Monday, October 17, 2011

what's in a word?

To me people who suffix all forms of their communication with -andi, -garu (as in avunandi, ledandi, kadandi, Rao garu, Silk Smitha garu) with folded arms and bent backs *and* yet slight others, belittle others' small yet personal and significant achievements, dismiss others' importance, believe in social hierarchies, who swear by slander are infinitely more violent, uncouth than those gentlemen who indulge in sister, mother (and all familial) profanities *and* still respect others in totality, believe in equality, harmony, peace, contentment (almost, always coming from internal strengths than external validations).

There are people who display remarkable sophistication in thought and idea despite being unable to put them succinctly, or in the so called polished way. I love them instantly. An idea, if big and important, takes care of its own travel to the listener. Words, and other tools could go to hell. Nice words are only a cherry on a perfectly baked cake.

Beautiful thoughts have helped man grow. Beautiful thoughts, despite all, run this world. Perversion comes from thought, not from words. The actual act is not perverse, the thought is.

Likewise, violence and the absence thereof comes from thought, not just words. Words are mere tools. Why blame the tools?

On a slight tangent, the idea of people indulging in something they don't preach just to subtly or overtly underline the importance of what they preach excites me tremendously.

It is like Mahatma Gandhi taking to a stick and spanking the motherfucking ass of someone disrupting the harmony in society. It is like a hooligan, a rowdy almost pulping someone who refuses to see the good intent, nice thought of a good samaritan.

"Adopt violence to reinforce the spirit of non-violence." WOW, what a sexy idea!

For a society, such as India, where ironically subtlety is recognized only when underlined, italicized, and in bold, it's what the doctor might just order for.

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