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Nargis abetted by deaf and dumb May 9, 2008

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What would you do if you get a call from the local police station saying “a deadly murderer is about to attack your house in 48 hours”?

Nothing. Infact you will silently watch as your kids play in the garden, exactly in the path of the murderer.

That is, if you are from the military junta ruling Myanmar and you get an advisory from the India Meteorological Department for a cyclone named Nargis.

I outrightly hold the deaf and dumb military regime of Myanmar responsible (more than the cyclone) for the loss of lives due to Nargis. Their hands are stained with the blood of more than 1,00,000 people. God forgive them for they surely do not know what heinous crime they have committed.

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Perfectly imperfect

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Sunset at Kaza, Himachal Pradesh, India. 2007

Kaza, Spiti, Himachal, India

Nature is full of imperfection and chaos. To the human mind seeking perfection and order, this is highly unacceptable. We seek symmetry and linearity, both of which do not exist in the natural world.

A Zen lore: There were two Zen learning centres having a common wall. One was old and the other new. The new centre had beautiful gardens with many people looking after their upkeep. One day, before an important function, the gardener was busy cleaning all the dead leaves that had collected on the ground below a slender tree. The old school master was sitting on the wall observing this. The gardener cleaned all the leaves, stood back watching his work with pride and said “perfect”! The old school Zen master said, “no, it is not yet perfect” and walked up to the tree and shook the trunk. Many leaves fell and collected on the ground. The master said, “now, it is perfect”.

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The greatest magical act ever May 8, 2008

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The more I see the world through my camera, the more I see the spectacular beauty of Life. In the existence of ordinary leaves to the way a curtain sways in the breeze. We are so accustomed to living with eyes wide shut that we miss the magic around us.

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