The idyllic memories of the past,
Drifting through the parched mind,
Sliding back to my remote hamlet.
The fury of torrents lashing the blue hills,
The wind spiraling through the green paddies,
The crunching of wriggling bamboo stems,
The belly dancing of the coconut trees,
The herd rushing for the shelter,
The lonely shepherd under the plantain,
The gushing of the mountain stream,
Suddenly the wrath of the torrents stops.
Cleansing the sky and earth,
Leaving the instant pools and streams,
Pearl droplets from the foliage,
Rolling crystals on yam leaves,
Orphaned mangoes lying for a pick,
Fragrant bed of jasmines and *chembagam,
The blissful world of my childhood.
(In memory of my little hamlet in Kerala)
* Chembagam is a fragrant flower of plumeria tree, also called frangipani in English.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Friday, January 8, 2010
Jolted By Avatar!
Once a crazy went to watch a crazy movie!
It’s weird. Cannot say that I enjoyed watching the movie. But the Avatars are haunting my sleep for last two days. Certainly, James Cameron is successful in creating impacts. I am not the right person to review the movie, but adding some loud thoughts.
As an opening note the character Jake is impressive. A synonym of modern day youngster who takes interest in life and experimenting it big time. The substance of the movie, the Na’vi creatures and their super natural abilities reminded me of a rare mixture of Indo-Egyptian and Greek mythologies. On one hand they looked like Hanuman and his monkey troop, on the other their face and hair, reminiscence of Egyptian pharaohs. The large flying birds can be directly correlated to Phoenix.
I could not relate Pandora as a remote earth like planet. Rather, could easily relate old and modern world. If you time travel the Pandora has all the settings of earth in Vedic times or similar mythological times. The era where man was in harmony with nature and spiritually connected to trees and the world around him.
On the logical side, if at all there is an earth like planet somewhere in the galaxy, on what grounds we can say the form of life and the evolutionary process over there is same as earth.
Why that life should look like life on earth?. Why should there be horses and dogs? Why the ultimate form intelligence in that planet should walk on two legs and have similar emotions and morals like us? Can that intelligence be in some reptiles or something that walk on 4 legs? Smarter Snakes and elephant or scorpion like creatures….possible..who knows?
The underlying message of Pandora is the earth itself. West has the same imperialist temper to ambush into other nations without valuing their culture, religion, polity and beliefs. Avatar puts forth a good criticism of colonial life. You would have seen Colonel Mikes and RDA corporations in Iraq, Afghanistan or vietnam.
Finally, the futility of war is well portrayed. You never win a war. The winner only survives, a survival as good as death.
On an end note, the film has technical excellence. Sentiments are well utilized. Along with Jake you will fall in love with some bizarre man like beings.
Take a roller coaster ride of your brain, watch Avatar!!!! .
It’s weird. Cannot say that I enjoyed watching the movie. But the Avatars are haunting my sleep for last two days. Certainly, James Cameron is successful in creating impacts. I am not the right person to review the movie, but adding some loud thoughts.
As an opening note the character Jake is impressive. A synonym of modern day youngster who takes interest in life and experimenting it big time. The substance of the movie, the Na’vi creatures and their super natural abilities reminded me of a rare mixture of Indo-Egyptian and Greek mythologies. On one hand they looked like Hanuman and his monkey troop, on the other their face and hair, reminiscence of Egyptian pharaohs. The large flying birds can be directly correlated to Phoenix.
I could not relate Pandora as a remote earth like planet. Rather, could easily relate old and modern world. If you time travel the Pandora has all the settings of earth in Vedic times or similar mythological times. The era where man was in harmony with nature and spiritually connected to trees and the world around him.
On the logical side, if at all there is an earth like planet somewhere in the galaxy, on what grounds we can say the form of life and the evolutionary process over there is same as earth.
Why that life should look like life on earth?. Why should there be horses and dogs? Why the ultimate form intelligence in that planet should walk on two legs and have similar emotions and morals like us? Can that intelligence be in some reptiles or something that walk on 4 legs? Smarter Snakes and elephant or scorpion like creatures….possible..who knows?
The underlying message of Pandora is the earth itself. West has the same imperialist temper to ambush into other nations without valuing their culture, religion, polity and beliefs. Avatar puts forth a good criticism of colonial life. You would have seen Colonel Mikes and RDA corporations in Iraq, Afghanistan or vietnam.
Finally, the futility of war is well portrayed. You never win a war. The winner only survives, a survival as good as death.
On an end note, the film has technical excellence. Sentiments are well utilized. Along with Jake you will fall in love with some bizarre man like beings.
Take a roller coaster ride of your brain, watch Avatar!!!! .
Saturday, January 2, 2010
WELCOME 2010!
It is 2010. Welcome to a new year and a new decade.
I heard one my friends lamenting “There is nothing new in the new year. Old job..
… old friends…...old wife… old routines...what’s new in New Year?”
Well, the answer is “Keep the old wine, old wife and old friends. Remaining all you can get new “
There is some significance to this hype of a new year. It is time to do an assessment and a milestone check of life. A good point for some self discovery, to take new resolutions and get some stimulus of hope.
Personally, I love the tranquility of winter claded December and freshness of January, the best months to reinvent the self.
“The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope.” Pierre Decarrdien
Let me rephrase this little different.
“The future belongs to those who hope and give the next generation reason for hope.”
May your dreams come true in the New Year!
I heard one my friends lamenting “There is nothing new in the new year. Old job..
… old friends…...old wife… old routines...what’s new in New Year?”
Well, the answer is “Keep the old wine, old wife and old friends. Remaining all you can get new “
There is some significance to this hype of a new year. It is time to do an assessment and a milestone check of life. A good point for some self discovery, to take new resolutions and get some stimulus of hope.
Personally, I love the tranquility of winter claded December and freshness of January, the best months to reinvent the self.
“The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope.” Pierre Decarrdien
Let me rephrase this little different.
“The future belongs to those who hope and give the next generation reason for hope.”
May your dreams come true in the New Year!
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