Indian Thinker : Mr Endangered Thoughts

Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insect, as well as for the star. Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper. Einstein believed in that invisible piper, the question is, do you? We all thought of this question several times in our life. Is there a god? The same question that has been in the mind of every single individual who has once roamed this planet. Once I asked a friend this question and his reply was very funny, "i don't know whether the god exists or not but I'll believe it exists because i don't want to be in it's bad book if at all it exists. I am sure many of my readers too are people like him who believes in god just to be in a safe zone.  Lately I had this very strange idea while thinking about God. What if god's just some set of law? Like gravity for example, the

He stood there still. He knew who it was, he never bothered to turn. "So you are the Ram who travelled all the way for his Sita ?" asked the cold low tone to Aadi with his right hand on his shoulder. This was the first time he was meeting this man but Aadi knew who he was and he guessed what he want. He never had the strength to speak back. He was a lost man. "You have a pretty strong arm my son, something which went into that river usually never comes back. You are not so tough as I heard" said the man in a mocking cold tone. "What do you want?" replied Aadi finally. "The question is not what I want, the question is what you want",continued the stranger. Aadi gulped and spoke "Your daughter". John Varghese,a strong msn in his mid sixties, father to Poornima Varghese, he reached US way back in the 80s. Struggled hard to build what he has today. The only thing that he lost during this time was his Indian citizenship. Aadi never li

"I am a good, god fearing christian" some thing that she used to stress a lot. That was true, she always held her beliefs close. She always had a clear idea what she was and what her limits were. Unlike Aadi who always tried to break limits she was more practical. Poornima, meant full moon. "She's the closest thing ever to a full moon" Aadi used to say. It was quite right. She was beautiful. 5'5 tall, average weight (may be a little more, but who cares), dark eyes, and had a very beautiful heart. Aadi remembers an incident where he asked Poornima about the number of children she wishes to have. "4, may be 4+2 with two adopted ones", she replied. Aadi couldn't stop his laughter "and how are you going to feed them dear" mocked Aadi. "When you have mouths to feed, you will find a way" her reply was stern and serious. That was Poornima, when she talk about life she meant business, she never took life lightly. May be that'

Kempegowda International airport in Banglore is one of the busiest airports in South India. Majestic and beautiful like the city itself. Aadi slowly moved towards the check in counter for getting his boarding pass. He showed his tickets to the lady there, "Happy flight to Guwahati" said she and gave that orchestrated smile. You know how they smile. He reached Banglore from Kochi couple of hours back its a connection flight to Guwahati. Its his second trip to the city and he was all packed up to become an IITian. The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are among the most difficult schools in the world to get into. The University of Oxford accepts one out of five applicants. IITs take in just one out of 50. So it is little wonder that for any Indian child with ambitions, getting into an IIT looks like the pinnacle of achievement. Aadi too dreamt of getting into an IIT. Its vibrance and diversity always attracted him, more than that he was attracted towards the public atti

Aadi's father was one of his best friends he used to discuss everything with him. One day after coming back from college he asked him "What do you think of interfaith marriages"? "Well my boy, have you ever heard about Jesus Keshav Pillai" enquired dad. "What? Jesus-Keshav-Pillai? Aadi was confused. "Yes, Jesus Keshav Pillai" stressed his dad. "What"? Aadi felt the name so strange. Jesus and Keshav(Krishna) in a single name and with Pillai at the end. He knows Pillai and Nair are given to upper caste Hindus in Kerala. Watching Aadi's puzzled face, his father started narrating a story. ********************************* Lakshmi was sitting in the verandah of her big thatched house. "Hey look who is here", shouted jubilant Lakshmi. She saw her brother Raman walking past the gates of their house. She ran and hugged her brother. "Oppole, How are you ?" asked Raman in an moderately sad tone. Lakshmi looked into hi

The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of 156 miles (251 km) that runs through the city of Chicago , including its center, the Chicago Loop. Though not especially long, the river is notable for being a reason why Chicago became an important location. Aadi stood watching the waters of the river, it's nothing like the Brahmaputra in Assam. The smashing, turbulent waters of Brahmaputra always generated a sense of fear in him. Chicago river though was nothing like that, calm and quiet just like his mind now. Winter was slowly creeping in, not snowy but evenings were getting colder. Being a civil servant in the Indian Foreign Service he had to take some special permissions to fly here. The cold wind continued to blow. He would have never even imagined standing there if it was some other day but this day nothing seemed to bother him, he was lost, his world seemed irrelevant. He was holding a small black box. The velvet coating over the box gave it a

As usual Aadi was so keen in his maths class. He loved the subject and he loved his teacher. A lean brown 13 year old boy. Circles, it was about circles his teacher was teaching. The class was quiet, not that quiet one could hear whispers and tiny giggles if you listen carefully, obviously it is an early teen class. Aadi was carefully drawing circles with his compass, he heard a voice and he knew it was the peon of his school he never even looked up, he was so immersed in what he was doing. "It seems you will have a new classmate" announced his teacher to the class. There was a sudden buzz of excitement in the class. Aadi looked up, and saw someone move through the window which open towards the verandah. He saw her, a beautiful lean tall girl in her blue and white frock. Time froze for Aadi, nothing moved, total silence. All he can see was her beautiful face with fringe of hair on to her forehead. She came in and sat behind his bench. "Your good name?" asked the

The seats in the lounge of Vijayawada Railway Station were cold. Its been raining heavily for days . A well built station, now serving as the capital city station to Andhra Pradesh. He usually finds interest in these sort of architectural wonders but not today. His mind was pre occupied with some other thoughts. He checked his watch, still has enough time till his next train arrives. He decided to take a stroll.  The gigantic railway station had 18 platforms all well maintained, he was on platform 6. He was walking close to the IRCTC canteen. The pleasing aroma of Masala Dosa marched into his nose. Cold weather and hot masala dosa he thought. There was no hesitation, went straight in and ordered his hearts desire.  The splendid masala dosa arrived in a white plastic plate. He dipped it in the hot yellow sambar and straight to his mouth. A train swished past his platform he looked on to it casually. Through the gaps of the running train he saw a familiar figure in the next platform. &

Evolution is the law of nature. The complex intelligent human being that we are now was once just an organism with a length of 1 micron. Then it became a  multi-cellular  marine organism. Then to land. Step by step we become what we are today. Evolution is inevitable, the only question is, what next? Mechanical Beings. Yes, you heard me right. Mechanical Beings like what you saw in the science fiction movie Transformers. Machines with intelligence, artificial intelligence. AI is actually giving conscience to machines. The ability to think. In this context what is the difference between a human and a robots with AI? We human beings are nothing but machines made from biodegradable materials. When we study the anatomy of human body we will understand that we are nothing but machines which are able to dream and think. So machines which can think are people with body from a different material. Tech companies will create AI and these AIs will be the next operating systems. The