Entropy

  മറുപുറം   കൈയടികൾക്കായി മാത്രം വിലാപകാവ്യം ചമയ്ക്കുമ്പോൾ. ഒന്നോർക്കുക! അരുതായ്കകൾ പലതും ശരികളായിമാറുന്നു.   കരുത്തുള്ളതാം കരുതലിൻ കരം കരിയിലകാറ്റിലലയാൻ വിട്ടതെന്തിനായി ? ജീവൻ കൊടുത്തും കാക്കേണ്ടൊരുവളെ മരണക്കയത്തിൽ മാടി വിളിച്ചതുമെന്തിനായി?   കുഴിമാടമൊരുക്കുവാൻ കരുത്തുള്ള കൈകൾ സ്വപനങ്ങൾക്കൊരു കൂട്ടാകുമായിരുന്നല്ലോ! കനൽ വഴികൾക്കപ്പുറം, തണൽ മരങ്ങൾ തേടുവാൻ   താങ്ങായവർ കൂടെ ഉണ്ടാകുമായിരുന്നല്ലോ !   ചേർത്തു പിടിച്ചു സാന്ത്വനമരുളുമ്പോൾ നീറും നെഞ്ചുകം തഴുകുന്ന വേളയിൽ   ഓർക്കുക, ചൊല്ലുക, ഉറക്കെ ചൊല്ലുക ഇതല്ല മാർഗം!



Scene 1 Trinnngg.. Trinnnggg... The shrillness of the alarm clock woke me up... It is unusually cold and I did a futile attempt to find the alarm clock with the blankets still on. "But who has set the alarm clock. I normally keep the alarm in my phone" "Btw, today is Saturday and I couldn't recollect any early work." It was loud enough to interrupt my thoughts too. For a moment I sympathized with my kids who wakes up every day to this alarm. I slowly peeped out of the blanket and was a little frightened to see three pairs of eyes staring at me. "What happened?" I jumped out of the bed. Dad, Mom and Dimple extended their debit cards to me. "What happened? Where are you all going, handing over me all these?" "We are not going anywhere, you are going to the ATM" Dad was once again the strict father after a long time. "Really? It is still dark out there. What is the time? 5:00am? Have you a...

"Honey, can you take a cab today? I need to get to office early" Deepak shouted from the bathroom He felt proud about his discovery that bath time is the best to communicate bad news. Normally the reaction time for a 'not so bad news' is the time taken to fill a bucket of water. He got ready and picked up his bag. "What is the urgency today? " "I need to pick up a colleague from hotel. He is from US and need some guidance to reach office? " "Why cant he take a cab?" "He is new to the place, honey. And was looking for some help" "OK,  I need to leave now .Every second I spend here now, will be extra 10 mins in traffic" Deepak picked up the news paper and ran. "And what is the newspaper for?" "Today I would be taking the KR puram route" He shouted while running down the stairs. Rick had read a book on India to impress his Indian friends . He was watching out for the cows and mon...

Deepak is spending a lazy Saturday morning, with his late coffee and newspaper. From front page to last including sports is more to do with politics, power, publicity and posters, than the real news. For those who are not interested in this, news paper reading has become a ritual. The shameless sensationalization of  every incidents tragic, comic or trivial has made it a monotonous affair.  He is almost back to sleep. A loud scream put an end to his thoughts and half sleep. It is from his 7 year old daughter Diya. Screams and shouts has become a routine stuff at home.  Result of unsophisticated parenting that both Deepak and his wife Dimple blame each other. "Can you please have a look at what are the kids up to?" shouted Dimple from the kitchen. "Ah not again!" he gulped the words as  aroma of brown bread and sprouts made him more sleepy. .  She must be busy preparing the healthy-organic breakfast. So it is better to just follow. ...

India's biggest and most expensive reality show is over. And it is time to deal with the realities. One of those is that we have appointed Mr Narendra Modi to lead our country for the next five years. I have to confess that I am not a big fan of Modi or any of our politicians. But I am very much impressed with the emphatic win that he had. The most impressive element is that it was meticulously planned and executed with utmost precision.  Congratulations Modi & team! Like most of the fellow countrymen, I haven't paid much attention to any of the claims and promises made by any of politicians or parties. Neither have I gone through the non-stop blabbering, except keeping track of the headlines. And, this time I did not have preference for any party/person to lead our country. Having said that, I feel happy about the elections results for multiple reasons. 1. We do not have to face another (hope so) election for next five years. After all, the white money spent ...

  System Analysis Post-Independence, Indians has been ruled/opposed by thousands of political parties who just cares about nothing but the next election. Now, we see that there is another one created. The good thing about the new one is that the involvement from people who are not a part of mainstream politics or the ones who hasn't taken politics as their livelihood. I am also glad to see that they are successful in shaking up the existing political system in the country. They have made the politicians think about their survival which is always based on money, muscle, nonsense outbursts, instigating and cashing in on religious/social sentiments. The change looks to be good. At the same time, there are apprehensions about the sustainability of this enthusiasm. When the want for power tops the agenda, the transformation to one among others is so easy. The most important thing that needs to be done in our country is to empower people. Make them confident and secure enough t...