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Wednesday, November 29, 2006

GARDEN OF CHAOS....

Hello people. I am sorry there is nothing much i can/have to write about. Just sharing a nice story from Indian Express, cut copy paste is an easy task u c!!!!Between a question, please give your suggestions over it(however small) "DO YOU HAVE TO JUSTIFY YOURSELF EVERYTIME, THAT IS WHATEVER YOU DO/HAD DONE WILLINGLY,UNWILLINGLY?"
Here is the article:

Garden of chaos
R. P. Subramanian


Once upon a time there was a gardener. His name was Bharat, and he was in charge of a little garden. All kinds of plants, small and big, grew in it. Alas, the garden had been cruelly neglected by its many previous owners. Trees and bushes wore an emaciated look. The well had run dry, weeds sprouted everywhere, and the soil was devoid of nutrients.
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Slowly but determinedly, Bharat began to revive the garden. He pulled out the weeds, dug another well, and found a leaky but serviceable bucket, with which he drew water from the well for watering the plants. There was not much water to go around, but he made the most of what he had. He knew that the young plants — the seedlings—- needed more care than the sturdier adult plants. So he reserved most of the water for them. His efforts started to show results. All the plants in the garden perked up visibly and began to blossom.

And then, one day, a well-dressed man appeared at the gate and gazed critically at the garden. “Nice... but you shouldn’t treat all the seedlings with the same amount of care!” he remarked. “Trees hog much more water than bushes. Therefore you should give more water to bush-seedlings than to tree-seedlings. Also, don’t club all the bush-seedlings together. The ones with light green leaves need more water. And oh, don’t waste water on seedlings of bushes with red or yellow flowers, or with thorns; there are too many of them! Instead, save it for bushes with blue or white flowers, or those that bear fruit!”

Bharat was impressed by the stranger’s educated tones. “By Brahma, I never thought of it that way,” he replied, scratching his head. “All this while I’ve been thinking that all seedlings — whatever their kind, be they bushes or trees — deserve the same start in life. I’ll change my methods at once!”

Bharat did as the stranger had advised, but to his dismay the garden rapidly began to decay. Some kinds of seedlings died because of lack of water; others because of overwatering. Many adult plants withered away, leaving no young ones to replace them. Parasitic weeds began to sprout faster than poor Bharat could weed them out.

One day, the stranger reappeared at the gate. “Hey, I followed your advice... and look what’s happened to my garden!” Bharat cried indignantly. “Who are you anyway?”
“I’m a scientist,” the stranger replied loftily. “I have a PhD from the Institute of Affirmative Action...”

4 Comments:

Blogger avi said...

well tough question justifying actions..uhmmm what can i say???well do i need to write or give u three minutes on it sometime??

4:24 PM  
Blogger Monami said...

i am in mixed mind with this question. Though i frankly dont feel like justifying myself but often one is misinterpreted and judged..n then whenever i have tried to justify myself mostly things havent been the way i expected so...

7:16 PM  
Blogger avi said...

oh i think justification article would have come...but anyways we have to wait for the big thing. even lesser mortals than riju like sainath etc write once a month in hindu so we will wait.ok.but do write after finishing the project.well as for the justifyication theory there is one "convincing at the point of departure of world one" but all too intellectual for ppl like me its for understood by superior species like you.i simply believe what lincoln remarked once that at most you can only justify your actions to only 80% of the people rest 20% dont need you.no more of my arguments think for yourself n then enlighten us.and please delete my comments after reading or will they make your blog rottten and a laughing stock for others.one of very few sincere appeals if u want me keep writing.

11:46 AM  
Blogger mohit said...

well the story was interesting but as you know i am too dumb a person to understand this. so cant comment on it. just understood one thing that raah chalte kisi bhi aadmi ki baat par bharosa nahi karna chahiye. remember what our parents told us when we were kids" stay away from strangers" so keep fllowing that.

6:32 PM  

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