You can't make a coffee with the same taste tomorrow, as you made it today. I challenge you. Ask the person to whom you serve, tomorrow. "Did the Coffee I prepared and have given you today, taste exactly the same like the one, I gave you yesterday? If the reply is "YES",then,either the Coffee is made in a machine or the person is lying. So, what's the reason behind it? Nothing. It's just like that. Reasons why we don't make big fuss about the same...our tongue can't measure the taste like an instrument, made to exactly measure and report the taste basis some parameters. It is the overall feeling, of enjoying the Coffee...The colour,mix and strength....depending on the mood swings during that particular moment. The day's first coffee we drink in the morning may taste differently in comparison to the one we may taste sometime before noon.
Life is the same. It can't produce the same results or bring in people or make events happen the same as it did happen once, when,we felt it was fabulous. It's just like that. The department of heaven have fewer staffs, but, huge huge population to manage, that, they have to keep looking for satisfying everyone...and constraint...like in any production department, costs and number of people they could keep happy every day. So, if it was someone else chance to feel happy yesterday, it could be someone else turn to feel happy today, and, someone else opportunity to feel great with life tomorrow. My good God and Goddess, they are working overtime everyday, to keep everyone happy in this World, that include me and you.So, it just is like the taste of the Coffee.
Tendulkar's bat can't score a double ton in every match. And, so do Schumi,who can't keep continuously winning races in every circuit. And, so, is Fed.And,so can be Barack Obama. And, so, it can be you and me.
If the Coffee which is in our control can't be prepared to produce the same taste everyday, then, why talk about Life which is not in our control...
I feel, that, the pleasure of tasting a Coffee, with different taste everyday, along with the person I love, is like seeing rainbow in my life, everyday. Life will be boring and dull, if it’s the same...It has to give us the wonderful opportunity to enjoy different taste.
So, next time, if anyone feel the question arising in our minds..."why my life is not the same like "that day"?"...let's remember the Coffee made...It just has to be like that, to enjoy it. Life is just happening in front of our eyes. It is exactly like the aroma that we feel, as we go about tasting the Coffee. If we just drink the Coffee, without feeling the aroma and colour, then, there is no pleasure in drinking the Coffee.And,so is Life. If we miss to enjoy the small moments in life as we experience it, we are missing the aroma and colour in it. So, next time, you drink a cup of coffee...just enjoy it. Don't rush it. For it is not about just drinking a cup of coffee. It is all about living and enjoying your own life. Experience the moment like a cup of Coffee.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
As time moves...something like the Schrodinger's equation.Life is experienced.
Was lucky and it was rare to get such a lovely day like yesterday,a breezy Sunday with roads empty,a walk crossing the lake in Kolkata,returning back home,after drinking a cup of Filter Coffee from the only Udupi Hotel in the city. Hey,wait,do time change one's life?I paused my thought. Nopes.Time do not change any one's life. As a Physicist,knew that time on earth is a result of movement of the Stars and the other heavenly bodies in the Solar System.I think,I was moving to one of my favourite paper during my graduation days,the Quantum Physics...It's all about Observations...I realized that it's not time that change any one's life...rather,it is the experience that one undergoes,which make them observe life in different perceptions.So,it's the observation that is a result of the past and present experiences.Time just keeps moving on as it was.It is just our mind,which either gets conditioned or change its observation patterns,basis the external influences,leading to internal observational changes in perceptions towards life.
If we draw a wave in a graph,with Time in the X-axis and Experience(Observations) due to external influences impacting our perceptions towards life,in the Y-axis. The emerging wave pattern is nothing but a result of mere observations and perceptions, due to conditioning of mind as a result.It's something like the Schrodinger equation.Time just move on,as it move on in everyone's life...as it does in the Solar System. It is just our experience,which condition us to observe time differently, as a result of the past observations/perceptions due to external influences in our life. So,does time change one's life?Answer is no. Do life change as time moves on? Answer is Yes. It's the observation's in life,that keeps changing,with moving time.Time moves.And, Life is experienced.
If we draw a wave in a graph,with Time in the X-axis and Experience(Observations) due to external influences impacting our perceptions towards life,in the Y-axis. The emerging wave pattern is nothing but a result of mere observations and perceptions, due to conditioning of mind as a result.It's something like the Schrodinger equation.Time just move on,as it move on in everyone's life...as it does in the Solar System. It is just our experience,which condition us to observe time differently, as a result of the past observations/perceptions due to external influences in our life. So,does time change one's life?Answer is no. Do life change as time moves on? Answer is Yes. It's the observation's in life,that keeps changing,with moving time.Time moves.And, Life is experienced.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
From the Bakers ST
As she moved, I fell in love;
Her wings did not flap,
Oh…she got a tail;
So long her body, so wide is her belly;
Cute her look, spiky her nose;
Oh…what a turn, on her heels;
Majesty her name, beauty she is;
As she moved, I fell in love;
A poised move, to be where she belongs to;
As she moved, she gained speed;
Off her feet, flying so high,
Lost her my eyes, from its sight;
Am going to fly, with her in the sky;
She took me, into her,
And, I started, to cuddle her,
Feeling her warmth, fell into a deep sleep;
Opened my eyes, to the sudden rays;
Saw us sailing, on the clouds;
Together we were, flying in the sky;
Up she went, closed my eyes,
Back to sleep; she glided again, in the sky,
Spiking the clouds, with her nose;
As I woke up, she flew down;
Touched the ground, in her style;
As I jumped, from her belly,
She stood there, behind me;
She is so pretty, and
She is my dear Magnificent lady!
As she stood, I started to move,
As I moved, I fell in love with her again!
The Bakers ST is a bakery cafe in Delhi Airport. My favorite spot is the bar stools facing the runways. I love to sit there, with my cup of steaming coffee or green teas, facing the runways, seeing the planes take off and land on. Always early to check-in to get my A or F seat, rows 1-6, get a full one and a half hour time to observe the beautiful white birds, taking off and landing on. Especially in the early hours during the sun rise time;
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Let us welcome 2010 with all happiness and peace!
Let us all march together,
forward into 2010,
with hopes and a new beginning.
Let God be with each one of us,
With our family members, our friends,
and the known and the unknowns;
May the New Year 2010 usher in peace, good health,
prosperity and happiness
into every one of our family;
Let good light
take care of every moments
in our life;
May I Pray the almighty,
with all my humbleness, to take care
of each one of you and your family members
and your friends, during every moment of your life in 2010.
May all your dreams come true,
and may each one of you achieve success
in this New Year 2010.
Wishing you all Good Luck!
Bhupesh Balakrishnan
forward into 2010,
with hopes and a new beginning.
Let God be with each one of us,
With our family members, our friends,
and the known and the unknowns;
May the New Year 2010 usher in peace, good health,
prosperity and happiness
into every one of our family;
Let good light
take care of every moments
in our life;
May I Pray the almighty,
with all my humbleness, to take care
of each one of you and your family members
and your friends, during every moment of your life in 2010.
May all your dreams come true,
and may each one of you achieve success
in this New Year 2010.
Wishing you all Good Luck!
Bhupesh Balakrishnan
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Justice Delayed = Justice Denied!
The last two day headlines in all the capital city newspapers kept me reminding two existing facts, post six decades of India’s Independence.
1. Innocent/the helpless people are always easy victims to the greed and desire of the rich and the mighty.
2. The rich and the mighty still can be brought under knees, thanks to the Indian democracy, aka the David and the Goliath Style.
Here, this time the victim has been an innocent 14 year young Ruchika, a budding tennis player and the rich and the mighty, a well-educated IPS officer, holding a high moral and responsible position in the society as State IG. Poor Ruchika after three years post-her incident, commits suicide, thanks to the rich and mighty officer’s various power tactics. Ruchika’s friend’s parents take up the case to the court of law, which is blinded for 19 long years. And, the verdict finally comes after 19 long years, with a simple 6 months jail term for the well-educated officer, thanks to his advocate wife, who fought courageously to save her criminal husband.
As I post this blog, swallowing words, controlling my anger and disappointments, I am also able to feel a sarcastic smile spread across my lips. At last, the poor girl got some justice.
Three major questions arise at this mid-night hour in my mind:
a. Should we be happy about this Justice?
b. Should we appreciate a delayed Justice (agreed, though worth, even delayed)?
c. When will the rich and the mighty stop their game of greed and desire that dangerously play with the lives of innocent people?
The quick answers that comes to my mind at this hour is,
a. Should we be happy about this Justice?
Yes. We should be proud that after 19 long years, we are able to convict a criminal. That is what Justice is. It is a testimony that it is still working in our country. Our democracy is a functioning one. It makes me feel happy.
b. Should we appreciate a delayed Justice (agreed, though worth,but, having been delayed)?
Justice at any remote hour received, needs to be appreciated, but, we need to change the way we will welcome a justice in future. A delayed justice is equal to a denied justice. The societal consequences are huge and manifold. People may stop approaching the Department of Justice. Courts of law will become courtyards for the rich and the mighty to play their dirty games. So, rather feeling a sense of appreciation, we should move ahead to ensure speedy trials and fair settlement of appeals with a sense of urgency in future.
c. When will the rich and the mighty stop their game of greed and desire that dangerously play with the lives of innocent people?
Shame on us, witnessing the brutal killing of the basic tenets of a democratic society, scoundrels and rascals in the disguise of rich and the most educated people, the wolf in the human clothing…am extremely sorry to have used these hard words, but, then, it disappoints me to say that we still live in the stone age.
I think and feel proud about my father at this hour, an advocate, who use his knowledge and power to fight for the innocent and helpless people in the court of law in my hometown; I feel proud of one such advocate, Shri Pankaj Bhardwaj, who has got Ruchika’s guardians, Shri Anand and Shrimati Madhu Parkash, the delayed Justice.
But, going back to answer the question I have raised, am sorry again. Even the God, the creator of both the victim and the rascal, will not be able to take a guess, when the rich and the mighty will stop their dirty games. I would like to live pragmatically, but, not going down without fighting for Justice. But, let me make the statement again –Justice delayed is equal to Justice denied.
c. When will the rich and the mighty stop their game of greed and desire that dangerously play with the lives of innocent people?
Shame on us, witnessing the brutal killing of the basic tenets of a democratic society, scoundrels and rascals in the disguise of rich and the most educated people, the wolf in the human clothing…am extremely sorry to have used these hard words, but, then, it disappoints me to say that we still live in the stone age.
I think and feel proud about my father at this hour, an advocate, who use his knowledge and power to fight for the innocent and helpless people in the court of law in my hometown; I feel proud of one such advocate, Shri Pankaj Bhardwaj, who has got Ruchika’s guardians, Shri Anand and Shrimati Madhu Parkash, the delayed Justice.
But, going back to answer the question I have raised, am sorry again. Even the God, the creator of both the victim and the rascal, will not be able to take a guess, when the rich and the mighty will stop their dirty games. I would like to live pragmatically, but, not going down without fighting for Justice. But, let me make the statement again –Justice delayed is equal to Justice denied.
Friday, December 11, 2009
These are my days!
Gone are the sultry days,
gone are the windy days,
gone are the rainy days,
gone are the misty days,
gone are the black days,
coming all are my days,
they are colourful days,
the air is filled with the smell of sweets,
my ears hear the beautiful tunes,
songs and dance, as I can see everywhere,
these are my days,
as I move forward,
looking for the truth,
in everything I think and see,
in everything I say and do,
with everyone around me,
I welcome these good days,
that shall be good chapters of my life,
later, when someone reads my book.
Balakrishnan Bhupesh
gone are the windy days,
gone are the rainy days,
gone are the misty days,
gone are the black days,
coming all are my days,
they are colourful days,
the air is filled with the smell of sweets,
my ears hear the beautiful tunes,
songs and dance, as I can see everywhere,
these are my days,
as I move forward,
looking for the truth,
in everything I think and see,
in everything I say and do,
with everyone around me,
I welcome these good days,
that shall be good chapters of my life,
later, when someone reads my book.
Balakrishnan Bhupesh
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