Krishna says give yourself (15-1-08)

The festival of harvest ws celebrated last nite hanging out at every nook n cranny tat Bangalore had to offer, met up at Qwikys, went to Vaayu for dinner, then dancing at Taika, then Barista at leela n ended up partying the entire nite ...the celebration ws the Bday of a v special friend n her growing of age [hehehe] taika n many others like it have lost their charm w.r.t the dance floor- the music is as gud as eva, howeva, the crowd seems to hav lost its apetite to shake a leg in happy abandon post the new regulations - urs truly just went ahead n downed herself in mojitos, vodka n old monk, didnt still seem to get affected until the choc fantasy did the trick at Barista :D..howeva, i came to realise its no longer safe 4 a gang of women to party nymore, a guy approached a friend n in his drunken stuper said, i am an engineer n i want to go out wit u [ she freaked out initially, thn v all had a heary laugh at a very strange pick up line, wots so special abt being n engineer n think abt the psychology bhnd n individual if his only claim to life is tat of being a techie] i do respect every individual's profession, howeva, i dont bliv it has any element of exaggeratd status attached to it, v got 2 hav a job to sustain our interests, face challenges n earn a living...so whthr a guy's an engineer or not hardly matters...today it mayb big, but manufacturing was big one day tooo, it will also find its place in the cycle of life....nyway heregoes a mail dotty wrote last Sunday, but didnt send across -
Krishna ….

I dance to your melody,

And I sing for your blessings,

I share what you so easily gave - grudgingly, yet complain that I do not have enough,

I look at another, my reflection, and say, 'Hey! He doesn't give as much as I do'

Not realising HE AND ME are but equal….

Ugh ugh! [Clearing throat!] these are sometimes thoughts that Gools has, n I must say her mind runs like a windmill revolving at different speeds as winds of different kinds drive it….Its been a fortnight since the nuts found presence in your inbox, n thy will aggressively do so…

The nuts had the gud fortune to kickstart the new year with the Lord Krishna, thanks to Sanjay, whose an ardent devotee himself…the Nuts were blessed to share through a benefit dinner organized by the Akshaya Patra foundation on the theme of wedding food of different regions of India. We celebrated through indulgence on a delectable platter of 60 varieties of food from the four corners of the compass…The dishes were called different things, but they all tasted and smelled of the beauty of the Lords blessing in seemingly providing for his children- children lost, children hungry n craving, n children living in his eternal bliss…v view such dinners as an opportunity to satiate our own hungers- hungers for networking, for recognition, for the joy of celebrating our standing in the social order, v nudge, v swear, n v act disorderly in queues just so v have an opportunity to taste every other delicacy on offer before another[fellow human]…the Lord sees it all, he is but maaye, n do u think our deceptions blind him?

Interestingly, the proceeds of this dinner went to little children's mid day meals scheme, if they were to be present at the temple as people fought for food, they would have learnt a few lessons early in life. Do chaos n kindness go hand in hand?

The Nuts came back with a stomach filled with perceptiveness and awareness… they got the hint that Krishna gave us all- its his kindness tat he provides us opportunities to play different roles…Divine intervention towards consciousness' :D

The fortune trail continued n Gools started seeing in her friends n coworkers the plan that Krishna had chalked for her – Give yourself – he kept repeating…She did give, in listening to her colleagues as thy trekked downhill blindfolded in the middle of the night, danced together around the bonfire, fell and got up to continue an activity which needed her as much as it did every other person, n she gave as she allowed her friends to climb over her to complete tasks, tasks that were significant for thm n tasks that impacted all of thm, she gave whn she didn't speak out as others took credit for the work she completed, she gave as she stood behind thm all as thy ran their claims of dominance n influences…knowing all the time tat Krishna watches over her….

In everything that we try to accomplish, there is an intent of leaving a signature for the selves, but oftentimes the accomplishment remains not as that of an individual but with relevance to the time and impact it had..for ex: the launch of the Nano by the TATAs will be significant not just on the impact it would have on the masses but its symbolic effect on the perceptiveness of the rest of the world in assessing India's capability and technical prowess…the westerners may scoff at it and talk of all that the Nano doesn't have! But they should admit that we Indians, specifically the Tata's have kept their word n have allowed the many dreams of the populace to see daylight, nano is an answer to the people huddled under shelters while the rains play havoc, nano is the answer to old people struggling to find a footing in a crowded bus, nano is an answer to a young couple carrying their little children and plying through roads loaded with traffic..

Swaminathan in his article today has written beautifully abt the impact of nano with relevance to the green activists and their calls for ban on vehicles such as these which may lead to so called congestion…we have the least density of cars n by policies which emphasise the need for clear regulation we will be able to address the various queries that one may have against such a pathbreaking invention – I call nano an invention because it is within a specified cost, fulfills the need for a certain level of comfort and definitely doesn't occupy space :D…these are the kind of accomplishments that one should crave for!

We petty ourselves in dreaming for the next appraisal, for the next brownie point against a colleague, for an inch of property against a relative whom we share our dna with, for that gadget that a friend has, for that dress/hairstyle that we wnt to have..how futile does existence become?

Dotty has said enough, I think I must tell you all that I am betting on Reliance power this season as the next big IPO intercedes Mr Nut…Junior says, this IPO will be oversubscribed because of its clever advertising and media propulsion, there are already scrips present in the power space, wouldn't they have the potential to grow as much?

Mrs Nut lives in her state of sympathy towards Hillary, they don't let women progress even in the US… well! In the end its again a collective manipulation of human emotions, when Hillary's failures at the primaries started being associated with her gender the womenfolk started expressing their electorate more firmly, it was always a known fact that Hillary is a powerful woman senator, but, why did it take so long for women to collectively vote for her and her competence…should gender be your trumpcard to a possible victory? I wouldn't be comfortable in working with an American whose resolve could be so easily manipulated J again, would I not vote for a woman candidate as against a male candidate only because shes a woman?.. is yet to be tested [hehehe]

a lexicon on slang was released by a teenager, I felt it was uber cool to have had the patience to compile jargons n lingo wch wud bcom pass/irrelevant in a shortwhile ;) but the uniqueness of the lexicon is that it gives a clear message to our folks, your kids cant share everything with u, smtimes u just haveta let goJ…

Coming to the events around town, this weekend i.e 19th of jan, please try to attend a music concert called the "Divine Rockers" it's a show run by children for children, the said children being those from matrushree- a home for the mentally disabled. The children performing happen to be students of the music school that Gools happens to be learning guitar from- n they will be playing Bhajans in rock! The venue of the event is Alliance Franchaise at 6.30pm…b there if you want to have a good evening which celebrates sharing your smile with children from Matrushree…

You may contact Gools for passes…

Wishing u a blissful week ahead!

A quote by Vivekananda to end this mail :)

"He who is overcautious about himself faces danger at every step; he who is afraid of loosing honour and respect gets only disgrace; he who is afraid of loss, always looses"