On Pain

‎"A pearl is a beautiful thing that is produced by an injured life. It is the tear [that results] from the injury of the oyster. The treasure of our being in this world is also produced by an injured life. If we had not been wounded, if we had not been injured, then we will not produce the pearl."~ Stephan Hoeller

Suicide ~ Food for thought!

Today's top story ~ Girl commits suicide after her boy friend dumps her on Facebook !

This is soo disheartening..a girl so talented (not that if she was less talented I would care less) to pass out of IIT- Kanpur, work in Infosys, and get into IIM - killed herself for being dumped (whether on FB or G+ is not important) it kinda shows us that  though technology has developed so much, we are not ready to cope with its repercussions, nor have we built a dynamic social support system to check this- but then again suicide is more of a personal decision - a choice, so I guess I can't get away with blaming the society.. Sociologist Emile Durkiem the author of Le Suicide- THE SUICIDE  infers that the more connected people are to each other through the institution of religion the less likely they actually go through with suicide - I do not agree with all the inferences given in his book  but again it is note worthy point. My inference is - its  not the religion that prevents suicide but the fellowship of individuals  which give us the assurance that we are not alone, there has been worse, and yes this too shall pass. It is not religious ties which has the power to prevent suicide, religion is just a road to reach GOD!  

Personally I detest those who commit suicide because I believe it is the most selfish act a person does- almost the height of narcissism( self -love).  When a person decides to take one's life out he/she think solely about themselves, while  completely disregarding the devastating effect their suicide can cause to their family, their friends and the Gift of  Life.. It is almost as if you are making a mockery of  your Creator, your loved ones and Life when you contemplate suicide. You din't create your self into what you are now from a single celled Chimera you were - So no you DO NOT have the liberty to take your life out. Our creator shed his blood, sweat and tears to make you into what you are (flaws included) so do not disregard that and for once try to live for other than for yourself.

A break up  is merely the end of a relationship which is again just the end of JUST a single chapter in the book called Life.. its that and just that - nothing greater than that! and definitely not worthy of killing one self in an impulse.

If you ever feel life is rubbing you to dust and you feel life giving up think of two things.

I. Think  of the single most painful thing you have witnessed - For me it was the memory of an old homeless women, her eyes filled with tears and her face in pain, she used to sit near the suburban train subway, she never used to accept alms, or food from anyone, it was almost impossible to help her - whenever I think of her it moves me and whatever little trouble I have that has been putting me down seems smaller and more solvable than before..

II. Think of the most beautiful thing for me again it was the smile of child whom I met years ago, he was diagnosed with AIDS at 2 , yet he is living every moment or should I say loving every moment I cannot shake his smile of my head  ~ it makes me well up and realize there is so much to life than good grades, an envious body, a great pay package or a failed love life! There is LIFE waiting to be lived,  loved and shared with all. 


No one is alone,  if u think you are alone - Your senses are temporarily  impaired ..Try again the answer is No :) God created a Gazillion Human beings to keep each other loved!


And finally  ~ 

Use your imagination not to scare yourself to death but to inspire yourself to live!

"You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?" ~ Rumi 

Bruschetta @ Blur

My friend T and I have been having a series of super weekends starting last month, much to the dismay of many :D Oh Well! So few weeks back we went to watch a critically acclaimed movie at Satyam cinemas (by accident) Actually what had happened was we both were suffering from Vit M deficiency as in we were in dire need to watch a movie....We had not planend ahead and we landed there on a Saturday afternoon hoping to get tickets :D and after we realized tickets to all shows were sold out.. it was Smurf Movie Vs  BOL !! Smurfs were ruled out, so T and I ran out to look at BOL poster and see if it was worth the trouble! Hehaha after I saw Atif Aslam's pic on the poster I convinced T!! After all this trouble we realized  it so happened we were 3 hrs ahead when we landed there and we really needed a place to lounge :D

Now I know Satyam has a nice place called ID - Idly dosai (where I love) and Ecstasy for chocolate lovers and Blur.. but I haven't tried Blur before cos I always imagined it to be a noisy over crowded place which it was :) with bad food but i wasa wrong about the food- Ok I take back what I said.. I dint try too much because I was too stuffed from the breaskfast I had at S&S I just a regular Bruchetta and Gobi 65 with Tawa roti.. But it was enough to convince me to come back for more ;)

Power of research~ Lessons from GOOGLE DOODLE

Today was a regular day at work>>> I came in,  log on and went about my activites and  i m stuck with doubts somewhere I resort to my friend/ philosopher and helper at work >>GOOGLE.

 

 

Today's google doodle looked like fresh peas scattered on my screen and just when i thought they 've gone nuts i hovered my cursor over the pea pods it indicated it was Gregor Mendel's 189th Birthday today!

 

For those of u who feel you ve heard of him but can't remember who he was.. Gregor Medel is

• The father of MODERN GENETICS   
• Path breaker/ Pioneer in his field
• Best lesson to the World on perseverance
• My personal hero :) he was introduced to me by my high school Botany teacher 

Mendel was born to a simple peasant family in 18th century, entered priesthood early in life, although a mathematician by education he was a passionate gardener, in fact it was application of his math skills that helped him with Laws of inheritance (later known as Mendel's laws of inheritance).

 

Mendel's discovery about the traits of inheritance was way ahead of his times, in other words no one really understood or appreciated his work in his time when he was alive. However he went about  documenting his work with great sincerity and meticulously noted down every single detail of his research which was preserved in the state library for about (hold your breadth) 100 years!! Yes  my fellow researchers it was exactly 100 years befre Mendel's work was rediscovered by the then popular genetisits Hugo De Vries, Carl Corren and Tshemark .

 

Medel's  research revolutioned the world about 100 years after his death he was crowned father of genetics and every single law we have in inheritance is based on his extensive reasearch.

 

All of us are working in very unique areas of research which have never been explored before, in a way we trying to create a break through with our work and it can be intimidating, and disheartening somtimes when you hit a low point and feel like giving up just remember the story of Mendel and power of research .

 

Great things are bound to happen to those who persevere!