Monday, November 19, 2012

random

I've been reading about this city held hostage in the past few days. No living person could've demanded such glorification, forget a dead one. Death is either to be perceived as a great equalizer, an event undemanding of any reverence, one outside the course of life of a person who could be revered for his life; or it could be perceived a celebration, necessitating a revelry of sorts, which might not be irresponsible, but surely doesn't impinge on others' freedoms, or rights. In one aspect, the 'believers' could be seen as enjoying themselves in the revelry of reverence, albeit a revelry of the irresponsible sorts, which is what nobody likes.
In footnote, let me mention I'm the lesser informed/learned/opinionated of the citizens of this country. I don't even have a PhD.

In a sutta-shop-conversation style, I could say that the past week was a good one for India. The leader of its fascist party succumbing to age, hopefully stalling the party synonymous to the word "goondaraj" ("The reality of the Sena will soon degenerate into virtual reality. The virtual reality of the Shiv Sena will then disappear in cyberspace." source). And an infamous liquor baron, and the owner of a (black) empire, also dead in a shootout, hopefully initiating an investigation that gets our nation a few thousand million crores of corruption money. Big and rich people dying is very hopeful for this nation; our past has been mired in corruption, cronyism, and communalism.
Note, again, that this is a "sutta-shop-conversation style" opinion.

Okay, now remember this name - Ludovico De Varthema.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20038986
He's an Italian traveler of the 1500s, who extensively traveled India, and captured its customs so precisely and artistically, that it was made into a book. He was T3H man. I couldn't imagine traveling so consistently. On a sidenote, his paintings feel a lot like tribal (Gond) art that still survives in India.
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