Tribute to a Legend!

Michael Jackson, a talent worshipped by many around the world isn't on this earth anymore. A definite seperation is felt though i haven't known this person on any personal front and never was a die hard fan or follower of his either. But still one feels a vacuum when someone so irreplaceble leaves. No more comebacks of this genius can be expected, but why was a comeback even required for such a huge successful genius, whose past works will keep him alive in the minds and hearts of others for times to come. MJ, the king of pop, a true entertainer and a super dancer, for millions who still take him as an inspiration today for his skills in dancing, inspite of the numerous talents after him shows how talented,loved and respected was this guy to the world of music and entertainment. A life filled with success, fame, wealth and finally riddled with controversies,scandals and debts is what this genius bargained for with life. A peaceful death is definitely something that he deserved and obtained. I feel this early death to him was appropriate. More disgrace to such a remarkable genius was definitely not an acceptable expectance to have, as it was almost a certain possibility with his volatile lifestyle choices. Its said that the very popularity and success of the music channel MTV during its initial days had to do with the rise of MJ and his ever entertaining work. The music industry during his heydays thrived on his success. MJ once said to our very own desi musical genius Rahman at LA after Oscars, 'he did his music and danced from his heart, and he liked indians a lot' . A colloboration of these 2 talents was in the offing , initiated by MJ himself. A world of talent was this international star found in a talent hunt in US and a true distinct talent from America. He was a true entertainer. People around the world loved him for his genius and his ever entertaining work. The many controversies and scandals that dogged him cannot perish his ever memorable genius in music. R.I.P. M.J., the legend dies but his work remains forever and ever and ever.....! You are immortal for the many millions who loved and respected you! Let the music play on....

Bend,Kick,Join.

I go to a swimming pool,
As I wanna do something cool,
And I enroll into the swimming school,
As I wanna swim by the rule!

I am put to a coach,
Who swims like a roach,
Who works with sloth,
As I wonder on what i got!

He walks around the pool,
Talks with his colleagues uncool,
To make an impression,
That i need to do something for his attention.

I wonder what to do,
I gotta make him do what he needs to,
I walk upto him,
And try talkin to him.

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I understand that,

To get him smile,

Requires me to bribe,

With a big gandhi in a smile.

He nods his head,
Even before a word is uttered,
And makes me wear a tube undetered.
This does make me rested and feel more protected.

He puts me on a side pipe,
Wants me to hold it tight,
He asks me to stiffen my hands,
And lighten my legs.

Then he holds my legs and starts his learned words,
Bend,Kick,Join.
Bend,kick, join.
Bend,kick, JOINN,

The words keep echoeing in my head,
I am fed with the routine to be kept,
I wonder have i got it right,
And my hands lighten and legs get stiffened.

And as I wonder about my new found fright,
And donna wanna appear a fool in sight,
I call him to guide me through,
As my routine turns into something i have made upto.

I wanna get my routine straight,
Wanted him to correct me right,
He holds my toe down,
And repeats, now our learned words.

Bend,Kick,Join.
bend,kick, join.
Bend,kick, JOINN,
bend,kick, Joinn.


-Santosh Gopi Nair

Afterword: This was my experience during my first day of swimming classes, don't know how much swimming i learned on that day, but definitely got an inspiration to sketch a funny poem. The whole experience of going to these classes is turning to be skeptically funny due to the corrupt slothy way the coaches there function; i am half way through the program now and still feel like a novice in this skill. I ain't know how better i am gonna swim after this whole program but do know that i got the survival skills (predominantly self learned by realisation once the protection tube was removed) to be in water for a while and swim kinda a survivor strugglin for survival. But i still remember the first and only coached lesson learned,...Bend,Kick,Join....Bend,Kick,Join.
...Bend,Kick,Join... guru ve namaha!

Being RIGHT!

The world is getting filled with people who are more interested in proving themselves right rather than being or doing right. It's like driving without proper directions and reaching a destination in a longer route by once presumptions and assumptions, unmindful of the traffic created, fuel burned or time wasted thus fueling havoc and being more interested in figuring the route thus proving oneself right. But instead, if one looks at a map or asks known people for directions and take the right routes, he reaches his destination more efficiently and does right..The former serves his egos, the later feeds others ego, starves his and gets his job done effectively and efficiently right.

The Gyan from Nyan: Cater to others ego, never serve yours! . This is a sure shot way to success as this makes you a no fuss guy, improves peace within, increases networking, increases the sources of knowledge and most importantly a better human with straight positive solutions rather than a 'clustered filter in mind person' who decides whether to go through with a positive or negative solutions based on his egoistic emotions rather than logical solutions. Emotions create short term solutions and long term problems. Logic creates all time solutions.


P.S.: 'Nyan' is a malayalam term meaning 'Me' or 'myself' or 'oneself'. 'The Gyan from Nyan' will be a column within the blog, from now on, conveying msgs wherever applicable. Keep reading the blogs and write your opinions.

Q & A?

I have always wondered why some people don't answer questions even though it is obvious that they know the answers or are supposed to. And now i have come to an understanding that there are only 3 reasons for it. One, he doesn't know the answer or acts ignorance to prove the same. If he by circumstance or profession is supposed to know the same and states/acts ignorance; he is an idiot by choice and deserves to be treated like one. He ought realise that 'Knowledge doesn't diminish but instead enhances by propagation'. Making knowledge classified diminishes its potential of growth and thus its usages/benefits. Two, he is insecure onto himself and feels [slave of perceptions] challenged when questioned. There could be multiple reasons for his insecurity but this trait is a proven trademark of an idiotic confused head. These confused heads might not come across as idiots due to their decieving presence and confined intellect, but with time are to be proven idiots who never reached their potential. Some of my basic reasoning of this kinda insecure people that i have come across and their thought process are as follows. He is sure by sharing his knowledge , he would make you more intelligent than himself. His sense of purpose and success lies in making his known informations classified, these are kinda people who are a bane to humanity and equality in existence. They feel entitled to their knowledge, not realising it was someone's intelligence that they have no right over that is their knowledge today. Thus his sense of identity is only his learned knowledge and not any significant intelligence.
Knowledge is a raw material for intelligence and is a vastly available commodity with no unique significance in ownership apart from its originator, whereas intelligence is a developed sense of action that later is turned to others knowledge for abundant use. Intelligence actually serves the purpose that knowledge is presumed to. The true intellect is unique,original and never threatened.
Three, he truely considers you to be a fool or untrustworthy or biased. But this applies only in very few cases in anyone's life and only if the person in question is intelligent enough for the subject in question and does have the judgemental maturity to exercise this reason. But instead if the person in question uses this as a predominant habit, he is a fool in an intellect's hide. This third reason isn't applicable to professionals who do use this as a cover to their ineptitude in their profession. Some of the examples of such professionals (the word is a disgrace when used for addressing such people) are teachers(it reminds me of most of my useless mech.engg. prof's and lect's, these reasons are some of their predominant traits to cover up their lack of knowledge), doctors (Godfathers of Jargons), lawyers( they head the list of people who could complicate simple things, their motto: never thing straight), engineers (the know alls of borrowed knowledge, in reality predominantly the know nothings who just apply age old principles in working and don't really find much, yet claim credit with the famous slogan : 'engineers make the world', it should be rather read as 'engineers are used to make the world', it's the guys in financial control who makes the decision and engineers just execute it, no real decisions taken here. The reason i insist on the third reason not being applied to these professionals is that they are highly accountable by the nature of their job and hence are supposed to be responsible in answering questions to any tom,dick and harry without judgementing as their accountability requirements do not allow them to be judgemental in replying queries. They are the most respectable servants of the society, at a higher social strata though, and not the masters of the same. If these professionals display this third reason as a right to their discreation, it just implies they are ineptitude.

When Q? pls A. and not A? {means-why answer} - do so as it is a means of amiability and accountability in existence. -SGN

P.S: The usage of masculine gender for addressing a subject is just for the convenience of writing and has no bias in reason. Whats written is applicable to any gender.

Random thoughts!

Coexistence is the most useful and easiest virtue that one should have, but the one most easily abandoned and neglected in our busy lives. And one keeps himself busy not by working(for living) but by competition, ego, anxiety, selfishness and greed. One who towers over all are plenty but one who towers over oneself are rare few; the former leaves a mark but the latter creates a mark- S.G.N.

Passion in Life

One day I go to a restaurant,
I order for an icecream,
I get pastries on my table.
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I tell the restaurateur,
'Thats not what I ordered'.
I get no reply.
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I then ask him frustrated,
'Why don't I get my ice cream?'
I get no reply; he just stares,
At the pastries, reminding me of what i got.
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I look at the pastries
I eat it out of no choice,
As i am hungry.
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I keep going back, as i couldn't afford other choices and since 'one has to move on'
With time, I get used to my pastries.
Days pass, on a day when i wait for the same.
I get served icecreams instead!
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I didn't want it then,
I am happy with my pastries.
I am at a state of shock and anger.
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I stare at the restaurateur.
He looks back and reminds me of my past order.
I tell him, 'I now want my pastries'
He tells me,'But these icecreams were made for you'
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I stay angry but remain confused,
He understands and tells me 'I know you loved the pastries,'
'But now its time for you to enjoy the icecreams, you craved for the same'.
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The pastries were for your hunger
And the icecreams for your passion.
I say 'Hunger stays, passion fades'
He says 'you don't know yet,'
'When passion stays it changes to hunger'
'To satiate your hunger, i fed you with what you wanted.'
'Your innerself craved for your passion'
'Your outerself was slaved to your complacence'
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Success might come late in what one wants passionately.
One should never loose his passion for failure or complacence, but for purpose yes.
With time, you will start loving to do what you do as you get conditioned to it.
But thats not what you really set out to do!
So enjoy the present but wait and prepare yourself for a future that you wanted in the past.
Keep the passion alive and let the fire within burn and not rage itself.
When it burns,it lasts longer; when it rages,it destroys you.
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Stay hungry with your passions in mind, but keep living by filling your heart with all joys of your present.
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-Santosh Gopi Nair
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Afterword:

restaurant -> life
restaurateur -> fate/luck/vidhi/time/ whatever people call this compulsive phenomena thats experienced in life, my logical mind hates refering to it, but my compulsive unexpectant lifestyle leaves me with no choice but accept it as a reality.
hunger -> need to move on and experience life further, its a purpose and not a passion.
innerself -> subconscious
outerself -> conscious
happiness of routine (getting served pastries regularly) -> complacence in life (everyone experiences this variedly at different stages of their life).
disgust at getting icecreams -> Lack of passion/ fire within that was once present!
reason for late serve of icecreams -> man wishes, time decides.-. man explores,time measures.-.man proposes,time disposes.-.(But when) man wants, time obeys! (Stay passionate!)

Imagination

Imagination is like a wild horse,

In a stable.

Its beautiful and calm,

Makes you believe in it!

Its under your control,

Its not?

Near it, you know it.

It needs to be tamed!

The stable is your brain,

It holds your imagination,

Its never in peace.

Its wildness is scary yet attractive!

You need to tame the horse,

You need to make it obey you,

You are its master,

Ride your imagination!

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-Santosh Gopi Nair

P.S.: The poem is mine and the pics are, thanks to the anonymous souls who load it on, google images. The first one is copyrighted to Bob though, thanks Bob.