Cyborg

I always thought over this a lot
Whats in the future for mankind? How will we evolve in the short term, say in the next 100 years, and in the long term, say in a million years. Its next to impossible to predict what will happen to us in the long term, i suggest one should watch discovery channel for that. One of these days the channel might come up with a 'man in the future' series. Though i do remember the channel showing one simillar programme where they had portrayed a scenario on life on earth millions of years from now.
But lets limit our thoughts to the short term future of human beings, atleast we can speculate a bit and put to pen our views.
In the short term i see a rise in diseases, our immune systems shall be better developed as compared to today. Offcourse there shall be a plethora of highly advanced medicines too.
In the next 100 years, at present rate of emissions our sea levels shall rise and people shall have to move to higher grounds, there shall be space constraints. The impact of these factors on us is a mystery to me. How these factors shall modify our behaviour and change us physically are points to speculate on.
While these are some of the factors that we dont have much control over, yet it might be possible to completely overhall ourselves in the distant future. In other words modify ourselves artificially. It would be as simple as going to the dentist and getting a root canal. While physically changing ourselves is possible even today, but i am refering to becoming a cyborg or a partial cyborg kind of a being, depending on individual needs.
While i may sound a lunatic but just think of the human part of becoming a cyborg. Lets take up a case. 50 years from now god forbid! you are unable to walk. Would you not like to replace your nonfunctional limb with a new, high tech leg thats a clone of your older limb but functions perfectly. And the good thing about these highly advanced prosthetic limbs as compared to those present today would be that they wont look artifical or function in a mechanical manner It would be like you growing a new leg.
When you have this miraclus tool with you, no longer would you require a walking staff or need to depend on anybody for your day to day activities. You may even be able to play basket ball again .
Now to extend this concept to the whole of the body, suppose you are able to replace any other part of your body, if this happens the world shall witness dawn of a new lifestyle revoluton. But then there is a limit to changing yourself. How much you change should be regulated by a higher authority. Only when you are in real need, should you be allowed to replace a part, otherwise whats the point of being a human being.
But one thing shall always remain, and that is your mind. You are what you are simplly because of your mind, all other parts are just accessories. What i mean is that your individuality is majorly mentained because of your unique mind, other parts do have a say but if we could exactly replicate them then they simply become accessories.
In short the whole point of becoming a man machine is to live a better life.

City Travel

Ever traveled to different places. New cities and villages. Ever analyzed the traffic up close and personal? Ok lets talk about Delhi.Its a huge place and very dynamic. Something or the other is always happening here. Delhi Metro being constructed, VIP movements, Dharnas, flyovers and roads being built, all these have a bearing on the way we travel. Being pre informed is the only way to counter these vagaries.Broadly speaking there are two aspects of traveling in Delhi. First is the knowledge regarding roads and second is to know about the traffic pattern at different hours of the day. Those who travel on a routine basis are well aware of the traffic pattern. There are different categories of travelers, those who use the public transport and those who have their own vehicle. People using public transports have a sound knowledge of their routes and know how traffic snarls on these routes. People with their own vehicles have an added advantage to try out various alternatives and thus discover those hidden sacks of information to give a better understanding of the traffic. Bottom line to be a successful traveler you must first experiment with a variety of routes.Having said this, maps too play a crucial role in deciding on the routes to take. There are few maps in the market. I like eicher city map the best. It tells u about each and every road, traffic lights, flyovers etc. Quite often people have to travel to new places, maps are inarguably the best means to pin point your location and then plan out the route. And when you are lost, having a map at hand would soon set you on the right path. Combined with the knowledge of traffic, maps can make a successful traveler out of you.

Man At Work!

The little fleck on the mirror, thats us

Arre! dont mean to downplay anyone
but have u ever given thought to the fact that how so small we are in this immense universe, thats got no cornors, no edges, no roof, no floor, just an endless vastness thats totally incomprehensible even to the racing mind.
Some times i wonder, how the hell did it all start! We might have heard of the big bang theory and all, but the big bang didnt occur in a bag, did it?? There already was a lot of place for the universe to expand. Atleast thats what i feel
Now the question stares at me limpidly, like the mosquito sizing me up on the wall, how the hell did it all start. What was there when there was nothing and if there was nothing how is it that there is something now. Whats up, whats down, whats left, whats right????
Basically whats time? Is time just our way of understanding events that go by? I guess so . But in context of this empty space (thats not so empty as it contains the universe) probablly there is no such thing as time. Time is just a way to peg the starting and ending of events but the empty endless space had no begining and has no end. It was here always and shall be here forever, thus making the concept of time irrelevent.
Its just we the flecks on the so called mirror, waiting for our time to be wipped off making way for those yet to come.

A journey!

Miles to go!!
A journey just started.
I dont know where i shall go.
I dont know what obstacles i shall scale.
I shall float like a cloud.
One day i shall pour out and cease to exist.
But before that day i shall go places, give shadow to people and hope to the trodden.
Their graces shall propel me to achieve far greater heights.
I shall not stop, i will not stop.
'cause i still got miles to go.
And the journey has just started.

The desi hand reader

Were u ever interested when people said they could read hands. Yeah?? No?
Well I myself can’t answer that question cause I have always been the palmist (so called) in such situations.
But by experience, I can say, people usually are interested when ever a guy like me is in their midst. And boy! have I read a plethora of hands, from tiny crimpled hands to hands that could swat u like a fly, some pretty ones too.
And the analysis is the usual one “this is your lifeline, this is your luckline. You gonna live so many years and you gonna have so much money”.
Its fun analysing hands, and checking out people’s reactions, that are as different as their hands. Some call me a fake, few get impressed from what they hear, but all of them take it light heartedly.
Pretty soon every one starts predicting their own fate, this is when a lot of funny stuff pours out. Its fun to be all ears while this goes on.
After the merry making is over, people brood over changing their lines, but soon all these thoughts vanish in thin air, what remains is a faint glimmer in the back of their heads, yet some of them graduate to become palmists like me (wink).