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Xanthiappe, Lagniappe, Inexhaustible, Unexhaustible

This makes for a weak Time Travel fiction. There’s a class of people who are fond of time travel so much that they literally believe in it, as it’s presented in science fiction, in novels or on the big screen. Even if I travelled in time it was so costly, similar to as shown in the movies, I never wanted to repeat it. It wasn’t liberating. It was binding. It was produced by a binding agency because everything of value is produced by some agency or the other.

Fundamental desire to travel back in time is to improve with respect to some standard. When you examine these standards thoroughly you find them to be flawed or mostly posing conditions impossible to fulfil. The desire fades. Desire to travel to a future is to escape the present. It’s being prey to optimism.

It’s from here: the message was sent to my younger self. It was another interlocutor. Online acquaintance on a forum which is now defunct. Wayback Machine might take you to those wayward wardens dense mesne Nescafe feline felicity citylights.

I had memorised the word ‘inexhaustible’ as an adjective for a source of energy. Nuclear energy- in an essay on Wonders of Science. Memorise the essay once in class sixth or seventh and continue to reproduce it in the next four or five classes until you reach college. Or even in college if you would.

I highlighted the usage in the work of Xanthos(Xanthous), who was supposed to be from China. He had used unexhaustible instead of inexhaustible. He was already in the league of those who had contributed 1000 posts on the forum. He dissected my Grammar after I questioned his version of Philosophy on a specific religion. Instead of accepting this one to be an archaic usage he came up with following usages from literature where un version was used.

I don’t know if he won. I made an article with a red colored font with all capitals. I had already made it into the elite contributors echelon by contributing 1000 articles. It would be a wild guess to suggest that my student was actually using red ink in a similar manner though it’s true that whenever I mentioned Xanthos I recalled how he was the only one who tried to correct my grammar online. Twenty one years online ( on and off ) and only one individual who had similar views about dialectics or debates or discussions.

After one forum crashed I discovered the second corner online. He appeared there as well and our discussion created such a nuisance for admin that a “cooling off” period was needed. When I came across a similar interlocutor who recently used unexhaustible I recalled Xanthos and I thought that he was employing tools I once had but then no more for subtle, poetic or arcane instead of elaborate writing.

Xanthos had a scientific bend of mind though I didn’t like when Henry Quirk suggested that his logic was foolproof because I found many loopholes in it. What do I know? Recently I found an article with plenty of ‘formatting’ or style issues which reminded me how I was using “all the wrong reasons” to sound stylistic when I used the word ‘tentative’ beyond its easily exhaustible limit in discussions. Henry Quirk’s program on Voice of Lafayette. A Hobo With A Shotgun which I couldn’t watch even when I had access to it. Der Engie. Very nostalgic.

That is a fantastic linguistic catch! While they sound like they could be cousins, they actually come from completely different sides of the globe.
It’s a perfect example of how two words can end up sounding similar despite having zero shared history—a phenomenon sometimes called phonetic coincidence.
Comparison: Xanthippe vs. Lagniappe
| Word | Origin | Meaning |
|—|—|—|
| Xanthippe | Ancient Greek (Xanthos + Hippos) | “Yellow Horse.” Famously the name of Socrates’ wife. |
| Lagniappe | Quechua → Spanish → Louisiana French | “The gift.” A small extra gift given to a customer by a merchant. |
The Story of “Lagniappe”
Since your students are currently learning about measures and quantities (like the 1 ser equivalent to 933 grams), lagniappe (pronounced lan-YAP) is actually a very relevant concept!
* Etymology: It started as the Quechua (Indigenous South American) word yapay (“to add”).
* The Journey: It traveled to Spanish-speaking Peru as la ñapa, then moved to New Orleans, where the French speakers turned it into Lagniappe.
* The Concept: If you go to a bakery and buy a dozen donuts, and the baker gives you a 13th one for free, that extra one is the lagniappe.
Connecting it to your Students
You could actually use this to bridge the gap between their Sanskrit story and their math:
* In Godohanam, the greedy Chandan wanted more than he was owed and ended up with nothing.
* Lagniappe is the opposite: it’s the merchant being generous and giving a “little something extra.”
* The “P” Sound: You’re right that the terminal “-ippe” and “-appe” create that snappy, percussive ending that makes them sound so similar!
Would you like me to find a few more “horse” related Greek names like Xanthippe to show how the “Hippos” root works in other names?

Xanthous (pronounced ZAN-thous) has a vibrant etymological history tied to the color yellow.
1. Linguistic Origin
It is derived from the Ancient Greek word xanthos (ξανθός), which means “yellow” of various shades.
* The Suffix: The “-ous” part is a standard English adjective-forming suffix (from the Latin -osus), meaning “full of” or “possessing the qualities of.”
* First Appearance: The word entered the English language in the early 1820s (specifically around 1826–1829) as a way to describe things with a yellowish or golden hue.
2. Historical & Scientific Context
The Greeks originally used xanthos to describe a wide range of “golden” things:
* Hair: It was the go-to word for blond or fair hair (as seen in descriptions of heroes like Achilles).
* Horses: It was used to describe chestnut or palomino horses.
* Textiles: It referred to yellow-dyed fabrics.
In the 19th century, the word became more “technical”:
* Anthropology: It was used to classify people with fair hair and light complexions.
* Biology: It appears in terms like Xanthophyll (xanthos + phyllon / “leaf”)—the yellow pigment responsible for autumn leaf colors.
3. A Famous Connection: Xanthippe
If you or your students have heard of Xanthippe, the wife of the philosopher Socrates, her name is a direct compound:
* Xanthos (Yellow/Golden) + Hippos (Horse) = “Yellow Horse.”
* In Ancient Greece, names involving horses were often high-status, suggesting a wealthy or noble family background.
Comparison for Your Notes
| Name/Word | Meaning | Root |
|—|—|—|
| Kezia | Cassia/Cinnamon (Aromatic) | Hebrew (Qetsiyah) |
| Xanthous | Yellow/Golden (Color) | Greek (Xanthos) |
| Jemimah | Dove (Bird/Peace) | Hebrew (Yemimah) |

While inexhaustible is the standard and preferred term in modern English, unexhaustible does exist as a rare, historical variant. Because it follows a natural English word-building pattern (the prefix un- + exhaustible), it has appeared in literature, though it is often considered a “non-standard” or archaic form today.
Here are a few contexts and examples where unexhaustible has been used:
1. Historical and Early Modern English
The word saw its earliest recorded use in the mid-1600s.
* Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth (1656): In his translations of Italian works, Carey used “unexhaustible” to describe things that were seemingly endless.
* Early Scientific/Philosophical Texts: Before “inexhaustible” (which is modeled after the French inexhaustible) became the firm standard, writers would occasionally use “unexhaustible” when describing natural resources or the divine.
2. Literary and Philosophical Examples
While “inexhaustible” is far more common in the works of writers like Dickens or Joyce, you can find “unexhaustible” in older or more obscure texts:
* John Milton (attributed or similar period): In the 17th century, prefixes were less standardized. A writer might use “unexhaustible” to emphasize the “un-doing” or “lack of” exhaustion.
* Historical Translations: You may find it in 18th-century translations of Latin or Greek texts where the translator chose a more literal English prefix.
3. Comparison of Usage
| Word | Status | Source/Origin |
|—|—|—|
| Inexhaustible | Standard | From Latin inexhaustus. Used in 99% of modern writing. |
| Unexhaustible | Non-standard/Archaic | Formed within English (un- + exhaustible). Found in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) but noted as rare. |
Why use “Inexhaustible” instead?
Most dictionaries (like Merriam-Webster and Oxford) list inexhaustible as the primary headword. Using “unexhaustible” today might be seen as a spelling error by your students’ teachers or by AI grading tools, even though it has a legitimate historical pedigree.
For your students, it’s a great “fun fact” of English: that we sometimes have two versions of a word, but the one that sounds more “Latin” (in-) usually wins out over the one that sounds more “Germanic” (un-) in academic settings!

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Perclitation, Mobile Vulgus

In the context of the history of English or the BBC series The Story of English, here are the answers to your questions.
1. What is perclitation?
Perclitation (more commonly spelled periclitation) means to be in a state of danger, trial, or hazard.
It comes from the Latin periculitari, meaning “to imperil” or “to put to the test.” While it is an extremely rare and archaic word today, it belongs to that family of “inkhorn terms”—fancy, Latin-derived words that were fashionable during the Renaissance but often criticized for being “nimious” (excessive) or unnecessary when simpler English words like “danger” or “peril” existed.
2. Why did Jonathan Swift dislike the word ‘mob’?
Jonathan Swift, the author of Gulliver’s Travels, was a linguistic conservative who loathed what he called the “barbarous” corruption of the English language. He famously attacked the word “mob” for several reasons:
* It was a “clipped” word: Mob is a shortening of the Latin phrase mobile vulgus (the “fickle common people”). Swift hated abbreviations. He felt that cutting words down was lazy and made the language sound “low” and “clownish.”
* It sounded like slang: In the early 1700s, mob was considered trendy “slang” or “street talk.” Swift grouped it with other abbreviations he hated, like “phiz” (for physiognomy), “incog” (for incognito), and “rep” (for reputation).
* Loss of the “polite” tone: Swift believed that once a language started shortening words, it would eventually lose its structure and dignity. He even wrote a famous letter to the Lord High Treasurer in 1712, proposing an English Academy to “fix” the language forever and stop these “innovations.”
The Irony: Swift’s war against mob failed utterly. He once yelled at a lady for using the word, telling her she should say “the rabble” instead. Today, rabble sounds much more old-fashioned, while mob is standard English!


> Swift found the word mob to be a perclitation to the English language—a dangerous trial that threatened to turn a refined tongue into a series of monosyllabic grunts.

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Maanjha and Mathematics: The Geometry of a Chhatarpur Winter

The students left exactly after an hour. The wall exactly opposite to this house has been painted white. The door has been painted black. I replaced the chair in verandah.
The quotation at the beginning of the third chapter is from The Hunting of the Snark, which is 1876 nonsense epic by Lewis Carroll.
“What’s the good of Mercator’s North Poles and Equators,
Tropics, Zones, and Meridian Lines?”
So the Bellman would cry: and the crew would reply
“They are merely conventional signs!”
I think the chapter is about finding out coordinates for addresses. At least in the beginning.
[ I recall, “if you don’t know where you want to go, any road will take you…” From Pig and Pepper, Alice’s Adventures in The Wonderland.]

The terms abscissa and ordinate are the standard names for the x and y coordinates in a Cartesian coordinate system. Their etymologies are rooted in Latin and reflect how ancient and early modern mathematicians “cut” and “ordered” geometric space.
1. Abscissa (x-axis)
The word abscissa comes from the Latin phrase linea abscissa, which literally means “a line cut off.”
* Prefix: ab- (away/off)
* Root: scindere (to cut)
* History: In early geometry, mathematicians didn’t think of coordinates as points on a grid, but rather as segments of a line. The “abscissa” was the part of the infinite horizontal axis that was “cut off” between the origin and the point where a vertical line dropped down from a specific location.
* Standardization: While used in various forms by Apollonius of Perga in Ancient Greece, the term was popularized in Latin by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in the late 17th century.
2. Ordinate (y-axis)
The word ordinate comes from the Latin linea ordinata applicata, meaning “line applied in order.”
* Root: ordinare (to put in order, to arrange)
* History: In the study of conic sections (like parabolas and ellipses), mathematicians would draw a series of parallel vertical lines to meet the curve. Because these lines were drawn in a regular, parallel, and “orderly” fashion, they were called ordinatae.
* Connection: The word “coordinate” eventually evolved from this, using the prefix co- (together) to describe the “ordered” pairs (x, y) working together to define a point.
Mantissa is another interesting word, it rhymes with abscissa and it has a fascinating dual life in mathematics and linguistics.
Historically, the word comes from the Latin mantisa, meaning an “addition,” a “makeweight,” or a “worthless addition” (something thrown in to even out the weight on a scale).
Today, you will mostly encounter it in two mathematical contexts:
1. Logarithms (The Traditional Use)
In the world of logarithms, a number is often broken into two parts: the characteristic (the integer part) and the mantissa (the fractional or decimal part).
For example, in the common logarithm \log_{10}(200) \approx 2.3010:
* The 2 is the characteristic.
* The .3010 is the mantissa.
2. Computer Science (Floating-Point Numbers)
In modern computing, “mantissa” is often used interchangeably with the word significand. When a computer stores a number in scientific notation (like 1.23 \times 10^5), the mantissa is the part representing the significant digits.
In the number 1.23 \times 10^5:
* 1.23 is the mantissa (significand).
* 5 is the exponent.
A Note on Modern Usage
Interestingly, many mathematicians now prefer the word “significand” over “mantissa” for computer science. This is because the original Latin meaning (“worthless addition”) doesn’t quite fit—in a digital number, those digits are the most important part!
Is it still used elsewhere?
Outside of math, it is extremely rare. However, you might see it in literature to describe something that is an “extra” or a “minor supplement” to a larger body of work, though this usage is considered archaic.
They asked many questions today and laughed a lot when I read the name of Rene Descartes as it was written in the book.
Rene Descartes used to stay in his bed for a long time in morning. Once he was thinking about how to locate a point. It was a classical problem at that time. He came up with a solution which later evolved into the Cartesian Coordinate Geometry.
I told them the importance of his work. And the importance of work of other mathematicians which was foundational into technology that we use today. Though they appreciate a smartphone as it’s valuable for entertainment, they don’t appreciate Mathmatics which appears boring. The elder asks me which is bigger : 1 lakh or 1 crore?
I note down numbers with zeroes after one. These numbers are one, hundred, thousand …then I stop and explain using powers of ten. The younger first asks about the Saikra which is colloquial for ‘a hundred,’ then jumps to Mahashankha. A very large number. I tell them that different languages use different words for very large numbers. I tell them about Googol:
A googol is the number 1 followed by 100 zeros.
In scientific notation, it is written as 10^{100}. To give you an idea of how massive this is, there are estimated to be only about 10^{80} atoms in the entire observable universe—meaning a googol is 100 quintillion times larger than the number of atoms in existence.
1. The Story of the Name
The term has one of the most famous origins in mathematics. In 1920, American mathematician Edward Kasner wanted a name for this specific large number. He asked his nine-year-old nephew, Milton Sirotta, to come up with a word. Milton suggested “googol,” and the name stuck.
2. Googol vs. Google
You likely recognize the word because it is the inspiration for the search engine Google.
* The Intent: The founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, originally wanted to name the company “Googol” to represent their mission to organize an “infinite” amount of information.
* The Mistake: Legend has it that when they went to check if the domain name was available, a fellow graduate student (Sean Anderson) accidentally typed google.com instead of https://www.google.com/search?q=googol.com. Larry Page liked the misspelled version better, and the rest is history.
3. The Even Bigger “Googolplex”
Milton Sirotta didn’t stop at the googol. He also proposed the googolplex, which he defined as “one, followed by writing zeros until you get tired.”
Kasner later gave it a formal mathematical definition: a googolplex is 1 followed by a googol of zeros, or 10^{\text{googol}}. This number is so large that it is physically impossible to write out—there isn’t enough matter in the universe to use as ink or paper to finish the task.
Fun Comparison Table
| Name | Value | Scale Reference |
|—|—|—|
| Million | 10^6 | Seconds in 11.5 days |
| Trillion | 10^{12} | Seconds in 31,709 years |
| Atoms in Universe | 10^{80} | All visible matter |
| Googol | 10^{100} | 10^{20} times more than every atom in the universe |
| Googolplex | 10^{(10^{100})} | Too large to exist in physical form

Descartes’ surname sounded like Hindi word “dakaar” ( belching) to them. It made them laugh for a while. Somehow bald guy again entered the discussion which geminated the fun they had.
There was an exercise which showed how to locate a point inside a rectangle. I described the practical importance of knowing it. Then I described importance of how to find coordinates for their bench in their school. A structure with rows and columns was given. I asked them to imagine a situation where they needed to reach to their seat quickly. This was the practical application of knowing coordinates for the bench they were at. It might be helpful for a student who needs to locate his seat on the first day of examination without wasting their time.
Their printed time table was inside the mathematics book. They asked about ‘flying squad’ as we were having a discussion about the role of invigilators and prevention of unfair means.
I gave them Addition and Subtraction problems in assignment. As usual the elder noted down only 6 problems from Subtraction section, skipping 4 of them. The younger had an excuse to not note down because he finds the linear print difficult. He’s accustomed to doing them by writing numbers in separate rows. I asked his elder brother to help him with his notebook at home.
They kept quarreling. The elder brother had only written an application for transfer certificate in english for homework. This he did in school. The younger attempted nothing. He was flying kites.
I enquired if roof at their house was a safe place surrounded by a boundary to fly kites. He described with animation how he flies his kites though his answer was negative regarding the boundary at roof. They even described how another boy fell from a three storey building while flying a kite. A tragic accident. He showed me his hands with marks made by the string ( known as maanjha).
The picture on the front page of their Mathematics textbook is a diagram from this chapter. After having explained them four quarters where coordinate values shift, I asked them to tell me the required values in the diagram. The elder grasped it clearly whereas the younger struggled. He came up with only one coordinate.
His narcissism might be a cover for his deficits. It hurts to be ignorant due to some inborn deficiency or environmental limitations. It’s covered by being prophetic. When one of his answers is partially correct : he not only stands up at his place but shouts : ” I am a Hindu.” Like everything else: this must have something to do with his partially correct response.
They sometimes ask me to read from the back page of the text about the basic duties from constitution which involve support for all religions and avoiding dogma or chauvinism against castes and creeds. Younger doesn’t understand it at all. Elder might have learned to behave better.
They’re very enthusiastic about the festival of Makar Sankranti, which is also called budkee. It’s colloquial for ‘dip.’ Dip in holy waters. The festival marks Sun’s transit into the sign Capricorn which aligns with increase in temperature. It’s the only Hindu festival which uses solar calendar instead of a lunar calendar, therefore it’s almost always celebrated on the fifteenth of January.
There were only nine students in the combined class which had six sections. Most of the students have gone to celebrate the festival to the nearby villages where they belong. Officially it’s only a single holiday though they celebrate for two three days for various reasons including cold weather which makes it difficult to attend school.

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The Moon Shines!

1. It’s 17:35 when I sat writing this note after having bowled forty times. It makes ninety balls today. Moderation has kept my knees from not hurting as much as they were.

2. I had a nice nap this noon despite the Bundelkhandi hammers.

3. PWD people are doing something in the middle of the ground. There are at least ninety four wheelers and many two wheelers inside the ground but not as many people: this space is being used like parking lot as it’s a Friday market. As I entered the ground I felt like i was entering a bus stand.

4. It’s the full Moon of Bhagvata fame. Nectar fame. Autumn being most truthful of seasons and most beautiful: tells about the ambrosia which confers freedom from aging, decay and death. Vallalar was born on the full Moon day in 1823. Kripaluji was born on full Moon day in the twentieth century : but they were both born on this day and on the fifth of October. Vallalar declared victory over death, decay, aging and slavery. After composing his final 101 verses as an offering to Natarajan: vast effulgence of Grace: which was synonymous with his own being, he disappeared leaving a fragrance of camphor in Siddhivalagam. It’s accepted as a historical fact. Kripaluji didn’t reach those heights but he had an impeccable learning and a memory which made him able to spontaneously quote from scriptures as he delivered sermons. I saw his body becoming white pure light when I was in Vrindavan. He died in mysterious circumstances at an age of 95. I went to attend the buffet after his death ceremony. Prem Mandir.

5.

Sharad Purnima, 2020

6. Ashvini Kumaras bearers of nectar, incarnations of godhead are presiding deities who heal. Twins also represent Gemini and Narayana who along with Nara has been worshipped as primordial sage or ultimate destiny of mankind. Ketu rules the asterism. Jupiter, Venus and Saturn ruled the day. Vajra sceptre Yoga. Jupiter retrograde Atmakaraka.

7. The B.Ed. exams are also being conducted here. Couple of people asked me for directions.

8. I should play a jam or two for mosquitoes are harassing me!

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The Day!

1. Logic comes to my rescue at times. Though it also hides the higher intelligence.

2. Counting, reading, writing, running, balancing, mindfulness, humility, modesty. They’re all treasures : until they’re not. If you master a skill you should also count the dependencies. Electricity, water, space, hygiene and availability of good food are basic constraints for those living in cities and towns.

3. Earnest salutations and business can’t go hand-in-hand in case of individuals. In case of macrocosm : anything and everything can happen. What did he mean when he said: I will play the game with balls for eons and eons: it meant something to him. No publication is allowed without a certain authorization. Whatever reached you was the best of the information available for you at that time.

4. Skill creates news. Rest is same. In love. In point zero. In sunn you sharpen the sword of knowledge for the journey ahead.

5. I received a training in impromptu speech today. The fundamental rests in noname files: I have been through it very many times. I would have mastered it if I was given a script to read. Then : there wouldn’t have been loss of accountability. Hence listeners and viewers. Shrauts and smarts. Kevin Spacey in the usual suspects. The jokes and teasing shouldn’t hurt. It’s not out of Truth but : infinite inexhaustible energy does appear to be limited in certain locks, books, constructions or ego structures.

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Poultry Chicks

It was strange. They were all being unreasonable together. Having talked about pregnancy and how difficult childbirth is: epiphany of seeing it as a headline in the local news: moreover— artificial intelligence being promoted as a service for storytelling in newspaper headlines while he had been using it for sometime: it only told about coincidence but it was too uncanny and too frequent. “I thought I had seen the most wonderful thing in the world.”

… It was not the wrong question. They say gway wayward ardvark varsity fulgurant asynapsis. It’s not the end. Because everything is supposed to make sense in the end and nothing is making sense right now. Then the Doctor said, “Well, I’m going to London. The smell of poultry truck passing by was the worst thing this morning.

What do they feel like? Do they feel cheated for being reared up only for the eggs? Do they feel the fear when they wait to be killed for someone’s grill? Their entire existence is waiting for the death in order to be useful for their owners. What if humans are also living like that : throwing sacrifice ritualistic worship at random hoping to avoid inevitable end. What about those famed winners who became immortals?

Well, I have not met one. Women at large are reared up to get trained for rearing up children. Their main business in most villages is to cook, to bear a boy or four and to entertain entire families. Anything other than this: is a big black scar on the character. They are supposed to be that “real” human beings. But they’re not.

Look at the honest Shastri who was killed in a conspiracy. Being a son of the prime minister Gandhi got the luxury to experiment and be popular for renunciation. It’s true that he was authentic like Buddha or Mahavir in his experiments with fasting, truth and soul but it was not the only such enterprise. Ramalinga Paradesi or other adepts are not known unless they belong to the ruling class. It’s the ruling class which gets to morph the history into its choosing. It’s so filthy twisting of perspectives that you might feel aghast at the basic social unit of family narratives: extrapolation to the level of a country leaves almost no scope for truth as it really is. Moreover: is it a measure of success to be popular? The history which has been at mercy of popular regimes tells us that many public enemies were later worshipped as demigods and Messiah. Jesus, Socrates and Galileo are a few examples. But not the only ones.

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Human Beings: Crown of Existence.

In the epic Mahabharata, Vyasa says:

Guhyam Brahm Tad idam bravimi

Naa Maanusaa t Shreshtharam Hi Kin chit.

Meaning: I tell you a secret. Nothing is greater than human.

[ From Chapter two: Highest Excellence of Human, Indra Chandra Shastri, Udyogashala Press New Delhi, courtesy: Library of Gandhi Smarak Nidhi.]

And even that ancient tablet of Jewish mystics which I came across in my dark night online had gods and demons at level 4; humans at level 1. If a reader is aware of a wiki page with such a table: kindly let me know via comments or email so that I may bookmark the same.

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Narmada, Death, Pigs, Polythene, Vishakhapatnam, Suicide and Narada!

1. We had a brief discussion on effect of Corona. We seemed to agree on improvement in air quality. Narmada and Godavari couldn’t be cleansed even after big movements and activists like Medha Patkar sacrificed their lives for the cause. Godhead heard them and Narmada is cleaner. It works in mysterious ways.

2. Deaths:

Look at the tally. Today’s newspaper says 2 crore children will be born this year. Even in USA it would be 30 lakh births. USA being the top contributor to the Deathalymoixs would gain at least 26 lakh lives this year. Population explodes further in India. Old people were dying before. Why use the guise of a Virus managed by the states and central government with the help of a system of journalists who are either sold or are too scared to see the naked emperor roaming the streets without clothes.

May 8, 2020, Aditya.

3. Polythene and Polymer

Styrene gas leak on Thursday in morning hours, killed about 11 people and many others including police and rescue team as well as flora and fauna in the 5 kilometres area surrounding the chemical factory owned by a South Korean company. The factory was previously owned by default magnate Vijay Mallya. It’s an irrelevant info. Like this: Vishakha constellation influence ends and the event happened in Vishakha Pattnam. Pattnam means a bandargaah or a port. Vishakha means sub-bra ch. With Narada Jayanti the month of Jyesh tha begins. The biggest heaviest Dharma as Sun drinks most of the water from your body and you absorb greatest amount of Sunlight. Mythical hero of Mahabharata epic who was named Yudhisthira had this constellation. His name can be broken down into: Yudh and Sthira, which means the one who remains steadfast among vicissitudes or in the face of war. He went to heavens with his body. He ruled Indraprastha for 36 years.

Coming to normal: breaking off of the tangent: polyethylene or single use plastic ban is the government sponsored joke of this decade. Like flying cars being available to all and sundry by the year 2015. Smartphones are indeed available to most of us and I thank those who envisioned a 2020 with many hands using most modern computers in their pockets. I really do. Internet had improved my knowledge base and now smartphone is the only tool to meaningfully connect with cross ethnic groups. But where are the flying cars? That was a fiction like Arthur C. Clarke’s odysseys culminating in 2016.

I have to mostly remove single use plastic from drainage system outside my house as I burn the garbage. Most of the garbage is polythene bags. Why did they announce that they were going to ban it? Another suggestion is to not show warnings for alcohol and cigarette smoking and drinking. Be it TV or movies or packs or bottles. Don’t do that. People know the risk. My father, a chain smoker since the age of 14 years is 55 now. He filled an unspeakable amount of poison in our young lungs since childhood and we were suffering from bronchitis asthma etc. He looks hail and hearty. Don’t print warnings for everyone knows that Liquor and other toxins can’t be banned. In my walks someone or the other spits just as they see me walking. Sometimes it’s throng of people and now I know it’s not offensive. UP and Madhya Pradesh are states of Gutka eaters and paan masala guys who do as they please for they had attained Bramhjnana. They keep coughing and sneezing all day long and never take care of their bodies which have been sold to Devil and its advocates.

4. Pigs without Pepperwork:

Today 1000 labourers arrive here from Delhi. My father in a team of 5 is working to enlist the people who are diagnosed for the symptoms of Corona by the medical staff. I had downloaded the Aarogya Sethu application by the Ayush department of India. I took the survey and it declared me healthy. The blue tooth thing didn’t work as there were no cases (how could there be?) Hence I deleted the app. It had asked me if I was willing to volunteer for service to the cause and I said yes. Nobody approached me. I offered my voluntary services to enlist people with my father this morning as I want occassionally to escape this complex where trapped air has mostly the frustrated blabbering of my siblings, mother, father and grandmother. They have lost their jobs and feel insecure about their futures. By escaping from this complex for a few hours I would have breathed in some fresh air but the stadium as well as ashram are still locked. Where do I go? No matter where I go people look at me with suspicion and mockery. Mostly because of the clothes I wear as I use only a pair of them for being minimalist and I need to wash them as my parents haven’t spent even 2K on my clothes in a year. They had promised to take care of basics and not to interfere in my meditation. They left no stone unturned to ensure that I was not able to leave for another destination which might have been Tamil nadu, Hardwar or Rishikesh. Now I need to prove my worth on a daily basis to get a few crumbs.

Gist: they are like leaders who keep only the promises which are conducive to winning the elections.

Fear of death, fear of humiliation, mind control using police, media and battery as well as technology are key aspects of 21s century regime.

Municipal corporation promised to remove pigs. There are at least 25 pigs outside my house on a regular basis. There were none 5 years ago. Why are they proliferating? Neighborhood complains about not being able to feed cows who are useful animal.

4. Narada Jayanti

Marks the birth of sage Narada who is considered divine and an incarnation of lord Vishnu. He’s undoubtedly one of the most popular devotees in India. Only Hanuman, Dhruva and Prahlad come anywhere close to his impeccable reputation. Narayana, Narayana on his lips with a pair of cymbals and Veenaa in his hands, he’s the epitome of devotional Love. He features prominently in all of the greatest mythical stories. For example: he’s present as a counselor to Sage Vyasa in the Bhagvat Puran. He was the one who inspired him to create a song praising dancing darkness of grace. Bhagvat is a testament of grace. A song full of divine love. Narada is also present in Valmiki”s transformation event. He changed his heart by meeting the divine sage and became a creator of immortal epic of Ramayana. Narada is also present in the story of Dhruva and Prahlad. Vashishtha might come closer to the reputation of the divine journalist who was equally respected by angels and demons. With a time machine I would have loved to walk with Narada a few miles: hearing him chant Narayana, Narayana. The sage who gave Paanchratra and Narada Bhakti Su tra. My most humble obseianxe to one of the greatest among renunciates.

5. A bird chirped sweet as I woke up. It’s still twittering. Mrig Yoni, Devagana, Kolav Karana, Bramhin Varna, Gemini Ascendant with Mercury being the Atmakaraka in Sagittarius in Navamsa. Prati pada of Krishna Paksha begins. Jyesh tha month begins. Mercury rules the constellation. It’s Dharma dominant.

6. A labourer had to walk 1000 kilometres from Soora t Gujarat to Panna. He collapsed in Chhatarpur where he was taken care of by the medical staff and a gentleman gave him 500 rupees to help him.

7. A 37 year old government employee hanged himself to death in Panna. Reasons unknown. May he rest in peace. Please help raise awareness for euthanasia. Thanks for reading.

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I Lost You At Elizabeth Gilbert!

1. This post is inspired by the latest on Goodreads.xom

2. Thanks Sarah. I took 8 minutes 50 seconds as I lost my patience by Gilbert. Friedman seems like a familiar name.

3. I have written more than 10000 hours. Maybe its multiples. Does it show up in my writing? Maybe not. The one who coined the formula got to be the pioneer not the rest in the queue is the law. This article, for example would at best be called a leech. I didn’t know longreads was serving the US audience nor did I think so about the Automatically generated fresh articles. All people deserve their desserts so do I.

4. Dr. Win Wenger and Richard Poe inspired me a great deal in 2003 to become writer via their book The Einstein Factor. Only few youngsters paid me a few bucks for English tuitions and nobody recognises me as an author. I had a combination in my horoscope which suggested I would be an author. I lost patience a long ago and now this blog primarily serves the causes of alleviation of hunger and euthanasia for all. Nobody among my friends has ever acknowledged my greatness as writer:

Therefore to sum it up: I am a novice with nothing better to do. I wholly agree with Sarah Mckedd about myth of greatness and hope to become mature enough to write in way that pleases audience in US and elsewhere.

Liberty

It took me 13 minutes to write and publish it.

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The Preamble!

Sovereign Socialist Democratic Republic.

[ By 42nd amendment: the word secular was added. ]

1. Justice: means by using of reason or logic as well as witnesses– the whole system would serve the balance . The system would work to ensure human rights as well as animal rights. Because we, people of India care for each and everyone living with us or visiting us and we also care about our animals as well as those visiting us. Righteousness is ordinary meaning of the word but based on the experience, intuitive intelligence and grace of those working as the judges we would ensure nobody has their basic rights like right to privacy, education, freedom, liberty and equality violated. Munshi Premchand”s Panch Parameshwara is a profound narrative explaining how justice works. Justice is considered poetic or divine if you stitch enough patterns or threads but maybe not so divine if you leave it halfway through.

2. Liberty: Liberty is highest among values. Religions and hierarchical structure explained in David Lynch’s Inland Empire clearly show how Devil working via language and details tried to manipulate us since the beginning of time to forget our infinite potential as well as infinite free spirit. It invented means of entertainment and social comfort to obscure our wild adventurous spirit.

3. Equality: In principle all people are equal. We all have infinite possibilities to become limitless and to actualize it we do have an eternity. But as the saying sayeth: some people are more equal than others– we are not given as many rights as the next person because an unspoken law dictates human behaviour and intelligence. We discriminate based on wealth, clothes, ideas, lifestyles, activities and even type of hairstyles or surnames used by our people. Unless these are maintained the upper castes can’t control the lower using the religion and hierarchical structure which has currency as its foundation stone. The wealthy one percent make a joke of law and rest of the people whose life has no value and who are merely waiting to be used by this party or that by this business house or that by this land Mafia or that.

4. Fraternity: only when the first three are taken care of we would have an Upanishadi fraternity amongst all people on Earth and beyond. Not before that. Education is first and foremost right like food for all people who live here. If education was given population density and explosion wouldn’t have been snoring with rings of fire like Corona in your ears and eyes. Yes: organic farming and ancient ritualistic sacrifice actually overpowers the mere 70 years old constitution which has heavily borrowed from that of USA and UK. How much is common will be clear only after a thorough study.

26.11.1949: was the date when it was enacted and passed by us for us people of India.

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Time Taken: 33 minutes. Only the first page covered. The Preamble.

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Codex Reading and Swearing!

1. Downloaded the Constitution of India. PDF. Through the PDF. India is a socialist democracy. It is preamble and there are 268 pages. I should be able to complete reading it on or before the next time Moon transits through the Hasta quarter 4. That’s about 27 days at the rate of 10 pages per day.

2. 700 verses of Bhagwad Geeta are well understood by me though I can’t use them as references at all times–memorizing them wouldn’t be difficult either.

3. I tried downloading and reading Quraan. Didn’t work. I would need someone who can give a transpose. Not until then.

4. Japuji is one of my favorites-a clear word on Hukm. The first order. 1onkar satnaam.

5. I have been through old and the new testaments and I grasp them and their essence well enough.

Bhagwad Geeta!

6. Since I don’t understand Yiddish or Hebrew and both of them are Greek to me, I don’t plan on reading Sefer Yetzirah. I would rather read some programming language like one offered by the eDX online.

7. Once I am done with these my basics would be sound enough to debate my case in a court of LAW, in the case a need arises.

8. These are the only codex used to swear on to make witnesses and accused responsible for speaking the truth and nothing but the truth.

9. I might be a fan of solipsism sometimes but at others I feel I need some events to create meaning and events need sense perception, flora as well as fauna. People. Male and female. Young and old. Good and not so good. Beautiful and ugly. Dichotomies and infinity. Dejavus and infinite combinations. False memories and suggestions.

10. Let this note be a reminder to myself on my reading of Bhagwad Geeta by Vaasudev Shri Krishna aka Shri Krishna Dwaioayana Vyasa as well as Constitution of India. Since it’s the first time my reading of the book I would like to be thorough and ensure I understand at least the meaning of terms used. Rest will follow later!