Random Musings

When i ordered Gurucharan Das' "The Difficulty of Being Good", i chose it because the title appealed to me. Nothing more.  I hadn't read any reviews, in fact i had no background on the book, at all.   It's one of the rare times, where i've bought a book just because the title sounds good.  In the past, when i've made such choices, the only good writing was in the title!  I'm not one to sit in judgement of others' works, but primarily any writing appeals to me only when i can find that connect with it. It was then, with some apprehension that i began reading the book and i'm really happy that all those misgivings and apprehensions were totally misplaced.  On so many levels that book appeals to me...that i'm going over and over some of the lines...And yes, of course, the recurring theme in the book of the difficulty of being good really resonates with me. Yes, i think it is indeed difficult being good.  I think sometimes,  people, circum...

I think it happens to many of us...the times we find that in spite of everything, there is a part of us that lingers on in places left long back.   A sense of incompleteness...a sense of something left unfinished makes us want to go back to these places, to those lives that we've left behind. It's not that we are dissatisfied with our present lives, but there seems to be a part of us, which feels 'incomplete'.  I read an article today, where Sanjay Leela Bhansali the acclaimed Bollywood director talks about how a part of his soul remains at the film institute where he could not finish his diploma film.  With seven movies to his credit, most of them critically acclaimed and commercially successful, why would a diploma film that he wasn't allowed to edit, still bother him to this day! I think it's an universal feeling, then, that a part of our soul lingers on, at places and with people where there was no closure.  For me, this feeling of missing out, would be...

The latest Google advertisement shows how two septuagenarians are re-connected thanks to the latest technology and obviously thanks to Google which helps people find what they are looking for! The ad especially appealed to me, as i often find myself in situations where i am either trying to re-establish ties or find myself pleasantly surprised by an unexpected message from an old friend. The ad got me thinking...why do we have this compelling urge to re-connect? Why do we get pulled back to re-establish ties and bonds with the people from our pasts. While i can't pinpoint on one motive that drives us...i know for sure, that the desire is definitely there in most of us. If nothing else, to atleast reach out and say a 'Hello' again...an urge to let that other person know, that despite all the time that has gone by, 'Hey, you are still on my mind!' or maybe just to convey, 'Hey, you are not forgotten yet!' Well, whatever it is that drives us, what is...