technologically challenged

how many of you are techchallenged?let me confess-i am.give me a cell phone and i do not know how to handle it except for its most basic functions-making and receiving calls.same with a computer or a TV or a camera or a music system or any other thing you can think of.technology scares me ,makes me feel inadequate,makes me want to use it for its most basic functions only.anything fancy and i become a sweaty dumbhead;confused and frightened.i have accepted this reality.and spend more time in the world of books and art.they comfort me and help me soar above such mundane problems.

musings

i look around and am disappointed with the sheer number of people who seek to do things casually;there is no effort at doing anything well;no effort at achieving quality;no effort at taking pride in the work done.the result is mediocrity in all walks of life.
while undoubtedly not everybody is gifted or intelligent to be able to do a thing well,with effort and hard work and perseverance it is possible to achieve a reasonable good quality-the tragedy is nobody wants to work hard,everybody would like to reap the rewards wothout any effort.the even greater tragedy however is that poor work is accepted and tolerated.this results in more of the same.and the ultimate sufferer are the people at large.
when will we learn?

cultural binge

went for a qwwali the other night;an indian act followed by the sabri brothers.these guys were out of the world-soulful,melodious and humbling.

also saw a flute programme by rakesh chaurasia and a vocal by ajoy chakraborty.wonderful performances.

these performances are so spiritually uplifting.a sense of peace envelops you.

mumbai reactions

what do you say abt the brouhaha being made abt the comment of SRK?does it deserve the reaction which it has evoked?there is no doubt that the actor was being duplicitous when he expressed his view;he is the owner of a team and there was no reason why he could not buy any player he wished to.so what was the stt abt?and the timing?the stt did not deserve any reaction.

and what of the reaction.wow!we are a democracy folks or have we forgotten that? please exercise restraint.violence does not in any way get you anywhere-criticise the stt;if you feel even more strongly,urge your followers not to see the movie,boycott the movie-but violence?

random thoughts- FEB 2009

1) why do some people speak so much,and so loudly and so incessantly?why is it that they do not learn to stop and listen-to other people,to nature,to the silence?how does one handle such people-ideally by getting very far away away from them-but if not how does one handle them without being rude.now that is an art.you learn to shut your mind away.focus on them without seeing them,hear them without listening to them,pick up the thread whenever you wish to and hope that you have not been found out.

2) have just now read kabul disco-an over rated graphic book.do not buy it-in case it is available for free read it.if not you have not really missed anything.

am reading homeboy by naqvi presently;seems interesting thus far.am also reading gurcharan das's book on dharma the difficult art of being good-(wonderful read-but a book which you would need to take a break from off and on),fergusson's book on money among others.love to read several books simultaneously-have you tried this? it is great.