Gandhi, Tagore, Great men and mirth..

My life partner after reading my blogs commented on the dreariness. There is something about being spontaneous and funny for me which is a flow. Sometimes in a group things just flow, people laugh and so do I. So I leave it at that. There are some genuinely funny moments that occur which had both my wife and I in splits. As the help in our house from a small town comes out after cleaning the bathroom and says in Hindi with a deadpan expression in a montone voice with a bemused look ." Yeh Sandas bolta hain..".( translated to...the toilet flush is talking)..We told him to tell my mother inlaw that..So as my mother in law is entering another room trying to get some work done..he tells her " Mummy, the toilet flush is speaking.." Ma-in-law couldn't believe what he just uttered..and he repeated it twice..The fact is that our flush makes a strange noise after you flush and it is like a human burp.

The other day we had taken a few friends to the NGMA ( Gallery of Modern art) for an exhibition of Gandhi but the exhibits were createded using Interactive Multimedia technologies and really cool. The user interfaces were brilliant.  I imagine being in the midst of discussion of  two remarkable human beings Gandhi & Tagore. Noted economist Amartya Sen has written an insightful essay on how despite theri deep differences they had enormous respect and regard for each other. Mahatma Gandhi is someone I am discovering today and the challenge is to integrate the essence of his life teaching in my life along with other great influencers