True Excellence

A Seventeen-Year-Old Unschooled Mumbai girl, Malvika Joshi, approached Top Indian Institutes for Admission. Her Credentials? Three Times Medal Winner at Programming Olympiad. And as expected, it is deduced, as contended in Media, the admission was denounced & refuted. Seems, the only reason was as she had not Cleared the so called PATTERN (10^th or 10+2 or Whatever). But look, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recognized her potential & not only the admission they offered to her but Scholarship too. Now that's True Excellence.

And there is an interesting story behind her. Her Mother was working for an NGO who takes care of Cancer Patients. And when she discerned STRESSED children succumbing to such monstrous disease, she pulled her child out when she was in 7th grade & started homeschooling, where this child, whose dreams were later scuppered by Indian Institutes, discovered the liking for Programming. For her Mother, Happiness is more important than conventional knowledge (sic). And as stated by her Mother in news projectors, she wasn't studying to get into any IVY league but was just exploring her curiosity in Programming, which later MIT acknowledged, but never any Indian Institute except one in Chennai which offered her Admission directly for Masters Course. And the Logic behind refuting her the Admission? We all know, for Eternity shalt be same: CLEAR THE PATTERN.

It's not only developing or poor lands who are Obsessed with this PATTERN. After all, they have cultivated this theory through Developed Lands only. But there is a difference betwixt comprehending exposition in verbatim & observing any logic (in such cases, Command) carefully, in which, off course developing & poor lands woefully crumbled. And as I am reading, they are Restricting the Age Limit for Admissions too! SIGH!

This only demonstrates what kind of people are getting schooled or making rules & also reflects how the overall societal development is stumbling. 

And obviously, if Top Institutes or Universities start admitting people on the basis of True Natural Merit & Not on Marks or PATTERN, then how we would justify the existence of coaching centers. Right? Never Mind!

© Pranav Chaturvedi 2016

A Text on Peace

When mind is inundated with uncertainties,

Meanders, with time, to descry peace;

Peace mere means realization, what desired?

Or the peregrination shalt be admired;

Peace isn't what one attains with pilgrimage,

But when heart feels contented with no regret;

Peace is when one can slumber sans Happy Pills,

And eyes with benevolent dreams is filled;

When immaculate smiles hide contrived fears,

Spirit destitute of wellness doesn’t appears;

A theory or command on paper arduous to impersonate,

Some believe in illumination, some in fate;

Peace is not momentary but default & defined,

By virtue of fathomlessness, it’s vision doesn’t becomes blind :) 

© Pranav Chaturvedi 2016

A Tale of Two Historians

Scene 1 - A Coffee Shop

(Enters Plum (The Original Historian) to meet Pineapple (A Manufactured Historian))

PLUM- Consideration aside, why calleth me, you knew, our paths no longer are same,

PINEAPPLE-

O Dear Plum! My privilege you acknowledged my request & came;

Thou shalt not rebuke my proposal for this I proffer you one last time,

We inscribe history, make Legends, & You once called it a professional crime!

PLUM-

I can’t name those Opportunists & Ruthless Leaders & Kings as the Greatest of the Great,

Write doctored facts, transform the future, bamboozle minds on this equivocal base.

PINEAPPLE-

O Dear Plum! Think once, let your flesh feels the lustrous palatial nights,

Even Projectors thrive on Oil Rich Supplements, come, extirpate your plights;

Just inscribe history, be in a Clan, maketh your destiny,

Shed these sentiments, don't amble straight, set yourself free;

PLUM-

My Dear Pineapple! Indeed, we all are Trained & Schooled in Academic Stews,

But sometimes no longer inscribed words, only Time Travel can unveil what was Untrue :)

PINEAPPLE (Laughs)-

O Plum! Desolated Dreamer, for the Language of consideration no one

 understands,

 Thou really want to sing a melancholy song, depart with an empty hand?

PLUM- You always marched on one path, Pineapple, that's the quandary,

              Lingered amongst populous thoughts, served their Belief;

PINEAPPLE - So, I proposed, thou disposed, now endure your fate,

PLUM -

For how long you shalt be Politically Correct & Biased? Remould your soul, My

Mate :)

And PLUM leaves the Shop with these last words :)    

© Pranav Chaturvedi 2016

Values

Abraham Lincoln was a self-educated lawyer. Now, just discern the Power & Credibility back then of - Certificate of Moral & Character.

Today…not the latter, what matters is only ALMA MATER :(

Whenever any proposition is accepted in verbatim, obeyed like a command, then sometimes this animated flesh exude scepticism, oozes out thoughts to negate the same, wanting for more & more to analyse & dissect such impugned & confounding contentions only to unleash the fettered perplexity :)

Ok!

Family Giveth Values. Values Maketh Man. Right?

But the question ensues, is really Family==Values?

Indeed! Manners Maketh Man. Values Maketh Man too. But does Family vouchsafe you Values? Always? As this has been contended by many. Or, should this context be taken in verbatim?

Undeniably, the environment in which (don't co-relate it with ackers) you have been born & raised, matter, coz that what makes you, YOU.

There are around seven billion animated flesh wandering. And I hope none among them is T-800 :) So most of them have Families. Right? Then what's the quandary? Well if Family == Values, then why exists janus-faced capitalism, radical socialism, anarchism, oppressive communism, incongruous pluralism.......politically correct journalism :( If Family giveth Values, which further confer Manners, Character & Responsibility unto you, then honestly, why this: chaos, insecurity, greed, revenge, fear - inhabits cognition at an alarming level? Why Values stopped functioning? Before, was it even functional? Or is this absolutely a wrong equation?

From Politicians to Bureaucrats, Businessmen to Working Class, Poor to Middle, Rich to Elite & Royal, if Family (those who have) giveth values, which further uplift value in society (which many contends), then there shouldn't be existing any quandary, anywhere. Right? But that’s not the case. Thence, could it be assumed that there exists a snag in this proposition! So either Families are not providing any Values to the immediate following generation or universally, the definition of Values & Character has been transmuted.

Wondering, where these ‘Value’able animated flesh went wrong?

When you project yourself as a Proud whatever, rank your relationships or chronologically elucidates it, anywhere, thinking, this might project you as a Being who is accorded with high values, character, decency & respect which would further help in upgrading the status at the societal level, then this assumption in actuality is equivocal & imprecise. Just look around once & answer yourself as Why!

But hope, there subsists a Universal definition for Values, Respect, Manners & Decency.

Thence:

Is Family==Values? Well, this is an enfeeble proposition & shalt not be comprehended literally. But Indeed! Values Maketh Man :)

© Pranav Chaturvedi 2016

  

Video Game :)

From Philosophical to Theoretical submissions, which ratified the Simulated Theory,
Vindicated by many, floats in a form of Bits, now no more a Sci-Fi Story; 

Then such a Complex & Pixilated anatomy is of the intelligent animated flesh,

Exude emotions - noble, cunning, cruel; & dwell in this societal mesh;

Who designed & infused souls in this virtual game?

With  innumerous desires, reactionary notions, captured in cosmic frame!

For the Levels shalt be cleared, one by one & day by day,

Dispiriting! As the immediate following only proffer hyper juggernauts; cultural dismays;

Beautiful minds evolved from A. Einstein to S. Hawking,

Enlightened, rescued projections, with Ammo of knowledge & talking,

Were buttressed by eminent Philosophers', their insights & writings;

For limited resources, with divided forces, strike COUNTER STRIKE in this BATTLEFIELD,

Traversed UNCHARTED paths, followed CALL OF DUTY, but the Terra never ever healed;

Not a myth, desolated Dreamers, acclaimed DOERS & Autonomous Metal Beings, who inhabit MMORPG with one aim,

Shalt sail through in OPs to reform & revive lands & cognition for good in this Video Game :)

© Pranav Chaturvedi 2016

The Logic Behind This Transmutation

Seems not many anticipated this spontaneous transformation & impetuous ebullition of distinct & divided thoughts which metastasized promptly, illustrating the existence of ambivalence & plights on terra.  

All is flux, nothing is still - Plato

Let’s Generalize!

The world transmuted so drastically & dramatically, it may be presumed that not many  saw this comprehensive change coming: The Order. Technology. Awakening of Nationalism. Battle of Ideologies......Robots.

But the level of confusion elevates whenever Nationalism is discussed or wherever this topic ensues. The recent debate on BREXIT where 17.4 million people voted to leave EU triggered a debate about awakening of nationalism & the averments started pouring calling them of being nationalists, unschooled & uneducated.
Same arguments are projected wherever & whenever this subject crops up.

Look, Indians at the time of Independence greeted & welcomed Democracy, Freedom to All; But Refuted & Disavowed any other form of Rule. They were unschooled/uneducated. They were/are poor. But still they respect Democracy. So, being schooled/unschooled doesn’t matter. Schooling just refines a person & impart necessary skills & eligibility for performance based work oriented management. Nothing more. Nothing less.

One of the biggest quandary is that most of us share ZERO Emotional Intelligence. The concept is only limited to discussing Poverty Porn on weekends, online or offline, Breakups, Aww! And then pretend to have attained the wisdom of sages & legends. And on the other hand, the policy makers, who are only interested in making complex regulations, may be for cognitive orgasms, & infuse the flavor of rigorous bureaucracy in it. Point is, the weak & righteous residents/people succumb to such web or endless protocols. And that creates more dissidence. May be give rise to nationalism. Coz a thought is conceived in the 'Uninformed' mind: is this the way one should evolve? And then, some Schooled & Unschooled animated flesh use this as an opportunity to bamboozle & play with such minds. Condemnable! 

But not a myth, living in Isolation too would send us back in primitive times & our quest to explore Cosmos to unfold our future or reforming lands & minds would be defeated.

But let's take cognition of few facts:

Equality to all Animated Flesh, Indeed!

But too much Political Correctness unveil Controversies.

Nepotism is not Equality. Nor propose Fair Competition.

Not an Intelligent Land where exists too much of Bureaucracy & Regulations. 

Comprehending Theoretically is ‘unequal’ to Discerning Practically.

And as Churchill stated once: To improve is to change; To be perfect is to change often :)

When I was young, My Father, who was a Ph.D, Administrator, Author & later an Academician, once told me, that one may come across to many Vice Chancellors, Professors, Lecturers, Researchers, but he who finds a good Teacher in life, is truly a blessed one. 

Thence, Terra needs Teachers. And Not those Theoretical Preachers :)

© Pranav Chaturvedi 2016

Exit!

Is Political Correctness directly proportional to Dissent?

The trust in globalism failed? Or faith in globalization tanked?

A land which ruled the world once, decades ago, celebrated its own independence day through BREXIT. Democratically.

Let's generalize this. 

The trust deficiency might be the biggest quandary, today. When we are emotionally or economically attached to someone or something, we would defend or support it. No matter what! After all, the evolution must follow the principles of Social Darwinism, as taught to us. But from the remaining, we expect 100% transparency & truth. No less, No more. Which subsequently ends up unveiling disagreements. 

If the policy kindred to a land or any intelligent animated flesh (poor/ developing/developed) move from one place to another on terra (poor/ developing/developed) with only one perception in mind i.e. cost-benefit ratio, objections would certainly uprise. Coz one would traverse with an 'only' purpose to make ackers & to escape developing or poor environment & the another in the quest to have Control over it (All Schooled/Unschooled included). In this concurrent process & compulsions, the forgotten section of that particular region, would probably object to such bureaucracy or policies & thus disagreements arise. But not a myth, dwelling in isolation too would gradually send us back in primitive times. 

Thus, the intelligent animated flesh must somehow realize & accept the existence of distinct mentalities & ideologies, whether cherished or disfavored. And considering Terra as one land, with almost everyone militarized & where the trust factor exists nowhere, with thousands of unreliable minds, we must 'still' strive to reform lands & collectively explore the Cosmos rather than keep criticizing this faith which cannot be altered.

© Pranav Chaturvedi 2016

Right Inspiration

You fulminate or exult, your own fondness shouldn’t be carried away,

By any Being’s notion, who for his own triumph, leaves your reasoning in fray;

Impetus drives you to do what you may be into,

Not necessary, someone else’s reflection or affirmation, won’t be skew;

Then how could it be concluded whether the course would keep you afloat or sink,

The followed conception is guided by your veracious instincts;

Path is crowded with cactus, thence escape those undesired tangles,

Or for how long with those thorny souls one would indulge in endless grapples;

Inspiration is enough to sail in the direction of what one desire,

To succeed, one should first distinguish between the righteous & erroneous & not mere blindly admire;

But on the path there would be some blooming flowers,

Who would be comforting with inspiration & not with dissension or cower;

Arduous, discerning the true emotions, if exists, in those big eyes,

And to find the genuine tenderness & devotion in those smiles;

The spur to search truth shouldn't commence from someone else’s reflection, but shalt look into your own heart,

Not a myth, every chapter in the end point towards another splendid start :)

© Pranav Chaturvedi of 2015

Simulated!!

And one day, a theory was postulated by some physicists & experts,

That cosmic delusion is a hologram or this may be a simulated world;

Some look underneath the crust, some beneath the ocean,

Some observe the space, hoping to explore & discover a portal;

There are others who discern the ancient wisdom & texts,

To unveil the mystic truth about cosmic truth & facts;

And wouldn't it be Empyrean, uncovering purpose & context?

Amidst infinitude quandaries, in which animated flesh dwells,

For resources & civilizations, exude vicious spells & shells;

Still! Shalt look beyond the horizon in the cosmos, who knows, perhaps there future awaits,

As innumerous discordant ideologies here, exists with reactionary traits;

But, presume, this unconventional proposition is conceded,

That the whole pattern is a fabrication, verity simulated;

Then the quest becomes convoluted, why bequeathed when undone,

The desire to know only mushrooms, in this matrix, where hides ‘The One’! :)

© Pranav Chaturvedi 2016