IViL Culture

The following is a light-hearted review of what has been going on IViL from the CARPER. Take it easy...

(1) The RULERS - the two professors who are supposed to be the rulers of this sleeping nation - but they are disturbed while they are asleep once in a while by the Daily Wagers & Armed Forces...

(2) The HIGH BP guys - Guys like Satheesh, Sabapathy and of course the CARPER have been cribbing about the progress in work. Satheesh has learnt using tablets and has got used to the slow pace. Sabapathy other hand is trying to run behind people and make them work. CARPER has lost all hope and shouts at anyone who is showing interest.

(3) The DAILY WAGE guys / DOCTORS - Robo, Swapnil, Srinath and the one and only VIKAS - the four wheels of the "IViL chariot" - they are the most hard-working people of the group, usually end up doing things which no one else would do - they carry the burden of 500 (if not more) sleepy "patriots" and still manage to turn the wheels and help the HIGH BP walas to live a bit longer...

(4) The ARMED FORCES - Amoeba (Pradeep), Ayush, Mudit, Swathi, Mrudula, Vinay, Anil, Anusha - they are the ones who prevent the group from humiliation, often doing work that goes unnoticed they are among the ones who are often taken to task by the HIGH BPs - they may be good at defending the group but not at defending themselves...

(5) The ABOLISHED - rest of the group - they have been termed the abolished by the CARPER for not having done anything that was directly relevant to his work (there could be a few who belong to the ARMED FORCES) - they are the ones who are best at defending themselves but fail to live for the group - they make up the "public face" of the group - slumber is their game...

If you feel you belong to another group defend yourself...

THE CARPER
2100
28-01-2008

When you know you are late...

To Praveen,

SUB: When you know you are late...

For about seven years, I have felt the presence in every single activity...
perfect, exhaustive, crystal-clear, exploratory, unique, outside the box.. the list goes on. The belief was that the only end could be when you know you have exhausted all the vocabulary, but the end did arrive and in a rather unpleasant way.
On a Sunday morning I wake up only to learn that the end has come, much to the disbelief and shock of thousands of other devotees. It didn't take me too long to realize that I was late. I was late in realizing that I had thrown away chances that came my way, I was late in realizing that I could never buy back those invaluable minutes, I was late in realizing that I was wrong all the way...

The memories of my first Google Search, my first Olympiad paper, my success, my stupidest doubts, my favorite book, racks over flooded with books, the television, the white board.. many many of them... I thought they were all mine. Only after the source departed, I realized that they were never mine. They were bestowed over me along with thousands of others. But alas, I could only see all these diffusing into air in a flash and there was nothing I could do.. may be clinch my fists in desperation and cry over helplessness.

When you know you are late... when you know you can't get back these valuables... all that you can do is learn. Learn to be alert, learn to live for people, learn to utilize every opportunity that comes your way, learn to take the initiative, learn to keep learning... after all, "the best" you had did teach you this before anyone else..

Yourself
buddi

1. In the face of mankind...

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In the face of mankind...

In the painting you are looking at a man's face from a close distance, then you realize that his glasses show something else. This painting is supposed to reflect the present status of mankind. While one part of the population is dwelling in the cities the other part is living in the country side.

In the city you find tall buildings raising into the sky, sun showing up with full intensity and smoky clouds. The tall buildings are the signs of the so-called modern day development. The buildings are tearing into the sky to indicate the "anything is achievable" state of mind. The view is in such an angle that we can't see the ground to indicate the state of "forgetting who we are". The brightness of the sun and the cloud are signs of global warming and pollution respectively. In the city you can't see any people or trees around to indicate the falling levels of concern of people for one another and ever increasing rate of deforestation.

In the country side, there is a pleasant weather. The showering moonlight lits up the clouds and the sky. The clouds look quite clear even in the night. The house is a thatched one and is poorly lit. The person outside is in a joyous mood and trying to count the number of stars (usually dreaming). The tree is there to show how man can live in harmony with nature. But, one of the leaves is drooping - indicative of the fact of the increasing influence of the urban areas. The left part of the countryside is quite dark, it has been intentionally done to show that there is still lots to be explored. On the whole you see more things here in comparison to those in the city to show that there is lots to learn from here.

The size of the glass in which you see the city is smaller compared to the other. This has been done to show two things - first, the human brain, it is shrinking and is repulsive to outside thoughts and second, their present size, cities occupy only a small part of the land (but they do play a major role in deciding the future). The painting shows a leg supporting the glass in which you see the country side. It indicates that these villages are not able to survive on their own, they need help, they are being demolished by the cities.

--buddi