Hey guys!!
I've bugged you guys enough with my poems... It is time to actually speak fathomable language..! ! Before I go on speaking, there are a few essential details I need to tell you for the content to make sense to you.. first among them, my buddies - Vivek, Akilesh and Prakash - We call ourselves SVAP!! (it is super funny to have such crazy names for your groups!! I remember seeing really hilarious ones on our local trains like.. Ghilli guys, Urapakkam
kings..! One reason why Indian railways can never improve!! We could probably coin a term, "Rail blogging"!!)
I was the latest entry into the group and we have been awesome buddies over the past 7 years (if I'm right..).
My relationship with these guys has changed over the years... Various hats I wore when with these guys, sometimes a mentor, sometimes a lovely friend, sometimes a confidant but most times - the world's biggest BUG.. I can bet no one else could bear with me for seven long except these pathetic guys. But I can say with pride that these brats are my best buddies - working for giants in their respective industries - Google, Oracle, Accenture! It so happens everytime we guys meet up, we stay overnight in someone's place... And that's the opening scene on eve of 12th July!!
I have a unique flair for philosophy.. I read a lot on religions.. on God and a few other "non - youth" subjects.. And man, I long for an opportunity to speak on my passion! Ppl get bored if they are disinterested about the topic.. so I save my discussions to myself! But I do get vents once in a while.. Like this blessed night.. I don't remember where the discussion started but it branched into spirituality... Wow! And more to it, it wasn't just a discussion.. it was a very healthy debate... the topic on the cards - "Spirituality - Religion - God men and God"!
The "science driven" Pikachu (Prakash) took the opposive role.. Keelu (Akil) was the self appointed moderator for a while and later merged into the defensive with me... (Probably feeling that I was not taking the discussion in the right ways?!!) It swerved round and round and questions like "Who is God?", "Isn't science everything?", "Are the epics a myth?", "How did the world evolve?", "Is the big bang real?", "Why temples?", "Why idols?", "Why religions?", "Is there something called soul?", "Is there rebirth?", "Why rebirth?", "Is everything in life pre destined?", Yogis - Godmen - Swami...
I think I'd have missed at least a dozen other things we discussed! Pikachu is science driven but isn't an aethist.. Proabably agnostic?! The best part about the entire discussion was we understood each others' opinions and tried to clarify each others' misconceptions... And can you believe the youngsters of this age sit up and debate on topics like God for 5 hours?! It was probably pre destined! (I bet Pikachu will comment on this!) More importantly, at the end of the discussion, all of us felt happy... We felt we are taking back something worthy to our homes the next day..
And did anyone think ... Where was Viv all this time?! He was blissfully sleeping in Hyderabad... (Pre destined again?!)
"Ippo enna solla vara da nee?" Ya... The point to be driven is not that Charan, Akil and Prakash discussed some sense (or no sense? That's your opinion) without sleeping a whole night.. there is so much friends and such informal networks can do... So much of good work that can be offered to the society.. So many positive conversations that can ignite our minds.. But we miss it all..
Our most important discussion in those lil moments we catch up: "Macha, Dasavatharam paathiya?!", "Mama, iPhone therikkithu da", "Railway station la andha figuru..." and quite a lot more trendy ones... Not wrong at all man! Who told you not to speak these? And who is Charan to ask you not to speak these? But in these leisure moments, if we don't discuss our doubts, positive thoughts, we'd probably lose such opportunities in future..
We'd probably live with doubts all life...
we'd probably never understand what our opponent says...
We'd probably never learn listening before stressing our opinions..
We'd probably never actually know if our opinions are correct.
And it is so much fun to learn with/from your best buddies than to be screwed royally by a doomy stranger in times there is no more gap for additional screws!
I don't know if I have done justice for the precious 5 mins you have spent on reading this blog... So spend one more min for commenting if I have!!
Have fun guys!
Love...
Sri!!
I've bugged you guys enough with my poems... It is time to actually speak fathomable language..! ! Before I go on speaking, there are a few essential details I need to tell you for the content to make sense to you.. first among them, my buddies - Vivek, Akilesh and Prakash - We call ourselves SVAP!! (it is super funny to have such crazy names for your groups!! I remember seeing really hilarious ones on our local trains like.. Ghilli guys, Urapakkam
kings..! One reason why Indian railways can never improve!! We could probably coin a term, "Rail blogging"!!)I was the latest entry into the group and we have been awesome buddies over the past 7 years (if I'm right..).
My relationship with these guys has changed over the years... Various hats I wore when with these guys, sometimes a mentor, sometimes a lovely friend, sometimes a confidant but most times - the world's biggest BUG.. I can bet no one else could bear with me for seven long except these pathetic guys. But I can say with pride that these brats are my best buddies - working for giants in their respective industries - Google, Oracle, Accenture! It so happens everytime we guys meet up, we stay overnight in someone's place... And that's the opening scene on eve of 12th July!!
I have a unique flair for philosophy.. I read a lot on religions.. on God and a few other "non - youth" subjects.. And man, I long for an opportunity to speak on my passion! Ppl get bored if they are disinterested about the topic.. so I save my discussions to myself! But I do get vents once in a while.. Like this blessed night.. I don't remember where the discussion started but it branched into spirituality... Wow! And more to it, it wasn't just a discussion.. it was a very healthy debate... the topic on the cards - "Spirituality - Religion - God men and God"!
The "science driven" Pikachu (Prakash) took the opposive role.. Keelu (Akil) was the self appointed moderator for a while and later merged into the defensive with me... (Probably feeling that I was not taking the discussion in the right ways?!!) It swerved round and round and questions like "Who is God?", "Isn't science everything?", "Are the epics a myth?", "How did the world evolve?", "Is the big bang real?", "Why temples?", "Why idols?", "Why religions?", "Is there something called soul?", "Is there rebirth?", "Why rebirth?", "Is everything in life pre destined?", Yogis - Godmen - Swami...
I think I'd have missed at least a dozen other things we discussed! Pikachu is science driven but isn't an aethist.. Proabably agnostic?! The best part about the entire discussion was we understood each others' opinions and tried to clarify each others' misconceptions... And can you believe the youngsters of this age sit up and debate on topics like God for 5 hours?! It was probably pre destined! (I bet Pikachu will comment on this!) More importantly, at the end of the discussion, all of us felt happy... We felt we are taking back something worthy to our homes the next day..
And did anyone think ... Where was Viv all this time?! He was blissfully sleeping in Hyderabad... (Pre destined again?!)
"Ippo enna solla vara da nee?" Ya... The point to be driven is not that Charan, Akil and Prakash discussed some sense (or no sense? That's your opinion) without sleeping a whole night.. there is so much friends and such informal networks can do... So much of good work that can be offered to the society.. So many positive conversations that can ignite our minds.. But we miss it all..
Our most important discussion in those lil moments we catch up: "Macha, Dasavatharam paathiya?!", "Mama, iPhone therikkithu da", "Railway station la andha figuru..." and quite a lot more trendy ones... Not wrong at all man! Who told you not to speak these? And who is Charan to ask you not to speak these? But in these leisure moments, if we don't discuss our doubts, positive thoughts, we'd probably lose such opportunities in future..
We'd probably live with doubts all life...
we'd probably never understand what our opponent says...
We'd probably never learn listening before stressing our opinions..
We'd probably never actually know if our opinions are correct.
And it is so much fun to learn with/from your best buddies than to be screwed royally by a doomy stranger in times there is no more gap for additional screws!
I don't know if I have done justice for the precious 5 mins you have spent on reading this blog... So spend one more min for commenting if I have!!
Have fun guys!
Love...
Sri!!
