Last Night....

Last Night was exhilaration typified. Pure and plain unadulterated ecstasy. An exemplification of that delectable experience when you feel a sudden wave of immense pleasure shoot through your spine, which then subsequently subsides, leaving the mind and the body, wholesomely satisfied. After all, five hours (10:00 pm to 3:00 am to be precise) of relentless crusading can exhaust even the best of men and to be honest, it felt real great when it all ended. And it was in these blissful moments that when I finally decided to go to sleep, my mind decided otherwise and took me upon an errand that was totally and absolutely uncalled for.

Greatest Ideas generally come to men at the most humblest of places. Archimedes thought of buoyancy in the bathtub. Newton got the idea of gravitation (and was therefore able to explain why eventually, everything comes down) while whiling away in the park. No wonder then that yours truly came up with a unique take on world matters and the things plaguing our society at large, while in his bed, doing something as trivial as trying to see the ceiling through the dark. In fact, as I write this, I am myself amazed as to how could I even think about such matters, after just having done what I did. Nevertheless, that’s not the point. The point goes about 30 kilometres from here, to Hardwar which is these days, being swamped up by such an enormous sea of humanity that it forces you(or at least me) to think – Is this what God is all about?

Religion is a very private matter and I firmly believe that whatever a person does in his or her private life is nobody else’s business. But still, don’t you think that this nationwide mass-hysteria and the sudden urge amongst millions to gain salvation in a jiffy- of the kind that we are witnessing these days, is way too non-sensical a phenomenon to be explained by reason or logic? Of course, it’s a matter of faith, you may say. But then, I daresay, that there is a very thin line that separates faith from superstition. And it’s only when humanity in such gigantic proportions starts crossing that line blindfolded, that I start getting a little uneasy. After all how can you suppose God to be naive enough to provide you with a special window every fourteen years, so that if you manage to bathe in the Ganges during this “window” period, you will gain direct entry into the heavens. God is mature and grown-up. That’s the reason why he doesn’t play dice. And that’s exactly why he doesn’t provide shortcuts. However sadly, all things religious have become so convoluted these days that it’s hard to see through the layers. And it bothers me sometimes seeing religion losing all its purpose.

Religion was intended to liberate us, to emancipate our society of its ills. But, if you would seriously give it a thought, you would realize that religion has done more harm than good to us. Religion is being run like a business today with a marketing propaganda, and while the gullible common man gets caught in the web, our holy men are laughing their way to the banks. Radicalism, fundamentalism etc. all, have their roots in religion (or the misinterpretation of it). The lesser said on it, the better. And that’s why I am compelled to think – What if there was no religion? Just for a moment, try imagining a utopian world without religion and you would see half of the world’s problems solving themselves. Pull religion out of the equation and you would have no crisis in the Middle-East, no Indo-Pak Crisis, and no Al-Qaeda. But alas, things are not that easy. We think too much and we worry too much especially, when it comes to religion. But, God isn’t obsessed with us. Is he? Because if he were, then that silly song –“Aal Izz Well” would have made some sense instead of sounding as silly as it sounds today. So naturally, now the question arises why are then we so much obsessed with God? The answer isn’t straight and perhaps has a psychological dimension to it.
So what I suggest is this –
Don’t care too much about God. Just stay cool. Be practical. Enjoy life. Get a little bit spoiled if possible. And who knows God might just come knocking at your door saying –
Amen...


P.S : If you are still wondering what the first para was all about, I take immense pride in telling you that last night I was finally able to execute my first CUDA program on my GeForce 8400M GS GPU (it isn’t a big deal but at least it sounds good) after five hours of relentless binging.

P.P.S : Binging is fun.

P.P.P.S : I know what you were thinking then and what you are thinking now.

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