WANDERINGS OF A NOMAD

Is change natural? Of course it is look at the sun, the earth, seasons, day and night. But beyond the obvious change there is a backdrop of stability. For the sun it is longevity, for the seasons it is cyclicity. Drawing inspiration from nature is a basic human characteristic and one that I believe holds us in good stead. So to deal with change and underlying inertia of our lives I believe it is equally important to deal with it by juxtapositioning using both ritual with movement. Rituals :These are small practices that help us maintain our identity. Rituals could vary from saying a prayer in the morning to going for a run/swim during the day. They could be working for someone once a day, helping your grandparents, smiling when meeting people; anything that you believe defines a part of you that will not change. A ritual gives us a sense when we are inundated by change in all aspects of life. When everything around you is swaying you hold on these rituals to keep you grounded. M

I do hope you don’t read this, as it would make you aware about my cowardice and my hypocrisy.  Instead of doing some thing concrete I am hiding behind the comfort of my laptop and writing this. But I hope that of all the people who notice my cowardice, somebody, atleast one will stand up. We all wait for news to turn to old news and to forget about it. We are too consumed by life to worry about what has been. And please don’t forget to add me to the list of guilty. This is not a post about the victims, or the perpetrators of crime. It is a post about how we struggle to deal with social crimes which are becoming a harsh reality that all of us are facing today. By ignoring these crimes we now realize that we have nowhere left to hide anymore.  And more than anyone else who is to be blamed but us, yeah but we are scared, we value our lives and why would we want to put them at risk and maybe that's the right thing to do, or is it. Maybe it's time to realize that our lives a