Santhosh's ramblings

In retrospective, he could not even imagine such a day, one that ended with a total internal and external turn around! A day when his life would move from being one of significance through productivity to one that will find significance through following! It was one of those days – a f ull day’s work (a full night’s work) and at the end of the day nothing in hand. A feeling of having wasted the whole day! And he was sitting and cleaning his tools (nets) before he can go home and catch some well needed sleep. It was at this time, this teacher walked into his life. Not a welcome interruption – end of the day, tired, wanting to go home and rest, the teacher requesting use of his boat as a platform to teach. But teachers are to be respected, never say no to teachers, and guests, especially new and unknown people are to be welcomed, this is what was ingrained into his life as a value. So, with no questions asked, he allowed him to enter his boat. Peter had heard through grapevine about th...

Reading through the life of Abraham this season, with the fresh memory of some of our friends and known people who have   gone on from this world due to COVID19 or have faced imminent death and recovered, was challenging. The things we hold on, fight, grapple and struggle with, loses significance in the light of imminence of disease, morbidity and mortality! Abraham in his journey held many things loose. He held his right as uncle to choose what was rightfully his loose ! Genesis 12:8  So Abram said to Lot, “Let us not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herders and mine, for we are close relatives.  9  Is not the whole land before you? Let us part company. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I’ll go to the left.” He held what was rightfully his reward or remuneration loose ! Genesis 14:21  The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people and keep t...

It was an excellent proposal and a project design. To build the tallest towner in the region and a city around it. A smart city with new materials called “bricks”. A tower that will stand out, a city that will attract many to come and be part off. A monument that will promote their name all over the world, unify all those who are with them! “Make Babel Great Again” was their motto! A moto that will withstand any potential internal or external threats even from the supernatural events and powers even! United, the planners felt, then can withstand anything! The design committee approved the plans, and the building committee was authorized to initiate the project. The architects and builders were on to the project, as soon as possible, since they were aware of the potential threats around them. Little did they realize that there was some one watching them and another committee meeting in progress. A committee that was reviewing the threat of this so-called potential “great city” to the ...