Bijesh Nagesh's Blog, page 77

Strange Associations...

Funny how we see Mars – a planet named after the ruthless God of War – as a possible future home for the human race but Venus – named after the Roman Goddess of Love and Beauty – is home to a crushing atmospheric weight, scorching sulphuric acid clouds, and other anti-life conditions. Well, Venus is also technically the hottest (880º) planet in the solar system, so there's that.

Suffering Artists...

Incomplete Misconception: Artists are suffering. There's more to that line... Artists suffer to do what they love. And by doing what they love, suffer for it.

Maya...

What if the entire Earth is surrounded by Starlink-style satellites that are constantly projecting a multidimensional simulation onto the planet? A simulation so technologically advanced as to be tangible and quantifiable (i.e., can be measured), thus making us believe that what we're seeing and sensing is real when, in truth, it's all 'Maya' – 'illusion' or 'magic', accd. to ancient Hindu Vedanta philosophy?

Safe to say...

It is safe to say that as human beings we can in no legitimate way be classified as 'apex predators'. We keep no ecosystems in balance by being here, in fact we are disrupting all existing ecosystems and threatening life on Earth through human-induced climate change and pollution galore. Not only are we NOT helping, we aren't even letting creatures that make a difference find the safety and space they need to do what they do.

Hunters, Hunted...

At the rate we humans reproduce, we seem to be more like herd prey species than apex predators. And if Evolution and Ecosystems have taught us anything, where there are herds there are bound to be predators. I wonder what's going to start hunting us someday...

Evolutionary Detour...

One can only imagine if, all those millions of years ago, Sharks found a way to hunt amphibiously on land, or Tigers evolved opposable thumbs and started making tools and weapons. And there's no telling what Birds may have done to evolve their own preferences. One can only imagine giant carnivorous high-flying Birds that saw Humans as just fur-less ape variants, not to forget quite delicious. "KAKAW MFs!"

Dravidian Dinos...

Look, all I'm saying is… Science postulated that India was part of the 'supercontinent' Gondwana 140 million years ago (MYA). Gondwana was said to be one undivided stretch of land comprising Africa, Madagascar, Antarctica, Australia, and South America. Thanks to tectonics, India and co. split away. Carried by ocean currents, at 20cm per year, India eventually hit Asia, and that collision resulted in the Himalayas. Science records that India is still pushing in the same direction but at a slower rate because, um, the Eurasian Tectonic Plate. Hear me out… South America, Australia, Antarctica, Africa, and Madagascar all have records of dozens to hundreds of verified dinosaur fossil findings (see reference links in description). Even India has its own dinosaurs. Our fossil collection spans the Mesozoic era – the Triassic (251.9 MYA to 201.3 MYA), the Jurassic (201 MYA to 145 MYA), and the Cretaceous (145 MYA to 66 MYA). India has Fossil Parks in multiple states and several finds even in adjoining Andhra. In fact, 'Bruhathkayosaurus' (sauropod, long-necked herbivore) has been discovered in Kallamedu Formation in TN's Tiruchirappalli district. All I'm saying is… There simply cannot just be one dinosaur species that lived – or rather, died – in our state millions of years ago. Where there were long-necked herbivorous dinos there must have been all sorts of smaller herbies too, and [drumroll] large carnivore species. T-Rex… Tamil-Rex… scientists, start digging.

Timeless...

People wear 'pattu' or silk sarees to celebrate or commemorate almost every major Indian festival. Its heritage value is beyond question – India's oldest and largest cottage industry. So why isn't there an official national or global 'Silk Saree Festival'? Why isn't the centuries-old handloom weaving technique of Kancheevaram Pattu in TamilNadu, at least, not gifted its own festival day? There's a 'silk fair' featuring mostly buyers and sellers, government 'geographical indications', and that's about it. Imagine people everywhere celebrating authentic Indian silk-weaves and multi-generational silk weavers who have been practicing an artform that harkens back to Ancient India, and farther back to the Indus Valley Civilization. Imagine the festival making headlines each year, with events surrounding it broadcast all over the world. Handloom silk textiles are also detailed in Vedic literature, and have been praised by historical big-wigs like Herodotus and Megasthenes. India is still the ONLY country in the world that produces all 4 major silk varieties: Eri, Muga, Tassar, Mulberry. Imagine the world adopting just one day to respect and value the timeless tradition of Indian silk sarees as passionately as they do 'western' fashions.

Ends & Means...

The ends do not justify the means. Two ends of a chain may be complete but the links that are supposed to strengthen it will be half-forged, causing the entire chain to unravel at the softest whisper.

Want...

Some people don't truly want to get what they see. They just want the comfort of knowing they can get it.