Procrastination

Would you hold me guilty of shying away from uninspiring work that serves little purpose. The argument that 'honour precedes virtue' does not seem convincing enough.

Earl Grey

Making good tea is something that I do well. Must state though that Tea habits are so personal that one mans good cuppa is another mans poison. Perhaps the only virtue of my fathers that I have managed to develop (unfortunately). A combination of Lipton Green and Brook Bond Red Label.

Just a little bit of milk so that the tea has a golden-terracota colour. Not too white not too dark. The hue is quite pleasing to look at.

Mukul comes close to making it the way I do and he is nice enough to make me my morning cup at times. Parul stirs up quite a nice brew as well and when in a benevolent mood treats me.

And then I discovered (fucks sake! I sound like a commercial) Twinings Earl Grey, named after well Earl Grey. Supposedly he received it as a gift from a Chinese mandarin. The blend - China, Ceylon and Darjeeling, has a special flavoring of Bergamont which for the uninitiated is a citrus flavoring (The informed have the right to be condescending. Thank you Google).

Hot water, a spot of milk and one tea bag is all it takes to make a delightful and thoroughly recommended cuppa tea.

Blanks

what do you tell your mind
when it spews nothing but blanks
all the thoughts it seems
are locked in a safe in a bank

hopefully for a short term
maybe a day or two in time
you see with nothing say
its nice to make it rhyme

Platoon

Saw Platoon yet again. Saw it alone for the first tile at Chanakya god knows how many years ago and have seen it again many a time on VHS, VCD, DVD. The film apart, I like the sensitivities that Oliver Stone captures.

I guess that is what made me look forward to all subsequent Oliver Stone movies but all left me disappointed (Wall Street apart).

Why would a film that is so inherently 'American' appeal to me.

The divisions that war creates be it the internal conflict that torments Charlie Sheen - the rich kid who decides to volunteer.

The strife between Tom Berenger and William Dafoe - the good and the evil both fighting on the same side and yet fighting against each other with the former shooting the latter in cold blood.

A badly wounded Dafoe running away from the Vietcong (after having been shot by Berenger) to see his regiment being air-lifted. He hops and crawls and finally falls to his knees and looks skywards his arms stretched out as though in prayer and a gesture of anguish before he falls face down.

The manic Kevin Dillon who smashes the face of a retarded Vietnamese and then shouts out amazed "I've never seen brains spill out that way' .

The invisible Vietcong who surface as menacing shadows.

Good film.

Purpose

An advertising hoarding and the Bhagvat Gita long before that proclaimed, ' Find purpose, the means will follow'.

Now purpose needs to be end oriented. Wherein lies the contradiction with another oft quoted tit bit from the BG i.e. Pursue activity and don't think about the outcome.

But what about purpose finding you.

A truly secular family

Googled to verify this. Some of it is true.

NEHRU FAMILY: THE INDISPUTABLE FACTS

http://www.sikhlionz.com/nehrufamily.htm

Now you don't stand so proud

He epitomizes the personality ethic. Movie star looks, tall, broad shouldered.

Too bad for him that he ran into his exact opposite. A man who has had no option but to epitomize the character ethic as that is what is true to him.

The former doesn't swagger much anymore. Steps hesitant and unsure. Not knowing whether to acknowledge, seek out, smile. Puts up a brave front though.

Hope things work out fine for him.

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