Saturday, April 12, 2014

TulsiDaas

dhol ganwaar shoodra pashu naari
sakal taadna ke adhikaari



Dhol (whom wife gave good food , but he don't go for earning) ,
nari (for whom husband earns by hard work , but she don't respect )

should be beaten , instead of saying or thinking anger during sex.
anger during sex becomes the part of Opearting system of baby.

operating system of baby is developed during sex. Application software S/he learns outside.

so children should never be beaten.
but good wife (patni) should beat her dhol to make him pati. at night when he come after earning she should love him instead of comparing with other gents.

same with nari to make patni.

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It is to be noted that simply pulling out the word woman (‘Nari’) and declaring that Tulsidas told women are ought to be beaten and scolded (‘Tadan ke Adhikari’) as per Hindu society, would be wrong as the sentence contains many other entities and the context too has to be clarified. We will analyze the whole sentence and try to understand what is meant out of it, in context of the situation in the scripture, and as explained by Hindu saints. The above lines are said by the Sea Deity ‘Samudra’ to Lord Rama. When Lord Rama got angry and took out weapon in order to evaporate the whole sea, the deity appeared and said above lines in context of boundaries that are created by God himself in order to hold his creations. Even sea resides in its boundaries and hence to go across it, Rama supervised the construction of famous Rama Setu Bandh the trace of which exists even today (presu?). The metaphors are used to convince the reader that matter or non-matter, ignorant or learned, animal or human, all need to understand the importance of boundaries of nature. The exact meaning of the sentences even out of the context goes as:

Let us understand the literary meaning of ‘Tadana’ first. The word is of abstract meaning and can mean many things. Directly it means scolding or commenting so as to keep the conscience intact. Indirectly, it is considered as a boundary of society or family that holds a member of the family or society within its meaning. (sanctions?)

‘Dhol’ means drum – it needs to be beaten, but in boundaries of rhythm to produce beauty of music, otherwise it becomes harsh noise.
‘Gawanr’ means ‘Ignorant and illiterate’ – they need to be held in the observed boundary and controllable limits, or else they would create havoc out of means of livelihood.
‘Shudra’ means ‘Worker classes – they need to be guided so that they do not create mess of their work.
‘Pashu’ means animal – they need to be controlled.
‘Nari’ means ‘Woman’ – they need to be kept in the boundary of culture, as they are more important pillar of a house, society and nation than men.

Thus, the complete sentence means within context of the story, as Drum, Ignorant, Illiterates, Animals and Women are ought to respect boundaries, so the sea also has its boundaries in respect and powers should not be forced to destabilize those boundaries – this is what is told by the deity. I wonder, instead of focusing on the real fact about how miles long bridge was constructed in those days over the sea (the bridge now being proven through the images from NASA and carbon dating for its age), a technology not known to modern world, the critics diverts the focus with wrong meanings to defame Indian values.

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PS: I don't remember from where I have borrowed it, but it lying as draft for almost 2 (inactive) years. Anyway.....
Aaj ki shaam fir yu hi akele guzar jaayegi,
Fir teri yaad aake bhi mukar jaayegi,

ye raat abhi aur baki hai kuchh
fir ye subah thodi aur usar jaayegi

kabhi ye nigah idhar tiki hui hai
kabhi ye nigah fir udhar jaayegi

Awara-Madhosh fira karta hu, magar
tum aaoge to meri fitrat sudhar jaayegi

Heera soi saraahiye, from movie Highway (2014)

हीरा सोई सराहिये सहे घनन की चोट,
कपट कुरंगी मानवा परखत निकरा खोट ॥ Bijak/Sakhi 168 ||
Admire the diamond that can bear the hits of a hammer.
Many deceptive preachers, when critically examined, turn out to be false.
[Here diamond is siddhanta (the basic principles or doctrine).An experienced diamond cutter can hit the diamond using a chisel so that the chips will break off as expected. A diamond because if its crystalline structure tends to break off at specific angles. Similarly the true doctrine would come out shining when it is critically examined].

हीरा तहाँ ना खोलिए जहाँ कुँजड़ो की हाट,
सहज गाँठि बांधि के लगिए अपनी बाट ॥ Bijak/Sakhi 170 ||
Don't open your diamonds in a vegetable market.
Tie them in bundle and keep them in your heart, and go your own way.
[Don't discuss gyan (knowledge) with those who can not understand it].

हीरा परा बजार में रहा छार लपटाय,
केतिहे मूरख पचि मुए कोई पारखी लिया उठाय ॥ Bijak/Sakhi 171 ||
A diamond was laying in the street covered with dirt.
Many fools passed by. Someone who knew diamonds picked it up.
[Those who understand gyan-siddhanta (true knowledge/principles), pause to acquire it].


Reference (borrowed from) : http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~malaiya/kabir.html

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Justice and Fair Pay

Should a banker be paid more than a nurse? - Michael Sandel audio podcast.

Effort and Hard Work
Importance of contribution to wealth creation, social well being
Intrinsic or moral value of the work
Logic of market "aggregate choices of individual consumers and people who offer their labour and services to decide"
Perfect meritocracy would justify the difference in pay?
Why the difference is so huge, is that fair?

Born with gifts and possession, moral arbitrariness.
Pay depends how society values ones' work.
"pay" should include job satisfaction?
Why the difference is so huge, is that fair?

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Barfi ...

Lately a lot of people, mostly over FB but also in person had complained that Barfi is copied from other movies with a lot similarity from Charlie Chaplin. While I agree that many a scene can be called frame to frame copy from somewhere else (check this http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=4082374652071), I still don't see any point in calling the movie a copy, and just by this logic denying the whole ingenuity in the movie. The movie personally touched me so deep that now I don't even remember which one was the last movie that was so deep. I checked the whole list of Amir khan movies, while they were marvolous and I am big fan of him, still not that deep. And there shall be no no comparison. I am sorry to compare.

But to all those who think that the movie is a copy, I'll ask one simply question. When you know a person, what do you associate him with? I sure not the body part of his. If you see the person you wud call him by name. But if you to see (god forbid) only one part of the body of the same person, what ever part you may chose, would you call it the person. The same applies here too, a scene or two, in their isolation from the rest of context is not movie. They might be copy but the movie remains an original piece of work.

On a different note, even the whole movie was copy from another movie, frame by frame, just making it again with a different camera and actors, makes it different.