Love...

Back to back posts is strange for a person who writes 1-2 posts a month, but the occasion was something that i couldn't stop writing. We all celebrate Feb 14th as Saint Valentine's day. 'Love' -- now thinking about this I remember about Radha and Krishna; the eternal lovers.

Radha was one among the gopikas with whom Krishna spent his childhood in Vrindavan. Then at the age of 10, Krishna went to Mathura, killed Kamsa and liberated the world from evil. So, the time spent with Radha was mostly till the age of 10. But still Radha always loved Krishna, and worshipped him. That shows love doesn't decrease with distance rather it makes a person stronger and more dedicated. 

One strange thing is that we only find krishna with Radha rather than with any of his 16000 gopikas. Also whenever love is explained it's more apt to Radha and Krishna than to anyone else. It's just because their love was highly emotionally attached to get disturbed by distance, wealth or any material objects.

Love is more emotional in nature and two persons enjoy in a relationship when they understand & respect each other and ofcourse sometimes make fun of the other person. So, one need not be forgiving all the time, you even got to be stubborn sometimes :P. But the underlying notion is that it transcends these material mediums and you enjoy every moment of the relationship.

Love is at its best when you become emotionally attached to a person. So when you enter into a relationship, it's not how much you get from it, rather how more happier you would be because of that relationship. 

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Urs Ved

God, the unexplained energy...

This is a naive attempt of mine to relate the developments in astrophysics and spiritualism, that i believe shall converge to a common goal i.e., God. I strongly believe that one day God shall be explained scientifically and it requires both scientific and spiritual theories to explain this mystery. I do believe in God but as some form of omnipresent energy that still is unexplained.

Every religious book preaches and adheres to the 'statement' that God created man but the converse looks more appealing to me. Man created God because he was unable to explain all the phenomena by himself. So he conveniently invented the concept of God and attributed all the unexplained and unexplainable facts/theories/beliefs to him. So when our knowledge quotient increases then mystery behind God shall be revealed.

Let me put my point in this way, we all know that the universe is ever expanding, and the reason attributed is that the repulsion between the galaxies start increasing. The force of repulsion is explained by the Newton's gravtitational force equation. But what is it on which the universe is expanding? What's outside the universe?

The universe definitely needs a surface so that it can expand. But what is this energy that  causes expansion and the surface on which this expansion takes place? Now this unexplained energy is called dark energy in Quantum Mechanics. Dark energy is attributed to the increasing expansion rate of the universe and is a hypothetical concept.

Do we find actually find God only in temples, churches etc, ..well, when we enter any place of worship we enter into a positive vibrations zone. People think good, pray for good actions when they are in a temple because of which a strong positive energy zone is created. Now anyone who enters into the place of worship is influenced by this energy and that increments the already present positive energy over there. So that's like a positive spiral, where with time more and additions happen because of positive feedback. 

The exactly opposite happens at a cemetry, when someone dies, there exists a lot of negative energies because there is lot of depression, sadness, ill-will and so on. And that's place where regularly such negative emotions generate (because someone or the other dies). So, there are some positive energy zones that get created and some negative zones which get created. This happens not only with places but also with humans also. When we generate a positive energy by thinking good, the same energy gets diffused to other present around us and the negative energy gets diffused happens when we think bad.

Therefore the actions we religiously perform is to generate and use this unexplained energy, which is the cause of our living in this universe. Now if this energy is God then "what is the source of life - Is it the same above mentioned energy that brings life to a dumb body to become a living being?" I do not know......

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Urs Ved

Mahe Trip...

First and foremost, I can undoubtedly say that our mentorship group was the best in IIMK. Fortunate that I was one among the mentees under KV and Kajal. Two highly respected people and talented in their own ways, they had a big role in my smooth transition towards a B-school life. My other co-mentees were Naren, Jimmy, Bhatia, Khanna saab, Ritchie, Puneet, Bhargav & Indirah. We went for 4-5 outings and every outing was only full of fun, fun n fun!! Being the last outing before graduating, KV and Kajal proposed for a half-day outing at Mahe, approximately 90Kms from the campus. Finally 6 of us (KV, Kajal, Bhargav, Indirah, Khanna n myself) started for the journey on our bikes to Mahe. 

For the starters, Mahe is a former french colony under the Union territory of Puducherry. Located at a distance of 22Kms from Kannur district, it's famous for the golden sand beaches. The natural growth of palm tress around the fringes, gives a spectacular view and also an added element of beauty during the ride. Lucky to study in the God's own country!! Thanks to IIM Kozhikode.

We initially halted at Mahe, near the St. Theresa Cathedral and after a short break we directly proceeded towards the beach. Approx., the last 3Kms is through a jungle of palm trees and offers a spectacular view of the beach on one side and the palm trees on the other side of the road. Probably one of the very few beaches where vehicles could be driven on the beach. 

Immediately we switched into shorts and made a dash towards the beach. It was awesome for the rest of the 2hrs in the sea. Though only two of us knew swimming, we took the risk of venturing farther and it was awesome fun splashing around and Khanna saab made us play ring-a-ring-a-roses...lol..lol. The pic on the left explains the beauty of this beach, and the serene climate is apt for an outing.

It was an exciting day with everyone in great spirits and enjoying as if that's the last day to live. Almost close to sunset and we were a bunch of mavericks who forgot about the world around them and only immersed in having fun to the most possible extent. Though the sea water causes burning sensation, it did not deter us from trying to swim. Khanna frequently said "Agar koi doobne vaala hain tho, sabse pehle Ved hi hoga". My attempts to learn swimming were some of the most funniest moments  of the tour. Credit for the above pics goes to Kajal.

After some funny attempts of photography, we started to Kozhikode at 7:30PM. Asli maza ab aaya..Khanna's bike doesn't have shock absorbers and they are very important during a bike journey. Not surprisingly my back n bottom were in serious pain after this journey. By the time I reached campus, the pain was too difficult to subsidize and it was so funny when Khanna and I started walking after getting down from the bike.

Finally, once again thanks to KV and Kajal and the rest of the mentees for the wonderful time and making my stay in 'K' a memorable one. 

With the last two weeks immersed with numerous quizzes, case studies and assignments and project work, this trip gave me the perfect break which I absolutely needed. Hmm... next week the mids are gonna start and I need to start my preparation. (L->R: Kajal, Me, KV, Indirah, Khanna)

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Urs Ved