an interesting fact...

Yesterday night was a party night as almost all friday nights are. Our mess remains off on this night and unlike other guys of college i and my frnds like to stay in the hostel. Though we find it difficult to find decent food we stay coz its not the food that is on the menu. Yesterday after a "dosa" and "maggy" the party was on. I smoked 4 joints with ravi boss. He is a guy with unlimited supply of what we call "maal". And again it is the season of thoughts that generally follows smoking joints ,the reason for this post.

this time i thought of representing human emotions and their complexity in terms of a mathematical expression. Funny as it may seems but its interesting too.

I thought of a situation where 3 men are interacting each having three types of emotions. Emotions assumed here can be anything like happiness, jealousy, hatred, etc...now if we assume three persons to be three functions as l(x,y,z), m(x,y,z) and n(x,y,z). Here x, y and z are emotions and l, m and n are the relation between these emotions in the mind of any person. For the simplest of cases let us take l, m and n to be linear function of x, y and z. Thus, let us take,
l = ax+by+cz,
m = dx+ey+fz,
n = gx+hy+iz.

Here the constants before the variables namely a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h and i are the magnitude in which these emotions prevail in the mind of these persons. When these people meet for the first time their emotions aren't interlinked. So when they negotiate on any matter or they think of developing a mutual notion, the output becomes a product of these emotional functions. so,

output = l(x,y,z).m(x,y,z).n(x,y,z)
= (ax+by+cz).(dx+ey+fz).(gx+hy+iz)
= k1.x^3 + k2.y^3 + k3.z^3 + k4.x.y.z + k5.x^2.y + k6.x^2.z + k7.y^2........

what i want to say by this expression is that almost all the variables combine with themselves and all other variables to create a complex expression even when a simple linear individual expression is involved. Human nature is analogous to this mathematical term , i think. Only difference being, it is, i dont know how many times, more complex. When two or three people meet they develope some kind of notion towards each other and thus one of the terms given in the expression becomes more powerful and all other terms becomes negligible. You can get a simple result by putting two variables equals to 0. Then there will be less terms and the output will be simple. This may be a solution to general lfe problems. As you try to suppress your jealousy and hatred a just and desirable output is valid. For this you need to recognise those variables and eliminate them by hit and trial method. :)

as you can see, these thoughts can be pretty intimidating....i got my control over in 1 or 2 hours and thought it wise to get some booze. I went to adityapur bar and bought a half rum....thanks to bora....oh my god...i shudn't have mentioned this name.....he is a crazy freak....


i think i have mentioned him in other posts but i cant resist myself...last night his adventurous journey lead us to hit-dog-with-your-bike competition aka "kutta maro abhiyan". He artfully succeeded to drive the poor dog away from the campus....well he would easily have jumped into a ditch or would have jumped from a hill with his bike if the dog would have done so....


i don't complain that he is doing some bad.....i am scared for myself yaar....i always suppose it to be my last day when i go on a drive at night with him or rachit....but life goes on that way....and i will be doing those mistakes throughout my life...

don't know why...

Recently I have been to my native. It is a small village in north Bihar. Like a typical village its basic infra and modern developments are negligible. Even modest facilities like a decent road and electricity are not available. If you go there you won't believe there can be a place like that in this era. You will get a peaceful surrounding and pollution free environment there. This is the only thing that attracts me there. But this can't be a excuse for an undeveloped village. I mean, there must have been funds and development programs but why were they not successful. And a negligence of this kind is totally unacceptable.

But in a different context I found it so rich that it raised my doubts to an alarming level. The thing I am talking about is the intellect and the argumentative tradition that prevails there. Almost every evening at least 4 or 5 people gathered at the front of the house (it is called "DALAN" there) and they discussed about every aspect of life. May it be politics, traditions, religion, study...or anything and everything. This was almost like a ritual or kind of daily habit. I had seen this on my earlier visits but what amazed me was their level of thinking. Earlier I was not able to digest their talks and so it seemed non-sense to me. But when I sat and listened to them this time it was terrific, at least I can say. Some of them were religiously bent, no doubt, but there were people who criticized the superstitions. They gave proper arguments in the support of their statements. It reminded me about the belief in Hinduism called "lokayata" which questions the existence of God. It mainly focuses on the life that we are living and neglects almost all beliefs related to supernatural powers. Most astonishing thing was that even children were not excluded in these events. There were preparation based arguments in case of any event as community meals called "BHOJ". There were post analysis of the events. There were discussions on each and every subject. This is the source of entertainment for them them as well, as there are no televisions or other electrical appliances due to lack of electricity.

If there have such intellectual prowess then why the hell is this place so undeveloped. This is I think due to the same reason which seems so attractive from outside. They have developed their political reasoning to a good level and when the power goes into the hands of political leaders (I don't want to name one, there are many...)they know how to bend the rules and use it for their own needs. Undoubtedly, there are people who have shown their talents in almost every field. But the major problem is that there are arguments only. These thoughts need to be implemented in the real world and that too in a proper and healthy way. This is the matter with Indian mindset as a whole. They have talents and they have theories for development but everything is on paper. This is why there are many mathematicians and philosophers and economists in India but scientific discoveries and inventions are almost negligible.

Hopefully situation will change. And this not only a baseless hope. There have been recent developments in this state. Good roads, electricity, industrial investments are on their way. This is a slow process but I know one day it will be there....

The Argumentative Indian....

I am reading a book by a great scholar "amartya sen". I heard somewhere he got his novel for this book..whatever may be the case but the book is really nice. When you read something written by such an intellect it becomes a two edged sword. You read the book and after a lot of attention you think it is great but it exhausts you a lot. After some time you feel getting tired and bored by it. It feels like you are in a classroom where a really good subject, at times very interesting too, is being taught and you are too tired to focus on it. It feels really frustrating.

You can continue your work only if you are interested in the topic very much. And this is the case with me. I am progressing at snail's pace but i have not abandoned it. I have completed the first chapter in nearly three days.

The name of the book is "The Argumentative Indian". It deals with the notion that has been developed about india as being a religious nation in nature. An understanding has evolved around the globe that it has adopted all the superstitious beliefs without any question. The book tries to describes about the conditions and cultural history prevailing in ancient india and explains that india has developed its culture in a very argumentative nature. Tradition of explanations, discussions, and arguments have been in its culture since time immemorial. It also explains that the democracy and secularism is an idea which the indians have known for a long time. Ashoka and Akbar were the kings who championed these thoughts in real terms. It also introduces us to great ancient indian scholars like Aryabhatta, Brahmagupta, Bhaskara, Chanakya, Jaivali, Gargi, etc.

Though the book is difficult it is interesting too and i can really see from his work that he has a noble prize under his belt.

In the meantime I am drawn towards a different subject too and that is psychology. The NCERT book and the work of "Sigmund Freud" has done the magic on me. I cant hold my attention towards the subject any longer and it is sure that there will be a book of psychology on my table in no time.

Though there is too much to say today but the post has become too long already. So, good bye.