We believe what we are told

Disclaimer: No offence against any religion or whatsoever... Purely my personal opinion...

I was never fond of reading… specially novels and all… few days’ back I called up my friend to meet in colony after office and since she needed some reason to come out of her home (coz it was 8.30 and her dad sometimes behave like Hitler), she took this book along to give it to me…

I was like… u know I dun read much then why this book… but she insisted on reading this… and was sure that I would love it…

The book in discussion was “Da Vinci Code”

In the following weekend I made an outstation trip and got the opportunity to read the book… and here is an interesting conversation between my friend and me…

Me: Hey luv u for da Vinci Code… read some odd 100 pages… It’s simply awesome
My friend: I know… U & I share the same tastes in life… :-)
Me: Ye thats true… except for a sip of Vodka n a flesh of meat ;-)
My friend: I am quite sure you would have liked it… If you were born some other place… some other time… some variables here n there…
Me: That “if” changes the entire perception… lets live without it
My Friend: Aint it always like that
Me: Indeed is ;-) but love for perception thru “if” is never less either ;-)
My Friend: ;) Ah wisdom… we are so full of it… he he he… abhi bas kar

(Thats just one of our bizzare style of interaction ;-))
I shared this conversation just for fun…

Within a working week I could complete the entire book… that too during a hectic week… after having my dinner I used to read book till 2-3 in the night… it was so addictive… the twists… the turns… were simply awesome…

Coming to the story… it will shatter your trust on Christianity and God… some times its difficult to doubt the facts that are narrated in the book… or rather the way in which they are narrated…
But if you are a true holy Christian then please don’t read this book… it might hurt your sentiments…

But from a purely novel point of veiw, I believe this could be one of the best written book... ya its one of the most controversial also... If you have read this book then please let me know what you think about it :-)

I'm not so 'crazy' about History as such… but I love if someone attempts to prove that the old age customs we are following were mere convenience of the people who were in the power during that era… and they have just given some mythological link or have attached such other similar stories(beliefs) behind it… to attract the public acceptance…
And I feel it’s the same for any religion… in any part of the globe…

I can’t follow anything blindly just because a group of people called community is following it… there should me a meaning attached to that custom… and that meaning should appear logical to me…

Sometimes my sis and I get nice lecture from mom that we don’t respect culture and all that blah blah…
For me Ramayan and Mahabharat are mere mythological stories…

Infact the whole perception with which I see Mahabharat is different… the whole kingdom for which the fight happened was always “Duryodhan’s” but he was always shown as a bad guy… I mean if someone will gamble his wife and loose that gamble and then blame the other for misbehaving… who is the real culprit
This is one such incident I can give u plenty of such reasonings where the so-called “good” side were not so good… Neways thats my perception ;-)

I don’t even endorse the custom of Karwa Chowth… I fail to understand how a husband’s life will be long coz of wife keeping a fast on a particular day… and leave alone that… how the hell moon comes into picture…

Ne ways… people who believe do… (Including my aunts… grandmas… some of my friends… n my sweet GF)

History… is always debated… coz the same story is different when told in different region/state/country... it’s based on what we have heard since we were kids… or what people have endorsed thru books and what we have heard need not be true always… ;-)

PS: This post was drafted in December last year... finally its on air ;-)