An eagle sails over the main Amba Vilas palace in Mysore (and another hovers around) on Thursday. The scion of the erstwhile royal family, Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wodeyar, is reportedly spending sleepless nights pondering what the appearance of a white crow portends for him, his property and the people of the region.
Photograph: Karnataka Photo News
“The seer had also told the TV channel that after two years, a woman would become the state’s chief minister”
If anyone is happy with this prediction it must be Shobha Karandlaje.
I do not know when we will come out of all these superstitious beliefs. instead of being excited by sighting a white crow, we cringe and fear and buckle under the sheer mental burden of thinking about something unthinkable event !!! Thank God these people do not rule us anymore. But are today’s politicians any better?
Actually i am also worried really.
In order to find a solution to water shortage Yeddy did homa in Tirupathi. We have become a soceity of superstitious fools. The monsoon anyway came as usual and solved the water and electricity problem in Karnataka this year. No need to ascribe it to prayers of Yeddy.
In the 70s rationalists like H. Narasimhaiah, writers Niranjana and his wife anupama exposed people like Sivabalayogi and Sai Baba. One thought we were poised to become a scientific and rational soceity. But look what has happened now. Just see any television channel. We have the astrologers and soothsayers taking over prime time television. TV 9 has a programme called ‘Heegu Oonte’ where dubious claims are presented as miracles. We have vastu experts now telling us how all our problems are due to the placement of your kitchen and poo pot, and how we need to keep our north east open to advance in our career. Our politicians do not take any decisions or set up appointments without the consultation of astrologers and numerologists. The common people follow the leaders. They say ‘look how sucessful that man is’. He goes and listens to this or that astrologer. So it must be true. Lets join them.
When will people start thinking criticaly and rationally. All these irrational trends in our soceity will only take us backward and make us more fatalistic.
People shoudl first stop this word rationalism for every thing. They can say what ever they want and people should only listen to them. Its people’s choice to believe or not, whats the business with Rationalism here?
one who is commenting abt Politicians are doing mistake by going to Astrologers, why cant he contest election and stop this practice?.
Its easy to preach others butdif to follow..
BaanangaLadi
hagali iruLugaLali
haaruvuvu hakkigaLu
avakilla yelle
haarali svechcheyali
kaageyo gubeyo
haddo giDugavo
giNiyo paarivaaLavo
haarutirali
biDi avugaLa paaDige avanu.
avake aramaneyanu seremaneyanu
haarutirali.
avakeke
shakuna apashakunagaLa
apakeerthi?
would you keep quite or advice the police to ignore next time a bomb threat is received ? So do not view things with a blinkered view. Here is statement – by what ever prefix and suffix you would like to call – by a man who is credited to have accurately announced some events by either premonition or thro’ reading some old scripture . If he now says KRS dam will damaged and may be Mysore Palace or some other Royal property will be in grave danger, then it needs to be evaluated and necessary precaution needs to be taken. Is the state prepared to face the situation arisng out of KRS dam being damaged ? See what is happening at Bihar . It is better the Government of the day takes notice .
@ sathya
I like this poem…its good :)
sathya,
nice. Please write more.