DNA or Home Sweet Home?

There are many timeless questions in life....... there even exists many questions which act as variants to the basic ones......... like what trumps the other after all?... Is it Blood or Environment?..

I'm a staunch believer that environment is what makes you..... the people you've been around.... the lifestyle you've lead..... your cultural background.... your comfort affinities that you've developed from the formative ages....... But even so the human body, DNA is a very complex and inherent thing..... and i learnt recently (from an ever complying room-mate who loses no chance to educate me on the matters of science - sometimes against my will and love for sanity) some rudimentary things about the DNA, its patterns and its dominance in factors like intuition, gut feeling etc..... that virtually the environment has no control over..... yes it can be honed and molded to an extent but there is a sharp definite line where its role ends.......... Its like the saying barbarian blood manages to arouse passion in the most stoic souls.........

Another variant to this could be how people change or evolve from their seemingly original and basic state to this "evolved" state..... all this by a mere change of environment/blood (read - hereditary, legacy etc)........ Although i remain a little sceptic about the latter..... my opinion on the former is sound with multiple examples that you have definitely experienced in life........ How many times have we encountered changes in people when they go to a different place, have shifted base, or even just heard about some other place..... much like how different substances kept in foreign environments have notably different reactions......... if a lion was in a jungle it would act different than it would be on M.G Road....... a very basic but point conveying example...... How many times have you seen that annoying cousin after a week trip to the States (possibly they were in an all Indian locality the entire time) come and talk like they were born and raised in Texas....... Very annoying as you know that they couldn't tell the difference between Texas and New York if it was dangling on their face!........ Coming back to the core idea........ This question does not deal with your cousin (an irrelevant prototype)..... It deals with people who've had a paradigm shift in values, the way they look at life-family-work-love-world............. I've often wondered whether THIS change is truly from the heart (blood) or just like a change of surrounding - a change of values to go with the NEW YOU........ I hope it isn't the latter......

Something that is more interesting is people who have "evolved"....... kind of like they were always like this but it never had a chance to come out..... most probably because of the environment..... maybe the previous society wasn't open to it or maybe they just didn't realise it then....... now in a different place with like-minded people that were not there before........ or maybe you just didn't know about it.... stumbled upon it here and find out that its really who you are..... How Common/Uncommon is that?...... I really can't put a finger to it........ possibilities are limitless just like pretenses........

Maya

Life brings itself to a surreal standstill.......... we view questions and answers as one..... where there isn't place for doubts and hesitations and all that exists a smooth motion....... an uninterrupted flow of things that let things be....... no questions like WHY....HOW..... that would break the flow of this endless seam........ where there is no place for philosophies and ideologies..... where there is no place for path-breaking theories and miraculous divinity that settles the eternal argument of science and religion.............

life cannot be more complex neither can it be more simple..... the world as we know it is surrounded by this veil.... a sheer, translucent veil that teases the tormented mind...... most like the frog in the well - believe this is the world - their world.......... but there are others who attempt to see through the veil......... the malicious veil slowly as if caused by a harmless breeze floats itself up...... just enough to catch a glimpse...... the human mind is never the same..... and in most cases is never able to prove itself..... it forever searches for that one moment..... forever praying to the malignant veil to be merciful......... this search costs them everything.... their life as they know it...... loved ones...... dreams.... success.... and in some cases - sanity......

But are they the ones really insane or is it the others who clutch their "sanity" tainted with material, domestic and social elements and remain painfully oblivious................

The Point

At one point in their lives every individual just pauses......... from their ever-changing, constantly updating (technology, relationships, thought process etc) semi-mechanical lives...... just a fleeting moment that quite literally presses the pause button in the film that is your life....... its over here you realize so many things at this one minuscule point that comes rushing at the speed enough to give you the biggest head rush of your life! For some this is a point to realise the direction of your life - whether you’re going the right way or not? Some think whether it’s time to kick off their singleton boots and settle into the blissful "chappals of matrimony"...... for others it is a point of questioning the true meaning of life......... But for me its thinking about how time flies?.... many join me in this as it’s a very popular pause moment bound to be gone through by almost every human being......... 2nd year college almost coming to an end...... it makes you think...... i can’t help but look back and feel that school days don't seem that long ago…… in a year I’d be leaving to pursue a different path…….so far it doesn't seem like I’d want to give this one up by then……… My...How time flies…….at 19 I can’t believe my teenage days have reached its fag end……….now come the 20’s which is also fun but coupled with more responsibilities….. and worse its closer to your 30’s!.............ya im over-reacting but tell me if you wouldn't at this point……….

Opportunity

When an opportunity beckons you - "grab it by the collar", "strike it when its hot" etc etc.....

You know when there is this remote passing chance of something that you 'may or may not' be interested comes along....... Its right there.... dangling in front of you..... your thinking "should I do it or not?" .....DO or DON'T...DO or DON'T...... you decide (because it is after all YOUR life) that your going to pass...... the moment the opportunity slightly whizzes past you........ Hordes and Hordes of concerned/encouraging/loving people jump right onto your scrawny throat to say you may as well have made the "Biggest Blunder" in your life!......... Such selfless love and devotion...... and its not that they didn't want to give us "the single most vital career/love/etc advice of your life" when the opportunity was actually in front of you....... well..... don't judge them!!.... they just wanted to give you 'space' (sometimes literally!)....... you know so that you can make your own decision (which you may have gone over with them thrice- but still you know its YOUR DECISION)...... But once your done with it a.k.a screwed it up.... then its time for everyone to follow a universal cue of nature into an oh-so 'constructive' (reminiscent of a bloodthirsty hunter saying he is poaching endangered species for the potential cure of AIDS which in all probability he doesn't know is an abbreviation!)..........

Hmm.... Did I come off a little strong?/

The French call it....Romance

Oscar Wilde said that "Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.".....

This is not to 'declare' the fact that the man was a true 'genius' in every sense of the word or talk of his capacity to conjure sheer magic with words.......... How often has one felt that they have come across something so marvelous that you cannot express it in words...... There are people who stream into tears the moment they hear something remotely romantic (as you may have guessed- I am not a hopeless romantic in the sense it is popularly noted)...... The true essence of romance I believe is lost in time....... It exists like a rare antique that is protected in its paucity, to be savoured by only its true connoisseurs........ But one wonders wether everyone does go through this fleeting yet ubiquitous feeling.......... If you ask my opinion.... its almost impossible not to go through it at one point or another as romance exists everywhere.... from a scintillating wine glass to the sprawling sea...... Its impossible not to feel it once just as it is not possible to live and not breathe........

"....Give me a Sign....."

One wonders wether there are after all any signals or signs that nature or the environment gives us.............. something to tell us to be on your guard...... something to tell us not to do everything exactly the way we usually do - just for the day!..........I don't know, personally I'd say when I look outside I just look to appreciate nature and its finer details, I've never actually went looking for a sign...... but then again looking for signs is like an out-of-this-world security blanket that prolongs the process of coming to terms with something...... but often I find people who embody the "disbelievers code" secretly do exactly what they publicy voice against..... be it some religious ritual, an anonymous visit to a psychic (closer to home - pandit), or some sign watching..... I guess there is something in our heart for the unexplainable.... the mystery or the sheer lust I cannot say for sure..... these elements make for - I'd like to put it as - Natures Eternal Victory over Mankind..............

The Most Underrated and Universal Coinage - BLAH

Sometimes I feel the word "Blah" is the most underrated. Think about it Blah is not even a real word (Oxford isn't really interested). It sounds so incomplete and abrupt........ sometimes people look for really fancy words to keep the other thinking or give an impression - Blah doesn't help you do that either....... But if you really look at it Blah is one of the most understanding and universal coinage ever...........

Blah in itself encompasses such a wide spectrum its impossible to think of all the connotations. Blah is subject to personal or group interpretations. It becomes a code with a meaning only select few know and gives you a couple of sniggers. Blah is the state of mind that describes a situation/emotion more than any word in any language....... talking about language - Blah is universal - I think if I go to an unexplored corner of Spain or trekking in some Eastern Mountain foothills.... and I feel this surge of emotion all through me - I feel all these things that make me helpless and distraught ...... this passing stranger notices and looks inquiringly- and i just turn and say "Blah" with a sigh........... they look understanding and give you a sympathetic side smile and walk away................ for all you know that side-smile was all that you needed and instead of dawding out your version of their language a simple BLAH was your savior!

So the next time someone looks at you with contempt when they hear you say "Blah"...... just shrug it off, their just don't comprehend the word that goes beyond boundaries - and their probably feeling Blah themselves!!:D