will hunt you. You can tell me.Send the dogs on me, because this is what needs to happen because sometimes truth isnt gud enough. sometimes people deserve more. sometimes people deserve faith rewarded.
GS:Why is he running dad?
G: Because we have to chase him.
GS: He didnt do anything wrong!
G: Because he is the hero gotham deserves, not the one who needs right now. so we will hunt him. Because he can take it, because he is not a hero, he is a silent guardian, a watch ful protector, a dark knight!!
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Purpose of karad2d blog...
Every thing you do has a purpose, whether it is you are jst writing like that (crazy!!) or its catering to some specific task. And I do hve a purpose for the blog named karad2d..
This will serve as a diary kind of thing for me, maybe not only me but for all those who want 2 know whats going on in my life (well, you might say who the hell am I!! fair enough). Also, I like to know myself after 30 yrs(if I am alive!!) what I did a day 30 yrs back...hehhe feel like crap??May be. People will say "what will you do after 30 yrs, by getting to know wht you did some day"....well may be you are right, one cannot change the past. But remembering the past is important, as you can learn a lot of lessons from there. So I think its kinda gud in that sense...isn't it??And also its not like I am writing everything i did...only the major events a short gist of it all...So i guess its gud...and don wrry if there are some secrets or embarassing things which my frds share those will be under the agreement forever ;) The blog will never cross that compliance agreement...
And also if you are looking for discussions on issues, life and stuff in general...those will not be under karad2d blog's purview... it comes under this blog's purview :)
This will serve as a diary kind of thing for me, maybe not only me but for all those who want 2 know whats going on in my life (well, you might say who the hell am I!! fair enough). Also, I like to know myself after 30 yrs(if I am alive!!) what I did a day 30 yrs back...hehhe feel like crap??May be. People will say "what will you do after 30 yrs, by getting to know wht you did some day"....well may be you are right, one cannot change the past. But remembering the past is important, as you can learn a lot of lessons from there. So I think its kinda gud in that sense...isn't it??And also its not like I am writing everything i did...only the major events a short gist of it all...So i guess its gud...and don wrry if there are some secrets or embarassing things which my frds share those will be under the agreement forever ;) The blog will never cross that compliance agreement...
And also if you are looking for discussions on issues, life and stuff in general...those will not be under karad2d blog's purview... it comes under this blog's purview :)
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Get Inspired!!
Naresh Karuturi has just passed out of IIT Madras in Computer Science and has joined Google in Bangalore.
You may ask, what's so special about this 21-year-old when there are hundreds of students passing out from various IITs and joining big companies like Google?
Naresh is special. His parents are illiterate. He has no legs and moves around in his powered wheel chair. (In fact, when I could not locate his lab, he told me over the mobile phone, 'I will come and pick you up'. And in no time, he was there to guide me)
Ever smiling, optimistic and full of spirit; that is Naresh. He says, "God has always been planning things for me. That is why I feel I am lucky."
Read why Naresh feels he is lucky.
Childhood in a villageI spent the first seven years of my life in Teeparru, a small village in Andhra Pradesh, on the banks of the river Godavari. My father Prasad was a lorry driver and my mother Kumari, a house wife. Though they were illiterate, my parents instilled in me and my elder sister (Sirisha) the importance of studying.
Looking back, one thing that surprises me now is the way my father taught me when I was in the 1st and 2nd standards. My father would ask me questions from the text book, and I would answer them. At that time, I didn't know he could not read or write but to make me happy, he helped me in my studies!
Another memory that doesn't go away is the floods in the village and how I was carried on top of a buffalo by my uncle. I also remember plucking fruits from a tree that was full of thorns.
I used to be very naughty, running around and playing all the time with my friends. I used to get a lot of scolding for disturbing the elders who slept in the afternoon. The moment they started scolding, I would run away to the fields!
I also remember finishing my school work fast in class and sleeping on the teacher's lap!
January 11, 1993, the fateful dayOn the January 11, 1993 when we had the Sankranti holidays, my mother took my sister and me to a nearby village for a family function. From there we were to go with our grandmother to our native place. But my grandmother did not come there. As there were no buses that day, my mother took a lift in my father's friend's lorry. As there were many people in the lorry, he made me sit next to him, close to the door.
It was my fault; I fiddled with the door latch and it opened wide throwing me out. As I fell, my legs got cut by the iron rods protruding from the lorry. Nothing happened to me except scratches on my legs.
The accident had happened just in front of a big private hospital but they refused to treat me saying it was an accident case. Then a police constable who was passing by took us to a government hospital.
First I underwent an operation as my small intestine got twisted. The doctors also bandaged my legs. I was there for a week. When the doctors found that gangrene had developed and it had reached up to my knees, they asked my father to take me to a district hospital. There, the doctors scolded my parents a lot for neglecting the wounds and allowing the gangrene to develop. But what could my ignorant parents do?
In no time, both my legs were amputated up to the hips.
I remember waking up and asking my mother, where are my legs? I also remember that my mother cried when I asked the question. I was in the hospital for three months.
Life without legsI don't think my life changed dramatically after I lost both my legs. Because all at home were doting on me, I was enjoying all the attention rather than pitying myself. I was happy that I got a lot of fruits and biscuits.
You may ask, what's so special about this 21-year-old when there are hundreds of students passing out from various IITs and joining big companies like Google?
Naresh is special. His parents are illiterate. He has no legs and moves around in his powered wheel chair. (In fact, when I could not locate his lab, he told me over the mobile phone, 'I will come and pick you up'. And in no time, he was there to guide me)
Ever smiling, optimistic and full of spirit; that is Naresh. He says, "God has always been planning things for me. That is why I feel I am lucky."
Read why Naresh feels he is lucky.
Childhood in a villageI spent the first seven years of my life in Teeparru, a small village in Andhra Pradesh, on the banks of the river Godavari. My father Prasad was a lorry driver and my mother Kumari, a house wife. Though they were illiterate, my parents instilled in me and my elder sister (Sirisha) the importance of studying.
Looking back, one thing that surprises me now is the way my father taught me when I was in the 1st and 2nd standards. My father would ask me questions from the text book, and I would answer them. At that time, I didn't know he could not read or write but to make me happy, he helped me in my studies!
Another memory that doesn't go away is the floods in the village and how I was carried on top of a buffalo by my uncle. I also remember plucking fruits from a tree that was full of thorns.
I used to be very naughty, running around and playing all the time with my friends. I used to get a lot of scolding for disturbing the elders who slept in the afternoon. The moment they started scolding, I would run away to the fields!
I also remember finishing my school work fast in class and sleeping on the teacher's lap!
January 11, 1993, the fateful dayOn the January 11, 1993 when we had the Sankranti holidays, my mother took my sister and me to a nearby village for a family function. From there we were to go with our grandmother to our native place. But my grandmother did not come there. As there were no buses that day, my mother took a lift in my father's friend's lorry. As there were many people in the lorry, he made me sit next to him, close to the door.
It was my fault; I fiddled with the door latch and it opened wide throwing me out. As I fell, my legs got cut by the iron rods protruding from the lorry. Nothing happened to me except scratches on my legs.
The accident had happened just in front of a big private hospital but they refused to treat me saying it was an accident case. Then a police constable who was passing by took us to a government hospital.
First I underwent an operation as my small intestine got twisted. The doctors also bandaged my legs. I was there for a week. When the doctors found that gangrene had developed and it had reached up to my knees, they asked my father to take me to a district hospital. There, the doctors scolded my parents a lot for neglecting the wounds and allowing the gangrene to develop. But what could my ignorant parents do?
In no time, both my legs were amputated up to the hips.
I remember waking up and asking my mother, where are my legs? I also remember that my mother cried when I asked the question. I was in the hospital for three months.
Life without legsI don't think my life changed dramatically after I lost both my legs. Because all at home were doting on me, I was enjoying all the attention rather than pitying myself. I was happy that I got a lot of fruits and biscuits.
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