Role Reversal

Gone are the days when it was only parents worrying about what their children see on TV. With all these 'K' serials being aired, I'm worried what'll happen to my parents' brains in a few years!

The Socrates Circle: Of Beggars and Begging

Take a look at the article I've linked to here...

It's an odd topic, not something you think about everyday.... ....Beggars....
And here's a question -

Q: Should one give alms to a beggar or not ?

It's not a very simple question to answer - atleast I dont think so - there are just a tremendous number of things associated with a question - some would associate beggars with Poverty, others with Society ('as just what is'); I'd add religion, racism, casteism, ethics, karma, crime, government, children... the list goes on and on....


So tell me what you think - and dont be inhibited about it - just avoid expletives in your answers. I'll put up more questions like this one, each with a grand deal of open-endedness - you're entitled to your opinion, and to keeping convictions... but are you true to them? Let's think about that one....

Add: Why did I delete the comments ?

Bishops?

"Have you wondered how Bishops has become a favoured wedding hall (recently)"
- Thought by Sourish Sarkar .... Ahem!

Think!

"As your parents we are worried you are spending too much time on the internet. We would rather you watch some T.V. !"

Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

I thought the whole movie was about the character named Saladin

Terrific!!

SOME WORK RELATED LESSONS

LESSON 1:

A crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all day. A
small rabbit saw
the crow, and asked him, "Can I also sit like you and
do nothing all day
long?"

The crow answered: "Sure, why not." So, the rabbit sat
on the ground
below the crow, and rested. All of a sudden, a fox
appeared, jumped on
the rabbit and ate it.

Moral of the story: To be sitting and doing nothing,
you must be sitting
very, very high up.


LESSON 2:

A turkey was chatting with a bull. "I would love to be
able to get to
the top of that tree," sighed the turkey, "but I
haven't got the
energy."

"Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?"
replied the bull
"They're packed with nutrients." The turkey pecked at
a lump of dung and
found that it actually gave him enough strength to
reach the first
branch of the tree. The next day, after eating some
more dung, he
reached the second branch. Finally after a fortnight,
there he was
proudly perched at the top of the tree. Soon he was
promptly spotted by
a farmer, who shot the turkey out of the tree.

Moral of the story: Bullshit might get you to the top,
but it won't keep
you there.


LESSON 3:

A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was
so cold, that the
bird froze and fell to the ground in a large field.
While it was lying
there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on it.

As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung,
it began to
realize how warm it was. The dung was actually thawing
him out! He lay
there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for
joy. A passing cat
heard the bird singing and came to investigate.
Following the sound,
the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow
dung, and promptly dug
him out and ate him!

The Morals of this story:
1) Not everyone who drops shit on you is your enemy.
2) Not everyone who gets you out of shit is your
friend.
3) And when you're in deep shit, keep your mouth shut!