Love? Platonic defn of non-platonic.

Reading Plato’s theory of love is not my definition of an ideal time-pass activity. But since I have been nostalgic about ‘love’ and ‘K’ all week, I decided to turn to philosophy. And I found what I was looking for. Solace. In Plato.

This is what he writes when he describes the excitement of the lover who sees in another person an expression of divine beauty:

At first a shudder runs through him, and again the old awe steals over him; then looking upon the face of his beloved as of a god he reverences him, and if he were not afraid of being thought a downright madman, he would sacrifice to his beloved as to the image of a god; then while he gazes on him there is a sort of reaction, and the shudder passes into an unusual heat and perspiration.

I loved this paragraph. Because, to me it was like a commentary on my reaction when I see ‘K’!

But then. It was the same with ‘G’. It was the same with ‘M’. Like somebody once said, one day I might run out of alphabets.

But, this line keeps me going.

When ascending the ladder of love, the true lover possesses the good by enabling the Good to take possession of him. When this happens, the lover attains knowledge of reality.

Mr. Plato, I bow to thee!

ps: For anybody who’s interested, here’s the link.

10000

Its been a great weekend for my blog. First the Flogger award(!!) and then touching the ‘10000 hits’ mark. Well, when I began this blog sometime in July 2006 and began writing on it seriously in February this year, I never thought I would touch 10000. Its been fun writing, receiving comments, reading other blogs and commenting on then. I have enjoyed every minute I have ‘blogged’.

And about the 10000 mark. I should thank all my readers- all those who are regular visitors and also those who visit my blog during a random act of Googling. Please keep coming back. And do drop in those comments.

I have not been blogging for sometime now. I can safely attribute this to the time of the year- the semester exams are fast approaching and the labs seem like hell. But there are a few things I want to blog about (including my first attempt at trying to ‘Bell the CAT’) and I will post them in a few days. Until then, celebrate on my behalf! Coz I have no time to. Thank you.

Flogger award goes to…

….SOLITARY REAPER. Hurray.

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Aye, dont ever dare to infringe on my ‘consumer rights’

This is exactly what I felt like doing after watching Casino Royale at Symphony last year.

We didn’t even get to see simple fondling and kissing. Not even the scene which was being flaunted on every Casino Royale poster in and around the theater. What a disaster!

Dong Yanbin should henceforth be considered the father of consumer rights!

Welcome Yeddi saar

Saar, I know you will be spending the next few weeks showering heaps and heaps of promises. (which is understandable since you will only be sincerely following your predecessors’ footsteps) Can I suggest a few things as well? Only a few as you will see.

–Saar, Why have no former CMs thought of Karnataka as a potential tourism hotspot? I just returned from a trip to Shimoga and the ‘world famous’ Jog falls. Saar, what kind of roads we have there!! If a tourist doesn’t want to dance after seeing Jog falls, our roads will ensure that he does his quota of dance inside his car or bus. All this in your home district saar. Saar please visit your home district once in a car instead of your (our?) helicopter. Why don’t we atleast half-emulate Kerala tourism?

–We don’t want to see a ‘Singapored’ Bangalore saar. I cant even think of the words ‘Singapore’ and ‘Bangalore’ juxtaposed. But can we atleast have the opportunity to live the rest of our lives in a clean and spacious and livable place?

–I saw you talking on TV about your visions for Bangalore saar. I appreciate your ‘well-conceived’ idea of inviting foreign establishments and investments into Bangalore. But saar, before doing that please check if we have any room left.

–Saar, I know how well you used the circle in front of Mahatma Gandhi statue in your run-up to becoming our CM. I was one of the affected victims of the resulting traffic jams all over the city centre. Can we have such protests somewhere else saar? The forests in Dandeli are quiet and cool saar. You can have all your dikhara dikhara there.

–Can we expect the 10th std pass percentage in government schools to increase by atleast 1% over last year?

–Finally, will you please promise us that you will spare atleast 1 hour of your time everyday to think about the state? You can use the remaining 23 hours to ponder over the future of your coalition and your seat.

Congratulations saar. May God give you the ‘luck’ to last 19 months. (Well, I know for the next 19 months, a certain former PM will be your God!)

I know this is crazy but…….

Prez Mush will tell Pakistan and the world the reasons behind the imposition of Emergency in Pakistan at 2330 IST. That is in 30 minutes.

Can you imagine what the TRP of the programme will be? Imagine Mush saying this: “Ladies, gentlemen and my dear Bush, I am really sorry for all the inconvenience that I have caused. All the events that took place this evening were only part of a stunt to get some vital TRP to PTV. It was a mission to save PTV from the private invaders like Geo tv and Dawn tv. This is a freedom struggle.“

Subhash Chandra should be getting ideas.

yeah yeah.. I am ranting..

–His visiting card said ‘Senior IT recruiter’. But the only thing he did on our campus was flirt, flirt and flirt!

–And why the hell did he want to show off in front of me? He told me that he was a black-belt in karate and can face 10 men in one go. Yeah man, he looked a little gay.

–I didnt understand if he was pro-copying or anti-copying. He did throw out 5 guys from the hall on charges of ‘attempt to copy’. But then he recounted his own innovative copying tactics in his school and college days in front of me. He seemed pretty proud of what he had done.

–Only God knows why the company decided to call him a ‘recruiter’. And a ’senior’ one at that! Wtf! The only thing he did properly was distributing question papers and collecting answer scripts.

–He ‘personally’ wanted to inform the girls about their selection. And we were supposed to handle the guys.

–The girls seemed to be pretty over-the-moon about the attention they were getting from this pervert. After all they are my college girls, you see!