Like every whilom Conspiracy against the Common Weal
Class is a gradient we too gratingly feel
Pitiable is Vatsalya, by stealth, to hoard
A Heritable Wealth, Mums scant afford
Ilk to what Columbus sought and Da Gama found
Recking not restive Tuatha De underground
Phantom gelt, a Faerie Queene
A Virgin yet so her abortions preen.
Friendship, we are counselled to, for but Fathers, feel
So Devotion, bare, blazon Karma's burning wheel
Fate Ixions fake propter quia patrem
So 'Monstra, Saqi, te esse Matrem'
Friendship, we are counselled to, for but Fathers, feel
So Devotion, bare, blazon Karma's burning wheel
Fate Ixions fake propter quia patrem
So 'Monstra, Saqi, te esse Matrem'
Envoi-
Prince Auberon! too briefly tho' your wit had play
For three decades it kept Old Etonians at bay.
Hi Iniyavel, great post- very thought provoking.
ReplyDeleteWe have elections coming and I'd doing a bit of volunteering- tiring at my age.
Currently the Govt here is in the hands of 'Upper Class' 'Old Etonians' and ordinary people are feeling the pinch. Evelyn Waugh and his son Auberon, though appearing to be on the side of this Upper Class, actually made it more difficult for them to keep their grip on power.
Religion can have a role in Politics if it inculcates Vatsalya or Maitri- maternal affection or friendship- however, Power Politics poisons its own mother- Auberon's mother died, essentially of a type of neglect, at the age I am now- early fifties- and yet this tragedy somehow did not register either on Auberon or his many readers.
Just as one must learn not just to befriend one's own father but also one's own aged mother- no matter how much we love her and are devoted to her- so too, in Political Economy, we must see that Friendship is the condition under which Love can pass away so as to assume a new form freer of anava mala.
All the best for the best result for the UK to come about in this election. Hopefully the party you support wins the elections! And ordinary people get relieved of the pinch. I have an idea as to how tiring it would be for an old man to work hard, though I'm only 22. I sincerely hope your efforts pay off well.
DeleteSMME / Iniyavel Sugumar.
30 years younger than me! I was married by your age and about to become the father of a son. I worked hard from 17 to 28. Used to be quite thin. Then in my thirties, I relaxed and put on weight. My parents worked much harder than me even in to their late Seventies! The truth is, if I didn't go to the Gym, I'd be a diabetic or something by now. People used to say 'reading books makes you lazy'- at least I used to get exercise of going to different libraries and hunting for book. Now the internet spoilt me completely.
DeleteThanks for your good wishes.
All the best.
Kerala has banned it, why not T.N?
DeleteOne wealthy friend of mine who was a MLA said he only get elected because of 3 B's.
1) Bottle of Rum
2) Mutton biryani
3) Brahmin bashing slogans. (He is married to an Iyengar and gets private darshan from half of the Swamis and Sankaracharyas in India!)
Why give up weight training? Long run it will benefit you more. At least do pull ups and push ups every day. Tamil men are designed by Evolution to die quickly whereas (because Grandmothers contribute greatly to overall Reproductive success) our women are not.
The two ways to beat this curse are
1) being underweight- impossible for me because I like my food
2) using your brain and walking a lot- this fools 'Prakriti' into thinking, maybe, you are a Sadhu
3) lifting weights. Since older men can't run as fast as the young but, often, can cling on to muscle strength, they may still be useful to the community.
God bless in any case.
Options 2 (using my brain) and 3 (weightlifting) are possible for me. I will surely do them. And yes, I will start lifting weights as well, since I used to do them a lot more in the past. I must do it again... AND I WILL. I do run everyday and I will add more. Kerala and Gujarat have banned alcohol. Only TN has it running and NOW MAKING 30% OF THE STATE INCOME! Many industries have dumped and left the state. It's now looking more like the present post-apartheid South Africa. Crimes skyrocketing, unemployment rising, rampant corruption, no electricity till last year end, high prices of commodities. It's now a dismal Marxist shit hole compared to how it was progressing till 2011.
DeleteI agree Tamil men have a short lifespan. Ayurvedic and Siddha medicinal systems would help to sustain at least that short lifespan. And yes, I do not drink Coke/Pepsi or stuff anymore, I stopped them around 7 to 8 years ago. And I reduced my eating last year.
SMME / Iniyavel Sugumar.