1. Merit of being young and beautiful: is to be pleasant to look at. As a living organism you have more potential to further procreate and lengthen the chain of your species, clan or family. Especially in case of women fertility is correlated with beauty. As young children are beautiful to look at by virtue of being alive more than those aging: being young means surviving and struggling on a day-to-day basis mostly to sow your seeds. Seeds, which will be sown anyway.

2. Those who are forever young have gained infinite virtue. The true nectar of immortality. The elixir which lets them gain eternal youth. They have defied the realm of death, fear and decay.

3. The name of coaching class on board: Mars Space Academy. It teaches you high school subjects. It seemed funny to me. What would have crossed the mind of the proprietor to show off both his inclination towards space missions and knowledge of Science?

4. I was talking to the tea stall kid in the high school who plays PUBG lite. He kept swinging hence and forth between subjects and tenses upon being questioned about what he had read in the English Grammar: then I taught him affirmative, negative and interrogative forms of the tense:

“I prepare tea.”

5. Another kid I am giving tuitions to had a strange experience yesterday night. It was like astral travel but nightmarish. He saw the time in clock which read 12:16 AM. I had asked him simple practice questions on Voices when his vision seemed to have got blurred and he could hardly read any further. I asked him walk around the library room breathing deeply. His elder brother had seen a bull one night. This strange bull with red eyes disappeared from his vision after se time. Coming home the kid had strange vomitting. I am eating crunchy snacks and peanuts which are very few but ignite taste buds and give me energy to continue. A building I used to see everyday has been demolished as it served no purpose. How much energy is spent in restructuring because of renovation whereas some people barely have enough resources to start. I saw two kingfishers and one of them twisted itself dramatically. I confirmed that Moon was still in the constellation Bharani and it will reach Rohini by tomorrow upon being asked by tea stall guys. I don’t care about run-on sentences and other nuances. I am much better off writing almost as I wanted to after a dark passage of almost six months where a kitten and lying family members inhibited all my expression. A crow sings and many vehicles pass by… for couple of days Mars will be there as Atmakaraka. I still think about the stranger on that village street when I had not even begun my schooling. The stranger who talked about the Tense.

There’s always a goal or an ideal towards which actions are oriented. As things should be.

If things are as they should be: you need to continue doing what you are doing.

If they are not: you need to work until they are ideal.

The reality of the moment is: as things are. It’s the acceptance and full cognizance of present situation which gives you the ground on which you can work. If in case of less than ideal results you are so excited that denial of the situation results: you can’t work to bring about the change towards the ideal. Similarly: you can’t recognise any changes which are taking place towards the same direction.

The equanimity and mindfulness go hand-in-hand. They’re aspects of Karma Yoga. Skillful action brings about perfection or accomplishment.

Do you want to buy some sand?

First, you must promise not to get a single grain out of the bag.

No. Then, you must not throw the sand into the air.

Why then, are you taking the picture?

Why yes, I think I shall take it. I write blogs. I might use the picture in it.

I will charge you a dollar for it.

What is a blog?

You can read one on the internet. You tilted the trailer and now you want me to pay you a dollar for the ruckus?

It’s not a ruckus, it’s a photograph.

Ah, I write articles: like those you read in the newspaper.

Do you have an article about me?

No. But you might read one if you wait for me to publish this one! This is a collection of tales. Are you from this village?

I am from a little town with a very big forest.

What are the odds? Two accidents within one kilometre! These were the most interesting things that happened in our village.

1. Early morning blues, curlicues. Curly queues. There were too many people this morning. National Highway is the only place where you can go for a walk.

2. Entering into the village I keep a stick in hand, one stray piece of mango branch. It keeps dogs and horny bulls at bay. I was wondering if it explains why nation states too are required to keep weapons and armies. I have absolutely no desire to prolong my life. I would rather like to disappear as soon as possible: still it’s not fun to see dogs, bulls or pathetic demons in guise of humans depleting you of your energy: again and again. Self care and protection is not against surrender to the reality or nonviolence. There are way too many stray dogs and pigs in this town.

3. There was a small accident this morning. As I entered this village: I saw a tractor trailer carrying bricks trapped into thick soil. They have been trying to pull it out for two hours now.

4. Keeping records is easier this way. Easier it’s to read my own mind back. It’s a long time since I stopped needing pats on my back to continue walking. I missed learning new words and reading myself more than anything else in the last ten days. Images and animated images of women are available for free forsooth forsure forwhy forthwith withal thalium umlaut plaudit dithering ringtone dipthong Hong Kong dingdong singsongs Singapore claptrap humdrum humbug gummy bears will be there.

Free train is passing by police rock. If train is a train which carries goods. I feel Jolly good after a nice workout. I am intending to write a series of songs if the weather permits. My writing is mostly dictated by the weather if I sweat too much there isn’t much energy left to do the writing. Hence proved.

Khairiyat stands. Black Commando Sa in the city again. I answered series of questions without making a grimace full stop the work was pleasant as usual. That lady in black called me a hypocrite full stop not a new thing for me. It has rained in the nearby cities but this city has lack of rains this month. Although there has been a series of thunderstorms they are not enough to provide water for irrigation full stop it is Siddhi yoga which would be followed by sadhya yoga. Mahesh Yoni. The word Mahesh means a buffalo actually the great Lord is Mahesh aur maheshwara where as the Yamaha who is the lord of the death for this realm known as realm of death is owned by him and his vehicle is considered to be a buffalo. So may be based on that myth Dan name was considered to be Mahesh.

1. I am as helpless as humans get. I can’t change the situation in the house I dwell in– leave alone changing it in the township, country or world.

2. Having established that my words are not going to create any new movement and understanding the futility of the exercise: I will write to keep the record.

3. The twenty first century: golden age was a motto given by an author and leader of a spiritual movement. The incumbent head of the movement is facing charges of sexual assault. I read his books in my childhood. I don’t see any golden age around me.

4. Above mentioned author was inspired by Gandhi. Gandhi also was seen as an icon on Modi’s clean India campaign. Gandhi is actually out of the pictures in the year which was to be celebrated as his 150 th year of birth.

5. After the free of cost promotion of Trump last year: Modi was being called ” Father of the Nation” by news channels. I don’t mind: Do US people consider Trump to be as great as Washington or Lincoln.

6. I don’t give a hoot to any of them. I will deny the offer to meet any of these if a time travel machine was available. I am talking about them only to talk about the benchmark for greatness.

7. Thomas Freedman has been a regular columnist in the Hindi newspaper I read. He says ” Trump tells a lie with every breath he takes.”

8. Which means: Freedman the winner of the Pulitzer prize values honesty.

9. If a leader doesn’t speak truth : he can’t practice it. What is the use of the elaborate worship of Shiva. Satyam. Shivam. Sunda rum.

10. Gandhi was searching for Truth. Buddha said he had found it. Krishna also said the same. If any of the leaders speak lies: they are leading the masses towards the same darkness they are in.

11. They are setting a clear example: sell your soul to the devil. Speak lies and behave selfishly. Since you are able to do so. What does the temple of Ayodhya mean: wasn’t it about an ideal of devotional love. About keeping your words even if you have to give your life trying.

12. Don’t compare Modi with Gandhi. Don’t compare Trump with Washington. It’s alright if you do. But they are taking your country towards greater darkness. I don’t have any panacea. I am as helpless as humans get.