What is this blog about?

Well, why write it? What's the use? Who's going to read it? And who gains what out of this blog? And why now?

To be honest, the first and foremost reason is, it would be ridiculously stupid and crazy, if I just talk about all the thoughts going through my brain, in my room to myself. So, I needed an audience. Hmmnn..... I do have a few friends, (not many to be honest) who would give me ears, and argue with me, for the kind of things I think about, and the kind of ideas I generate from the knowledge I had gained by being alive all these 29 years. But, I am not satisfied with the answers I get from my friends alone. I want more. I want more perspectives, alternate theories, more life experiences to be discussed, and from everyone, rather than from my chosen friends. And all my friends are male gender of our species. I never got the ideas/perspectives of other genders. I don't know about the ideas of a woman, with concerns specific to that gender. Worse still, I don't know - almost nothing - about trans-gender persons.

This blog is about 'IDEAS'. Ideas which you always wanted to discuss, but somehow hindered by the society, and discouraged not to take up. Ideas which could have enhanced our life. Ideas which challenge everything, including yourself. I want this blog to create new debates, transaction of ideas, shatter all the taboos, at least within my circle of friends and acquaintances. This blog is mostly about the questions that have popped up in your head, but told by your peers and elders, when asked, to 'SHUT UP'.

Think about it.

How did we change, from a civilization which worked on mathematics on helio-centric model as early as 400 BCE to a stupid group of kids whose sole aim of studying mathematics is to get a good job from a well-paying 'Corporation'?

How did we change from, great art to 'maan ada mayil ada'? yes, the same shitty TV show I never watch, and millions of budding(?) artists watch with hope(!)....?

How did we change from great debaters to microphone/paper-weight/chair - throwing parliamentarians?

How did we reduce Hinduism, a great set of philosophy to Hinduism, a mere stupid religion fighting the Abrahamic religion for numbers, ultimately generating Hindutva terrorism?

How did we go from 'Vatsayana' to innumerable cases of rape, and worse, marital rape? Why is 'sex', the physical act instinctively coded on everybody's DNA, essential for the survival of our very species (next to food), is a matter of taboo?

Why? What? How?

These are the questions I want to discuss with this whole wide world of web. Questions which were answered early, but time has erased. Answers which made the 'powers of to be' less comfortable. To challenge the self-proclaimed authority, To challenge yourself.

If you want to know who is responsible for all the degradations which has plagued our society, look around, ask everyone, but also look in the mirror.

Am I honest? Do I have the intellectual courage to question myself? Do I have the courage to say 'sorry' and correct myself? Do I have the open-mindedness to see things around subjectively, not just objectively? Do I have the moral competence to make judgments myself, instead of relying on some authority? How to give authority to someone to run this society? How do I choose?

These are questions, I have noticed, people are afraid of asking. Many think, they are liberal-minded, yet preserving their culture, with fair knowledge of how the system works, and how to work around it for survival....!

How wrong that turned out to be..! One thing I have noticed about people is, they confuse life vs being alive. Confuse life-style to survival. Confuse wealth with success. Many don't even know what happiness is. I see people around, who think and treat 'happiness' as some drug-induced state of mind.

The way I see it, every individual, not just a generation, has the obligation to make things easy and better for the next individual and the next generation. Otherwise, I wouldn't be enjoying all these things I enjoy now, if it wasn't for individuals who worked to make this world a better place to live in. With my respects to those, lets sort out all the issues for ourselves and for the future generation.

At this point, I need to tell you the details. Who am I? What do I believe in? Why do I want to live? How do I want to live? Well, that's a long story to cover in one post. So, I would rather give a brief introduction about my past, in my next blog, and as and when I write blogs on issues of importance for me..... you'll get to know.

This blog is not about complaining, whinging, whining, mud-slinging, self-pity or my own sad story. And don't think of me as a wry person, who sees things in black&white. I am as much fun-loving person as any. You'll find humour too in my blog. This blog, again, is about discussion of ideas. This blog is about seeking answers. And the first step to get the best answer which benefits everybody is,

ASK THE RIGHT QUESTION.....

So, I request all the people with 'intellectual' honesty and courage to actively participate in this blog, write comments, help me refine the ideas, and ultimately make me and yourself a better person. Unless we work on the individual level, we won't be able to appeal to society, get them to think... because, society is nothing but a collection of individuals.

As for people who think, they know everything, well, I know you wouldn't come back after reading this blog, for fear of losing, what I call, 'illusion of certainty'.

Nothing is certain. Nothing is absolute. Everything is relative.

WILL COME BACK SOON.....