Bijesh Nagesh's Blog, page 22
July 25, 2023
Common...
With the ongoing chatter about “one language, one nation, one people” in India, certain historical facts pop to mind.
Countries that actually have a common language, like English, are not at all as united as some people think.
Wasn’t it only 247 years ago when America fought the British to gain independence? English was and is the common tongue in both those nations. Didn’t stop them from breaking up, though.
Why, it didn’t even stop thousands of people sailing from Europe (from nations with one common language in each) and Britain to go colonize the ‘New World’. They drove almost every Native American tribe already living there to extinction.
Strangely enough, in India, the phrase ‘united we stand, divided we fall’ has long since updated itself to ‘different we stand, similar we fall’.
So it's safe to say, “one language, one nation, one people” sounds good only on paper. Just be careful not to sign it.
Countries that actually have a common language, like English, are not at all as united as some people think.
Wasn’t it only 247 years ago when America fought the British to gain independence? English was and is the common tongue in both those nations. Didn’t stop them from breaking up, though.
Why, it didn’t even stop thousands of people sailing from Europe (from nations with one common language in each) and Britain to go colonize the ‘New World’. They drove almost every Native American tribe already living there to extinction.
Strangely enough, in India, the phrase ‘united we stand, divided we fall’ has long since updated itself to ‘different we stand, similar we fall’.
So it's safe to say, “one language, one nation, one people” sounds good only on paper. Just be careful not to sign it.
Seduction...
Seduction may be sweet, romantically speaking.
But it’s also non-consensual, technically speaking.
But it’s also non-consensual, technically speaking.
July 24, 2023
Waters...
What was once at bay will now hold sway
Returns water, back to the fray.
The sea serpent swims south, come what may
For even chaos needs order someday.
The Divine beseeched, bloodletting stayed
No innocent consumed, no heart dismayed.
Come waters, come winds, a parched land in thirst
To all in due season, though all seasons have burst.
Returns water, back to the fray.
The sea serpent swims south, come what may
For even chaos needs order someday.
The Divine beseeched, bloodletting stayed
No innocent consumed, no heart dismayed.
Come waters, come winds, a parched land in thirst
To all in due season, though all seasons have burst.
July 22, 2023
A Marital Comedy...
Husband: “Are you sure you added salt?”
Wife: “That’s why I brought brown sugar, darling, so I can tell the difference. Just hope and pray I never buy Himalayan salt.”
Husband: “My mother told me never to marry a comedian.”
Wife: “Why, did that joke she calls a husband remind her of something?”
Husband: “I can’t argue with you, dear, I’m leaving.”
Wife: “So soon? We’ve only been married a year!”
Husband: “I love you, sweetie-pie, no matter what.”
Wife: “Well, my mother told me never to marry a liar.”
Husband: “Funny story, a liar and a comedian walked into a bar, and what happened? They got married.” [winks]
Wife: “Let me tell the jokes, dear. Drink your coffee.”
[Husband spits it out]
Wife: “Too much salt?”
Wife: “That’s why I brought brown sugar, darling, so I can tell the difference. Just hope and pray I never buy Himalayan salt.”
Husband: “My mother told me never to marry a comedian.”
Wife: “Why, did that joke she calls a husband remind her of something?”
Husband: “I can’t argue with you, dear, I’m leaving.”
Wife: “So soon? We’ve only been married a year!”
Husband: “I love you, sweetie-pie, no matter what.”
Wife: “Well, my mother told me never to marry a liar.”
Husband: “Funny story, a liar and a comedian walked into a bar, and what happened? They got married.” [winks]
Wife: “Let me tell the jokes, dear. Drink your coffee.”
[Husband spits it out]
Wife: “Too much salt?”
Clarity...
Clarity is a strange and rare thing.
It leaves as quickly as it arrives.
It leaves as quickly as it arrives.
Love...
All human desires and needs are selfish. Love is the most selfish of them all.
But somehow, among all human desires and needs, Love is also capable of the most selfless deeds.
But somehow, among all human desires and needs, Love is also capable of the most selfless deeds.
July 17, 2023
Sacrifice...
Loose-leaf teas are strange. They taste good when cold but bitter when hot. However, only when hot do they possess potency, which they lose as they cool.
Loose-leaf teas are proof that all things in life come at a price. You have to sacrifice one to get the other. Hot or cold. Coz lukewarm is ew!
Loose-leaf teas are proof that all things in life come at a price. You have to sacrifice one to get the other. Hot or cold. Coz lukewarm is ew!
Exchange...
A drunk friend once said, “If you give me a hundred bucks and I instantly give it back to you, an exchange technically never happened.”
The drunk friend went to sleep. His sober friend, however, stayed up all night thinking.
The drunk friend went to sleep. His sober friend, however, stayed up all night thinking.
July 15, 2023
Changing...
Ironic how we're all living through a time of Climate Change where the climate is not going to change back to how it used to be.
Since it’s probably going to get worse, I believe we should be the ones doing the changing.
Since it’s probably going to get worse, I believe we should be the ones doing the changing.
