An element of the unknown – good for you and me!
-Bernard Fernandes
It pays to be in the dark - sometimes. It
saves us needless heartaches, loose gossip, and promotes peace of mind and
freedom to just be! Kasab’s hanging is a case in point. It was (and it needed
to be) shrouded in mystery. And if this was not to be, then imagine the time
that would have been spent on wishful thinking, mindless grapevine, hours in
front of the idiot box listening to scholars, pundits, politicians and the
anchors discussing, debating – and screaming themselves hoarse – over
hypothetical situations and non-events. Social networking sites too would have been
flooded with questionnaires, opinion polls, status updates (with likes and
dislikes)... Newspapers and magazines
would have left no stone unturned to outdo one another for mass appeal with
screaming headlines– a characteristic ‘blow hot and cold’ attitude of some
sections of our media. What a colossal waste of paper –and time - it
would have caused! For now, some more trees can live to fight another day! Networking sites and news channels can spend
some quality time in constructive works and issues that really concern us.
Just the other day, I enjoyed a peaceful and
stress free walk in Five gardens oblivious to the fact that Balasaheb Thackeray
had passed away. It was only on my return
that I learnt about the news of his death.
Imagine my predicament – and concern – while at my routine of the
day. Worry and anxiety of returning back,
endless debates and questions: Why? How?
What if? Now what? Years back, before I could go for my blood test for
cholesterol and diabetes, life was quite normal and free of health (and food)
anxieties. Now every check up gives me goose bumps! And so it goes on...
‘Forewarned is forearmed’ thus goes an
adage. A detour at times from this predictable
mindset is necessary to spice up our life.
If we do not choose it, then nature has a way of balancing the act! That’s
life!
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