The ruler is helpless in front of his own rukes

 In this story from the Bible, the competitors of Daniel decided to trap him.

They ask their king to come up with a rule that in next three days only he is to be worshipped. The King saw it as a chance to consolidate his power and people's loyalty

Only when he learnt that Daniel disobeyed the rule, did he understand the motive  of his advisers. And now he couldn't change the rule he made

I am not discussing what happened next, but we often fall in the trap of our own rules and ideas and even the most powerful can;t break theirs own

The first miracle by the Apostles

 There is an incident mentioned in the Acts chapter 3. Probably the first miracle  by the apostles, after the resurrection of Jesus

A man asks Peter for alms. He was handicapped and that was what he used to do for living

Peter replies : I don't have gold or silver, but I can heal you. And that man miraculously is cured of his handicap. He rose and danced and jumped for joy. This might be first such miracle where the receptor was given something that he didn't; ask for

Imagine, he after all the joy, discovers he can no longer beg for alms

All miracles need not be the ones you ask for. They might be the redemption you needed rather than the arms you wanted

Futile Dreams

 I saw myself arguing with my friends. I recognized them from my school days

And I found a guy who wanted to calm down the argument. He was always like this. Half laid back

Suddenly I realized that I was arguing for something pointless. And at that movement I realized I was in a dream. For May be a second I was in a dream and I realized it was dream.

I woke up and realized these friends have been from a life 25 years ago. I don't know where they are and haven't seen them for decades

A few minutes after waking up I realized I spent a good part of my life achieving nothing. My parents shifted from rural backgrounds built themselves a career and home. I don't have even decent savings

Obituary to Life

 Today, I received a message about a friend whose mother passed away. He was no close friend of mine and it might have been decades since I met him.

But he is my age and then I realized, I might be entering a period when we have to lose our dear friends and then it dawned on me that I took might not have much time left

I might too go away without seeing the spring

This Mother's Day fell on a Sunday

 This Sunday I had this urge to go to Church. It is not a easy thing as I have to drive 80 kms and back. But I decided to honour this urge and drive on. On the way while listening to the stereo and in the Church, I don't know why the prayers to Mother Mary kept touching a chord. 

I am not a person who worships Mary, but belong to the denomination that respects her. Later in the day I learnt that it was the Mother's Day. Day where mothers and their role are celebrated

There is no better icon for a Mother's Day than Mary. Deeply misunderstood in her times, got pregnant before she was married and that too in a patriarchal society. She was nearly abandoned and then had to flee her country, gave birth , alone and in a  cattle shed. Had to see her son drawing ire of the establishment and then get killed at 33. She is still despised by her own sect, the Jews

Can we see a better example

One-Five years

  Only when I opened my email yesterday did I realize that I had completed 15 years in this humungous organisation

And maybe it takes quite a while to realize that you have ended up in the wrong place and you have sunk too deep to get out.

And the reason I opened my email was to send out a complaint against a branch in my own organisation who refused to open a account. The people around are changing so fast, and you are stuck up as a fossil

Big Boss Malayalam- A cultivation ground for BJP?

 This election season comes up with some very interesting picture in the demography of Kerala politics

Bit UDF and LDF barely fields one or two celebrity candidates where as BJP easily comes up with many

Even interesting scenario is most of these candidates shot to frame or came to limelight after their tenure in Malayalam TV program Big Boss. Now it goes without saying the program is hosted in Asianet which is owned by BJP state president Rajeev Chandrashekhar

So the question is - Is Big Boss a fertilizing ground for BJP agenda? If you look at the last few seasons, they put in In-your-face contestants with toxic outlook versus people with a 'privileged-liberal' outlook (aka LGBTQ) . There is toxicity on both sides of the court and they are packaged to family audiences as 'game-plan'

I know people as in men and women irrespective of age sitting late into night watching the show. The juicy bits are cut short and packaged as reels the next day. There are fan fights and debates and 'armies'.

In the end only right wing fascist content prevails