But isn't happiness our natural state?

Like everything else in my life, this blog is unplanned. I rarely think of things to write about. They are almost always expressions of some overpowering thought needing a vent. My last post here was written on completing a year in my job. And the very same thought has been keeping me busy for almost a year! Strange but true. Whenever my mind is idle, it turns to the subject like a cow regurgitating its food to chew during moments of leisure.

But my treatment of it has become a little more mature. Like the prayer that says, "Give me the power to change things that I can, and the wisdom to accept those I cannot". Work is now no more very bothersome. In fact,it is the break that I take between doing things I like to do! And for that I have to thank my stars and office a gazillion times!

I have been coming home to something every single day: some days its the books I have read and re-read countless times: Harry Potter, Ponniyin Selvan or Gone with the wind. Some days its the new ones : The Kingkiller Chronicles (Very highly recommended for fans of fantasy), Thiruvarangan Ula, Made in America. Some other day its a movie I have downloaded in the morning (I alone have been using up 30 GB every month ;) ) or a series I have taken a strong liking to. Other day its some article on photography I had bookmarked in the morning or a scheduled show on NatGeo Wild. So, when I leave for work, I know exactly what I am going to do that night. And that keeps me insanely happy for the entire day (so much for calling myself unplanned, but yeah, if you prefer, I guess I am a very short term planner). There is some strange and positive energy thrumming within, all day, idling only during office hours ;)

I do wonder if there is any medical condition which is the exact opposite of clinical depression. But if there is, I am sure it needs to go untreated! A small voice keeps telling me that I am a misanthrope, who revels in living so much by myself, but I am sure I am not that. I have a family and a friends' circle that I love a lot, so in the steps towards self-actualization, realizing why I am so happy should be the next step :D

What's 15 August for a Brit??

60 years of Independence !!!
A sure thing to celebrate considering the long way we have come..
But there is one small thing I always think about during our independence day.
The festivities of India on this day : What will be its effect on the Britons of today???
Will they feel ashamed? A whole nation celebrating this way surely must be reminding them that they are the hated lot here..
Or will they feel guilty? As a nation, their misdeeds all over the world cannot be ignored or forgotten that easily!!
I mean, Germany and Japan still live with the stigma that they were responsible for the World War II.
Why has Britain been spared of the ignominy it deserves? After all, Sun never used to set in the British Empire!
A General Dyer from my nation will make me wish I were never born in this country.
A Cornwallis' or Wellesley's atrocities will make me go red with anger and embarassment..

How is the today's generation of Britain handling this ? Maybe their history does not teach them what they are better off not knowing. Maybe they justify their acts telling that otherwise the colonies had no way of entering the industrial revolution !! That they actually have done us more good than harm! I would surely like to have a look at their history text books! To see if they have the guts to accept their mistakes (euphemistic??) Because we are taught to respect a Mr.Gandhi or a Mr.Patel because they helped us attain freedom.Those kids,what will they be taught?? One Mr.Dyer shot dead 300 unsuspecting individuals and hence was shot dead by one Mr.Singh?? Worth a thought!! I will search the internet and see if I can get their high school history curriculum...

Happy Independence Day one and all !!! Love this land for not giving us reasons to be ashamed of :) (Apart from so many other reasons, of course!)