Marigolds at sunrise
Early morning walk
Marigolds at sunrise
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Flowers greet morning
[Anyone who’s actually done any mountaineering might relate to this more… Also maybe mountaineering is an exaggeration, I might consider changing it to hiking 😉 Actually these are just unstructured initial thoughts, I suppose this post will probably get edited over time – but no idea when… and below please regard him = him/her] Mountaineering…
In my schooldays during the vacation, I’d occasionally complain to Thatha (grandpa) “I’m bored” And he’d reply… “what is that bored, I say… tell me what do you mean by boredom?” What a strange question… I’d start to explain… but couldn’t quite get the words right. It was an interesting question, I never really managed…
A very old one but I love this Kannada folk song – was delighted to come across its lyrics recently. It says “kuladalli keeL yaavudho hucchappa, mathadalli mel yaavudho?” – “in caste which is inferior, mad man, in creed which is superior?”.
Prerequisite: See [nine dot puzzle](http://msanjay.weblogs.us/entries/133/my-dads-second-last-puzzle) More than the solution to the [nine dot puzzle](http://msanjay.weblogs.us/entries/133/my-dads-second-last-puzzle) , the struggle involved in solving it is what really matters – the point is that it’s a clear demonstration of the fundamental folly of all of humanity, regardless of race, intellect or era.
[from an email sent to family] Ok I dont really like to philosophise like it said in the previous quote, but once in a way I cant resist… 😀 …you can view this if and when you have time, else just delete it, theres nothing very important here.
A philosopher knows exactly what to do in any situation, until it happens to him. I guess this rather stunning quote conveys more or less the same point as this story from the Mahabharata 🙂
Solid write-up, thanks for sharing. Noting this reference here as well for anyone else researching the same thing: https://sites.google.com/view/naruto88koleksib7n