Sunday, 2 February 2025

Bunch of Stupid Thoughts and a Samadhi Story

We are already into February in 2025, which means a reasonable amount of time has passed for me to break my New Year’s resolution. My resolution was to stop having stupid thoughts, and, even if I have such thoughts, not to publicly air them.

Well, I succeeded for a month. Then, things changed. Supreme leader’s phrend DoLund (Two Dick) Tramp became El presidento of Yankee Land, or the real Viswaguru* country. The richest person in the world spent $290 million (about 2,500 crore rupees) to get his man in power. Not a bad purchase. MAGA, which should be MAWA (Make America White Again), won. The token Indian, Vivek, was thrown under the bus. He did say that Americans were stupid to their face.

Things have indeed changed. For instance, over the last decade, the middle-class and poor people around the world have come to the conclusion that businessmen should have first access to everything and should own politicians or be de facto rulers. Then, these businessmen magnanimously will let the milk and honey trickle down to them. You can see that in India too. Businessmen can get land at cheap prices, have airports for private use, get politicians to cut deals for them in other countries, etc. It’s even better for religious people (i.e. if you’re from the right religion)they get everything for free.

It is democracy in action, with religion providing the special effects. Though we are not Viswaguru like the U.S. in terms of global leadership and power, there is one area where we can claim Viswaguru status. And, that is our form of democracy. Our unique “resort politics” was recently featured in New York Times. This is something we can export to “demo crazies” around the world. If DoLund had succeeded (he tried something similar) in doing this in 2020, he could have had two consecutive terms. Another thing is owning the judiciary. DoLund’s team has something called Project 2025, which aims, among other things, to fill up the government and judiciary with Christian conservatives. They should learn that also from India, where something similar has already been achieved. It is even better in India because the media is also entirely subservient. Will DoLund succeed in his endeavour to copy us?

Another thing we have learned recently was that empathy, on the whole, is overrated. Empathy is a sign of weakness. What people crave for are tough, strong pappa figures. When DoLund took charge recently, Mel Gibson said "It’s like daddy arrived and he’s taking his belt off”. This is true around the world. Daddies instilling discipline with their belts. In fact, this has been the norm in most Asian countries. Even the mommies who ruled had Daddies’ belts in their hands. Many Indians feel that the Indian daddy (supreme leader) should learn from daddies in China, the Middle East, and elsewhere as to how to use the belt efficiently to keep everyone in line. He is trying.

I remember two cousins, much elder to me, who used to run away from their home whenever their dad, a military man, came home on leave. The dad, so the story goes, will have his belt in his hand by the time he reaches his home from the railway station. Ready to whip the guys.

My dad, on the other hand, never really whipped us. That may be the reason I get these bunch of stupid thoughts. I was given a beating only twice. Once, maybe when I was about 10, for hitting my younger sis. I must have tapped her on the head or something and she screamed as if an asteroid hit her.

And then, in my early teens. For lying.

Dad: Where were you?

Me: At school.

Left jab, right hook, knockout. Disabled aunt jumps in between. Disabled aunt flies off to the sofa.

Dad: Where were you?

Me: Sreekumar Theatre.

Dad: Good. Don’t lie.

And that was it.

Couple of years later, when he asked something like this, we, my bro and I, were prepared and gave the proper answers.

Dad: Do you smoke?

Me & Bro: Yes.

I am digressing. Empathy, from what I gather, should be limited to a group you prefer and, of course, to the rich. For example, DoLund is getting rid of DEI, or Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, which is a form of empathy. Instead, he is appointing people based on his own DEI policy—Dumb, Empty-headed, and Idiotic. He is also appointing his kids’ wives, ex-girlfriends, and in-laws as party chiefs, ambassadors, and stuff. As the saying goes, “Daddies with belts know the best”.

 

Samadhi Story

There was this news recently in Kerala about a person who did samadhi as per his sons and other family members. That reminded me of the time I thought my dad was thinking of samadhi. More than a decade ago, my dad was in the ICU in Trivandrum Medical College. I was sitting outside the ICU, when the doctor came out and called me. A soft-spoken, nice lady, she asked me if I was the son, and I nodded affirmatively. She said my dad was trying to pull off the tubes and stuff going into his body and was being difficult and wanted me to come and talk to him. So, I went in and talked to him. He said he didn’t want to lie around with tubes and stuff. “Let me go,” he said. I told him it was not possible and that he was being unreasonable towards the doctors and staff. He understood and let the tubes remain in place. He was an andolan jeevi (or, protestor, in current supreme leader’s words) all his life. He did andolan to kick out the king. He did andolan when the Bunch of Thoughts guy came to Trivandrum. He survived a deadly infection as a child, a stabbing (from behind) as a youth, was beaten to pulp by the police during one of his andolans for his fellow human beings, and survived many major operations. He wanted to die walking, and I could understand his desire to be not seen in such a helpless position. Anyway, he gave up his demand for samadhi and even managed to show a raised, clenched fist to two youths from his andolan group who had managed to sneak in. Fortunately for him, he passed away later that evening. Daddy without a belt. Daddy with empathy towards other human beings.

 

 

*Viswaguru: Reason US is Viswaguru: The supreme leader’s most preferred state in India is one of the largest sources of illegal migration to the US.