To the defenders of faith

My faith is within me. So is my God. To find your God your search must begin inwards, for he is a part of you and you are a part of him. I wonder why people are so shaken up when they see externals that cause them to riot, molest, kill etc in the name of God, when all they need to do is concentrate on their insides. Perhaps these are people who are not confident of their own faith.

For all of them, I have only one thing to say...don't be so pompous.....God does not need you to defend him.

Its time they took that inward journey and understand that he is in each one of us, the way we want him to be...I for one would not want anyone to tell me how to perceive him..that's my prerogative.

Cogito, ergo sum

I am not a brahmin anymore. At least thats what I have learnt from the TOI today which carried a report on a talk about the status of Brahmin at a community convention. Somebody said that a person’s upbringing is more important and determines his life and philosophy and she was booed. Whereas somebody else said that brahmins- men and women should wear dhoti and sari resp and they were not booed.

So I am not a brahmin as I wear pants and my spouse is not one too as he does not wear dhoti.
Then by that premise I think the world population of brahmins is zilch.

My upbringing has taught me to be good and kind and decent. But that has no importance. I am not dressed correctly. But just a thought ...for a change ....can we all just be humans.....please?

The End...

Today is a gloomy day here in Zenica...In fact its a gloomy day in my life. My periamma just left us to enter the other world. I looked for my 'amma' in her. I loved the positiveness that she exuded. I loved the fact that she always wore a smile on her face. Each time I met her (which was not very often) I was amazed by her strength. But now she is gone. Which makes me think that we should never lose sight of the fact that this life is but a journey, not the final destination. Ultimately we all reach the same destination, however different our lives may be. Let us therefore not fall in love with life too much. Let us not obsess over it. In the long run we are all equal.

Bye Bye Mumbai, Hello Zenica

A city is know by its streets. After the vibrant, lively, chaotic, noisy, sometimes tiring din of the mumbai streets, I am back in the placid, calm, quiet streets of Zenica. I dont know which I prefer. But like the lot of all NRIs I think I want one when I have the other. I wish I could have the best of both worlds. Still, now that I am back in Zenica I can hear myself think, so there will be more blogging hopefully.

A peaceful 2009

Its a brand new day...a new dawn...a new beginning...lets make the most of it for before you know it, it will be 31st december 2009..

All I want is for the world to be more human...no terror attacks, no war, no hatred, no hurt...Is that too much to ask? Maybe in todays world it is....Still I will be hopeful.. for today is a brand new day.