Sometimes

The Bible says

A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. 

Psalms 91:7

Sometimes in reality the following does happen and you just wonder how to apply Psalms 91:7 for the situation you are in.

A thousand may flourish and stand at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will come only to you. 

Driving License

The step taken by the state government of TN is one of the most ridiculous steps I have seen. There are so many laws which are haven't provided the benefits for lack of implementation. Like compulsory helmet, not respecting red lights, speeding vehicles and not allowing people to ride in wrong direction. These are certain things which you can spot without even having to stop the people. You can straight away book them. Without coming up with strategies to implement existing laws stringently there is now a new law that everyone should carry their original driving license. I don't who came up with such an extraordinary vision. They must have thought through their ass to come up with such a law.

When everyone was saying we are not even feeling the existence of a government this government has proved they do exist.

With respect to center looks like they have their own agenda of hindianising entire India. Through NEET they are only fast tracking it. They have now made the state board education look like LKG. There is no problem with CBSE except it comes with enforcing Hindi across. Even the de-monetisation which looked good on paper looks like failure except for making our life miserable during those 2 months.

This thuglaq darbar is supported by thuglaq magazine as well.

Strange Circus

Watching Strange Circus from the director of Suicide Club was really surrealistic. The movie has different layers and shades that it amuses and confuses at the same time. Though the movie touches upon some uncomfortable topics like incest and sacrilege it quickly moves away and takes us through much more emotional and complex journey.

This is one of those movies where you just sit and wonder what the heck just happened when the credits starts to roll.

If you are not offended easily then this movie is for you.

Jealous

When I was a school going student I was jealous of college going "Annas" and office going "Appa". I used to long for those days when I will become one. When I became a college going Anna, I felt it will be better to do away with all the studies and be a job going person. The moment I joined a company I didn't get the happiness I was looking for. I am now jealous of my retired father and look forward to retired life. I know it will have it's own pain and I will not enjoy that life as well.

Life is full of pain. The only time we can be happy is the first 3 years before we join school when everyone's attention is on us. When we fall down so many hands will rush to help us. When we cry even a stranger would want to comfort us.

After that even your parents will not come to comfort you when you are crying at a strange place called school. It only gets worse with teachers start acting like dictators, showing favoritism to some. The pain only worsens.

Medical Care

Today I took my daughter to one of the leading ENT hospitals in Chennai. She has been suffering from breathing problems and I took her there to get a second opinion as one other doctor had recommended surgery.

In the net I could see positive as well as negative comments on that hospital but still I wanted to give it a try.

One thing I observed is from the moment we step in they have already decided the prescription which is nothing but surgery.

The chief doctor was not even interested in writing any prescription. His motto was take the surgery or go back to Pediatrician for medical prescriptions.

It was sad he doesn't even want to try few medicines before opting for the knife.

It is very sad the way the whole thing was treated.

For no reason a blood test was recommended and only later I realised that even blood test is also for checking if the child is fit for surgery.

The entire set up was like running a business. A consultant meets you first and recommends lot of tests. The chief meets you with the test results and spends just few minutes before transferring you to another assistant whose job is to explain you in detail about the surgery. They put so much pressure on you that you are tempted to opt for surgery right then.

Such treatments makes you lose the faith on doctors.

I have to say I also saw few doctors who were very open in saying "this is normal no medicine is needed". But unfortunately we feel those doctors are not good. We are to be blamed for this mentality.

Jagten - The Hunt

After a long time I had a very satisfactory movie experience through Jagten - The Hunt, a Danish movie. We have seen Mads Mikkelsen in Casino Royale as the villain but in this movie his role is just another extreme. Like Javier Bardem he has also proved his versatility through this movie.

The hunt for a good movie most of the time takes to some artsy movies which are very difficult to sit through. What we need is movies like this which connects with us immediately and makes us root for the character.

Movies like this are rare so don't miss it.

This movie also reminded me of few other movies such as Little Children, We need to talk about kevin and The woodsman.

Death

As we get older death looks more fascinating and more intimidating.