Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Monday, July 13, 2020
Regressive, not unexpected
Other societies have egalitarian
space in varying degree. In regions ruled by religions this space gets limited
as primitive norms tends to get precedence over humane. This barren land thrive
as religion tighten its control. Monster mullah and racist uncouth Christians create
dead souls who move around as zombies insulated from realities. It is however cannibal
caste Hindus who take it next level, a pernicious set up that deviously simulate
humane world. Whether it’s US or Iran there is always creative space that
brings out the best in humans despite soul numbing presence of religion and its binary poser -the market. A space for humanity and reality to work its magic. These
seek common values of humanity, and evolved space to thrive. Though one must
add these are being increasingly threatened. The Indian deep state though is a rot
that seeks to infect common people on every conceivable occasion. The Supreme
Court’s decision today to uphold rights of ex-royal (not “royal family” as is
being reported by market slave posing as media) over cash rich temple is deeply
disturbing and against egalitarian value system. It is an attack on foundation
of democracy and an assault on equality and liberty.
To start with Hindu temples were/are
horrendous space that nurture arguably one of the most dehumanizing form of
human dealing and meaningless hypocritical rituals that seeks to degrade. Like all
hideous religions that still survive through ancient and medieval times stalking
on human insecurities while capitalizing on miseries these have prevented
evolution of mind. In the garb of faith it’s a racket that seeks to converts
humans into sinister herds incapable to value human life. Temples are also
space for untold riches that were mercilessly sucked from people, and as the
people suffered and were dehumanized these spaces thrived by firmly aligning
with and authenticating nincompoop rulers (“royals”) who were easily defeated
and subjugated by invaders. With these deviant self-defeating systems, and herds emerging out, it is not at all surprising that the Indian contribution
to humanity remains embarrassingly limited. Ofcourse there is always a counter
narration conceived in putrid pit that showcase scientists and mahatmas walking
the earth and guiding the humanity thus assuring the herd riveted to narration of their
special place in universe. Even today there is always self usual congratulatory flourish in this
construct. The examples of posers heading Google or Microsoft are nothing but market
recruits. Creative ability, to think and conceptualize something evolved,
arises out of value system that cherish excellence in every aspect of life,
indeed even in what is considered as insignificant since there is nothing insignificant.
The primitive thoughts of classifying insignificance comes from mindset that
seeks hierarchy and categorization. Excellence is essentially deeply connected
to reality, it’s about being present, hence expresses in forms that inspires
evolved thoughts and nuanced expressions.
During medieval times heightened creative
expressions involved people who used religion as medium (and I am quite sure
there were much nuanced non/anti religious expressions that were silenced by
the power structure). Even during these period much subtlety were found in
non-religious expressions for the simple reason that excellence necessarily connects
deeply to reality. It helped in developing nuances that responded to the reality
that searched the deepest strands of life. These expresses in art, science and every
aspect of life. It’s a way of life that merges with all life form. Religion
denies these, and in the contemporary world the kind of awareness we have of
the world around us makes religion and its expressions as fantastical juvenilities
that can only be pitied, any other response is an insult on humanity and indeed basic sensibilities.
SC has erred badly to grant
temples to wasted feudal structure. Considering that this is a degraded
society, also that the source of degradation is very much emerging from sanctum
and wasted lives existing as blessed squatters without any hint of any morals. Diseased
mind that is greedy of gold, silver and money. The same they have inoculated
into the herd who too salivate for money and riches, and see these as good omen
and blessing. The deviance is much deeper. Charlatan gurus, sprout at every
street corner, to trick the herd minded and use these to accumulate wealth and
power. The buffoon at puttapurthi had room filled with gold and riches as he
serenaded the compliable powerful seeking herd controller. Such is the
despicable level to this society has fallen. Raiding temples for riches was the
easiest thing to do during medieval times. And they raided routinely while the
herd collected and deposited riches again to seek better blessing! Bunch of
nincompoops didn’t have any means or caliber to deal with the reality, and now
these are posited as characteristics of peace loving society! The same template
still thrives as the country languishes at worst end of HDI as also
contributing nothing substantial to world community with ever increasing
population that is essentially perpetually consuming carbon units readying to
be exploited.
Agreed that state is secular (as
also when communist are ruling) hence instead of handing it to state they could
have attempted to create association or group of stakeholders. By presenting it
to feudal remnants et al royal (whose reason for existence is d*ck/c*nt
arrangement parasiting on people, ofcourse as humble servant of god). It is a
failure of society and education, it is undoubtedly failure of legal system,
that produces and nurtures such judges at highest level. Those who lack
historical understanding and any awareness of contemporary reality least
humanist values. It’s the extension of values nurtured by castetva that
consolidates hindutva. The only redemption, as always, is to create fiction of narcissistic
grandness so as to keep the herds hinged so that they are happy in their
misery. This wretched society has array of fantastical fiction describing
itself, as “golden bird” to assuming moral authority of the world thus keep itself
in collective hallucination. I am sure such grandness is an affliction of most
societies around the world but atleast they have some space for excellence. The
uniqueness of this society is the complete insulation from any form of
excellence while striving its amazing inbred mediocrity into some likeness of
grand. It’s an embarrassing venture doomed from the word go. Dustbin case.
Post script: the other day I was out on a walk. While returning I
sat next to a shop that had its radio running. These are little charms of small
town: the loud radio and thatched shop reeking in musky wood. Ofcourse hot tea
and steaming savory would have worked well if it was not for the virus. The state
run AIR was blaring carnatic music, an unusual choice wherein most people
really don’t prefer these considering that these are not in local language
(Malayalam) makes it an imposition. Some herd member have got used to it hence
show signs of enjoyment. I, myself, find it tedious and devoid of any charm
(except few renditions that are agreeable). It probably is an expression of art
that doesn’t seem to touch my soul in any form. I must add the one in “Life of
pi” was right there, deeply moving, probably because it was removed from its
degrading context and raucous paraphernalia into something ethereal.
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Being present
Being present
Sieve the mess, take all the conversations that you hear,
listen.
What it means? What it doesn’t mean? What it say? What it doesn’t
say?
Listen carefully.
Like arched humans panning the creek bed in hot humid sun for
days and days for few specks of gold dust, if lucky a nugget.
Search for the strand of truth.
Read whatever you can.
Choose what is passed unquestioned as culture, tradition,
faith, rational, fiction and non-fiction.
What does it means? What it doesn’t mean? What it say? What
it doesn’t say?
Read carefully.
Search for the strand of truth.
Watch. Watch carefully for what is presented, and not
presented.
Keep a keen sense on what is mainstreamed. What is news? What
is not news?
What is entertainment? What is not entertainment? Who decides?
What decides?
Watch carefully.
Pound day in day out like miserable humans eviscerating e-waste
from noxious landfill mounds for few grams of copper or brass or whatever that
fetch food.
And when you find that nugget of gold, that piece of precious
metal
That strand of truth
That is unique to your being on this planet.
Declare it.
Shout, scream, yell. Louder.
Take that strand of truth
Stitch the fabric to uncover the universe.
Firefly
In the
darkest of night a soul with lantern knocks
I let him in
with a noiseless breach and warmest smile
Like a comet
from the sky he fires into the room with abandon gaiety
Propelled in
his own delight to corners, up the cupboard and under the bed
His rear flickering
the brief sight while he ponder the dark in rapid stride
Exhausted he
sat on my palm ever pulsating the lively warmth
The embers
setting a primal crypt that synapses decode in blooming script
A planet of
colors in faraway space, arranged in patterns and waves of shifting shades
At the
border
So they
stand facing each on the rugged mountains
With stones
and sticks, fists and barbed hate
They squint
to get a clear view of the enemy
Unaccustomed
like lost spirits in the whistling night
They grope in
the hypoxic air of the altered world
To find their
own shadows fighting its own survival
In the
barren land of imaginary lines
Devoid of
reason and love.
Thursday, June 11, 2020
The thuggery of history
The audacity to play high morals.
(Painting herein is Paul Klee’s Angelus Novus (1920) from where philosopher Walter Benjamin’s derived ‘angel of history’)
Tuesday, June 09, 2020
Creating history. Wrenching the narration.
History is not attacked. History
is created by wrenching the narration from those who seek to control past. From
those who use brutal narrative powers of past to hide the memories from the present.
Those who seek to alter memories of atrocities in the memoirs of nonviolence
and trophies of tolerance. Entitlements of atrocities is presented as benign
version to fatten on misery. There comes an occasion when reality is excavated
and flagged by dislodging the statues of horror and stamping the semantics into
forgotten meaning. There comes an occasion when reality is forced to be pushed
down the throats as a lifesaving tonic against illusions.
Monday, June 08, 2020
Evolving a humanistic language game
The earlier Wittgenstein proposed
that we cannot talk anything meaningful about religion since these are
something that is unsaid like moral, good, so on that the use of language are
meaningless noise. The later Wittgenstein gave space to religion, and was no
longer dismissive of religious talks. He sought to understand the language game
in religious context to describe what role does this play in people’s life? This
is the point of reference. He insists that religious language game is different
from scientific language game hence these shouldn’t be mixed and used as judgment
specifically by scientific over religious. Sure, the way language is used in religious
context has different connotation but words do belong to the ‘same family’
hence there is an umbilical link that connects despite these negations.
I reckon we can easily propose, extending
the same line of argument, that there is as humans evolve and enlighten an
understanding of shared humanist language game. A collective alliance of higher
thoughts for instance like democracy, liberty and freedom. This therefore
becomes overarching parameter and the basis of evaluation. So this attempt at mystifying
religion into some other realm must be checked and negated. Every system that
impacts human and seek to control must be demystified and deconstructed. It must
be scrutinized and not be allowed to be reduced to problems of semantics. Primitive
anachronistic system that create regressive mindset, segregate humans and isolate
them from reality and surrounding with juvenile conceptions feeding on insecurities
should not be allowed to be mystified, to dehumanize. This kind of special consideration
to the system that is having serious impact on humanity because we may not
understand its context is a dangerous position especially in the contemporary
world we live in. It is diminishing the capacity to think as also negating possibility
to evolve into better. It is a source of degradation as also uniquely irresponsible.
It suits the purpose of status quoist and exploiters. We have to keep evolving
to use humanistic language game as a parameter of reference for any
transgression of freedom and liberty.
It is no surprise that Wittgenstein found
quite a receptive audience in Britain that seeks to preserve feudal systems
like monarchy (in the western euphemism of royal) as also its religion-church as
part of democracy. The impasse that UK finds itself in during this pandemic has
very much to do with these compromised foundation. It is also not surprising
that mediocre Indians latch on to it since they hinge their high morals by mystifying
putrid pit (it ofcourse works with colonial angst suffering fattened fluffs ready
to patronize lowest denominator –that in itself is extension of racism). For mediocre
Indians with limited philosophical tradition (juvenile conception within the
mainstream squatter frame are embarrassment that is being constructed as Indian
philosophy –absolute waste of time and energy except maybe for the likes of intellectually
compromised word defecators. What is relevant, indeed
refreshing and humbling, in Indian philosophy is found outside the putrid pit. This
is vibrant philosophical-spiritual-social space that traces from Buddha to
Nanak to Kabir to all the enlightened saints that in recent times have been
severely undermined by castetva forces, indeed desecrated with manipulation of
casteist as mahatma –it’s a serious transgression on ideas of enlightenment)
mystification was easy way to present itself as exotic. I seriously object to
including squatter ensconced juvenile wastrel thoughts and packing it as eastern philosophy.
Much enlightened thoughts have come from East Asia. It cannot be mixed and
mystified with squatter’s BS. One may argue that other societies from where
compelling philosophies have emerged had slavery, colonialism, racism and
misogynism so on. Ofcourse it is disturbing to know that beloved Greek philosophers
had no problem with slaves or that Kant was racist. Not trying to condone but
these were atleast based on physical demarcation, some objective facts, people who
were outsiders-defeated soldiers, race or even gender, but caste (extending to
casteism –that is cunningly sought to be separated from caste and normalized) is
unlike this -as also it is sought to be normalized making it a grievous matter. It finds difference among similar people, living in same society and deviously seeks through insecurities of faith. This makes it a worst inhuman conception that creates a cannibalistic
society that seeks lowest reference for the best ideas. A mediocrity thriving society that really haven’t contributed much to humanity except population as
cheap labor -a modern form of slavery. The casteist feudal deep state nurtures replicators. Rare instance
of smart sensitive people, especially children, are easily cannibalized by the society if
not by the family itself. Such is the level of degradation this society has achieved
(now you see spewing garbage by youngsters in social media, the worst kind that only religions and market have capacity to produce) but
the constant self-assurance as god’s chosen one’s –the incorrigible psychosis of
entitlement, is what makes it dangerous.
Wittgenstein, like Marx, is excitingly insightful and helps us understand the reality better but these arguments are flawed in many ways. There is nothing wrong in intellectualizing (this particularly true in frivolous nature of world we live in wherein the market onslaught posits thinking as waste) indeed it is needed. Where one completely agree with Wittgenstein is the assertion that language cannot be taken for granted. Though he was working in different context (structure of the language is defining the world) but it cannot be denied that language is source of control, it is used to control narration. The reality, history and even future is sought to be controlled through clever use of language and power. Market, religion and politicians -dictators have but used language to control. Semantics is part of the narration, it is very much the agent of control.
PS: unfortunately I got diverted
by religion. The original reason to put in Wittgenstein was to bring out the
point that when West deals with complicated societies like India (where things
are not as apparent as it seems) they tend to be complacent. They borrow words and
associate with their own context but it is from a different language game that
has its own nuance. Wittgenstein was quite prescient here (again that doesn’t
mean it cannot be understood nor it must be mystified, nor that one can
completely agree with him). Casteist feudals therefore used words like say nonviolent
and vegetarian which in western perception comes out egalitarian but in Indian
context extremely disturbing. This different language game (as also patronizing
low expectation that fails to get involved…indeed racist) is the reason why
there is confusion. What cannot be accepted find acceptance because it is
mystified, and there is no attempt made to demystify since it thought to be
different alien language game beyond our means to comprehend. This has led to increasing
misery as also normalization of worst forms of human dealing. Indeed west owes
(particularly Britain) an apology for nurturing worst kind of people and
systems. Also, I do admire Wittgenstein but his subtleties seem to have given
space to religion to firm itself (I even happen to watch a video of preacher introducing
Wittgenstein). This really cannot be a reference for challenges of 21st
century. It must be understood, thanked for the insight, and firmly rejected.
Friday, June 05, 2020
Saturday, May 16, 2020
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Monday, May 04, 2020
Neo-liberal strategy
Sunday, May 03, 2020
Knowing
no end, no beginning
(shucks I knew it all the while!)