Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Once it so happened that.......

Just like most of them, I was also the member of our college's rock band. Once while we were relishing backstage after a performance, this bearded man walked over to me and introduced himself as Dr. Mockery, professor in School of drama at trichur, kerala. He wanted me to play music for his drama, or rather, his street play. I liked the idea. And weeks later I boarded his old fiat car with my guitar, wondering whats up next!
He stopped at some kavala junction, got down all the hoardings and costumes and started his make-up from the roadside itself. I sat there looking at him and the people who gathered around this unusual sight. 10-15 minutes later, when he was through, he went to each and every small shop around there and called up a good audience.
I played certain pieces of music here and there, still having no idea what I'm supposed to do! Then I happened to notice that he's repeatedly shouting the same words, and it sounded good! I tuned it according to that mood and started singing it behind his activities!
That day and the following days, we travelled many streets the same way. Every place had a different audience and ambience, and the same words had different tunes at different places.
I could not contain what I composed, and so I went on to make them like a song. Later one of my friends hired a camera and a van and made us act the whole script again and recorded it.
The result was a 17 minute musical short film which I have uploaded on youtube. Since video upload was limited, I had to cut it into many peices and number them.
You can watch them at
  • My channel at youtube!
  • Do start from serial number 1 and proceed. thank you!

    Friday, January 18, 2008

    You are a Gift!

    This story just came across in a magazine and it clicked on me! Hope it does the same for you!!
    This old poet used to take early morning walks along the beach to reach his favorite high mounted rock station. That's where he used to sit and meditate and scribble the words that nature whispered to him.
    He was walking as usual that day also, when he noticed a man dancing near the waves! Its too early for someone to dance start the day, he thought. As he went nearer, he could see that the man was not dancing, but picking something from the sand and throwing it into the sea. He could see that he was picking up starfish which were left on the shore, by the tide water. Usually they die there or will be eaten up!!!
    He said "young man, the entire shore, stretching miles, is full of star fish. Do you think that you are accomplishing something with what you are doing? Why don't you do something fruitful? what difference are you going to make with what you are doing?"
    The young man listened to him, then calmly picked up the next starfish and threw it into the life of the sea, and said " Well it made a difference to that fish"
    Each of us have a gift in the core of our inner self, with which we can make a difference to the world we live in. Once we become aware of the gift, we can joyfully deliver it. All the rest follows.
    Are you aware of the gift in you?

    Friday, January 11, 2008

    Mind machine?

    Its really tough to think that my mind, or rather my brain, was a blank hard disk which gradually gathered data or information from my parents, friends, relatives and the society, and has finally become this me. I find it difficult to think that I am actually a multitude of informations which are integrated and analyzed very fast and then carried out as physical actions!!!
    But on a second thought, isn't it that what I am? Or have I identified me wrongly as this data that's working inside my brain, producing all my thoughts?
    And why are these people around me manipulating my thought processes using their informations and ideas? How can I monitor whether the data being fed into my brain is corrupt or not?
    And what am I? Am I an operating system programed to behave in specific ways under certain specific circumstances?
    If I'm an operating system, is my system easily infectable with corrupt data or the so called viruses?
    ???

    Wednesday, January 2, 2008

    Viruses infecting the human mind !!!

    Many among us are aware of the programs running inside our brain. Most of us are not aware of the existence of such an entity! To be aware of it, we should be over and above the mind and observe our own thoughts, and also the emotional and physical reactions that the thoughts create inside us!!!

    When I start to tell you about it, it may suddenly strike you, 'yes I've come across this'. And I'm telling you about this virus just for one reason. Only awareness about its existence can disinfect you!

    To start with, let us just go thru the story of the first mental virus which propagated in the human minds thru the media of mails. It was called the St Jude virus. Its message is a truth, but its called a virus because it spread thru a particular technique! Having a look at
  • St. Jude virus,
  • can make the idea clear for you!
    Do watch how the letter tries to make you spread it to 20 persons by manipulating your mind and its beliefs!