Thursday 25 March 2010

Dating or Arranged Marriage?

For some reason ever since my teens; I was dead against the concept of arranged marriages. Now I have become more accepting of the idea. I don't know if it is because of age or wisdom. However I still see it as another route to meet a girl albeit one that has a stronger binding than a person you would meet at a party.
If multiple proposals come at the same time and you take the time and effort to know everyone at the same time then can it be considered cheating?
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Tuesday 23 March 2010

Travel

So far I have not had one good international flight. My flight from India to London in January was snowed in. I'd rather not talk about my flight to and from Greece. My flight from London to India today was filled with turbulence in the air, the food was terrible and they did not have sufficient cups to serve water so I am terribly dehydrated and cramped. Sadly I have no choice. I hate transit flights and currently B.A. Is the only one that flies direct to Bangalore. I think I should form a facebook group to plead to Vijay Mallya to reinstate the London Bangalore route.
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Friday 19 March 2010

Jesus take the wheel

I am going through a difficult period now. However I have realized that the only way not to lose control is to willingly relinquish control. Who better to give control than to Christ? He has a purpose and plan for me. Sometimes Country music can be so comforting. The following song is of great comfort. The other song by Brad Paisley called "When I get where I am going."




Monday 1 March 2010

Platonic Love

I regularly have engrossing debates with one of my best friends about the existence of Platonic love. I don't think we have arrived to an agreement as yet. She says that girls and guys can be friends without any desire to get into an intimate relationship. I believe that it really does not matter how you meet. At some point of time people will wonder whether your friend can be a potential partner or not get attracted to her. Plato believed that there were levels of love. These levels need not include physical love. This idea is the origin of the word Platonic love.
Philos is the Greek word for love that is used to describe the love you have for your friends. Eros is the appreciation of beauty in a person. This need not be sexual in nature. Then you have Agape. This involves loving a person to such an extent that you are willing to lay down your life for a person. Interestingly the Greeks had just one Goddess of love. 
She has been my friend for more than ten years now. Somehow we know what the other is thinking or when we need the other no matter in which part of the globe we are. Can such a relationship be defined? If I knew the answer then I guess I would not be writing this.

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