Is God playing a game of dice ?

Einstein told once: God does not play a game of dice with the universe.He may be subtle but is not malicious.

While commenting on science Newton says it is a body of natural laws and once they are properly understood events can be linked to their causes I a logical way.

But in contrast , he adds that in universe operating without Nature's guiding hand what happens next does not depend upon what went before.The orbits of the planets and the behaviour of people would have no more meaning in logic than the role of a roulette wheel.

From the article I read long ago I understand that atomic particles do not obey the Newtonian laws of cause and effect and they are governed by dictates of chance, nothing but the luck of the table.

Then comes Quantum Mechanics.It opines that if atoms or their components are controlled by what seems like whimsical probability, the behaviour of apples, planets, dice and everything else made up of atoms must be based on probability. Even perhaps human behaviour

To be continued...

These notes were unearthed a few days back and to people like me who are not well informed in science it might help and make them read further

If there's any flaw in the statement experts can point out

It was taken down many many years ago out of my curiosity about God playing a game of Dice?

what did Professor Samuelson s teacher say?

Once Samuelson s teacher said:The world has loved the farmer and hated the landlord and has hated the businessmen

When the businessmen do not adhere to social norms and do not obey the social rules of the game and tend to become exploitative they do not command any respect.

Market system which in essence symbolises the mixed economy will be ultimately judged  not by whether the brown or Black eyes of the businessmen are beautiful and whether his smile is beguiling but whether  the system delivers goods says the learner professor

All of us know that Market economy or system has an inherent discriminatory bias against the poor and in favour of the businessmen.

It has gained more momentum when the giant public sector units have failed to deliver faster and quicker  and drastic reversal has taken place in favour of private sector dominance

Now all of us know who is the major driver of big business and who is the prime mover of the drama.The people at large , especially those who are aware of Indian conditions that Market system might not be beautiful and it does work in varied mysterious ways  to the benefit of power brokers

The saddest part is the regulatory and protective wings of government have been supportive of the big business

And the government too does not have any sense of shame or guilt in behaving like a businessman a kind of thief in stealing money by hiking petroleum prices no matter whether the international price is soft or hard.

From the old academic debris of D Sam.

on Sexual politics and harassment and Male's mischief

I have already articulated my philosophical musing on sex, love and betrayal by men or women. Following is  from my old notes fused with some aspects of sexual politics as articulated in the columns of The Hindu long ago.Long ago in the month of January, year not known, there were series of letters on   sexual politics and harassment, triggered by one Ms Kavitha Rao who witnessed an inappropriate behaviour of a man at post office, who felt it appropriate to bare himself and rub against unsuspecting women in the queue.

Ms Rao says: she ,can't quite describe in words her initial outrage , her secondary disguest and her lingering sadness after this incident.

This provoked many letters.A few of the males added fuel to the fire by stating that female want total freedom which includes to go in the Wrong manner and so on and hence the feminist should not repeat the worn out accusition that man are treating women sex objects.

I noted down  in my diary at that time that there might be always inconsistencies and contradiction in portraying different viewpoints  regarding the sexuality issue.

The crude reality on the ground is that more than intelligence and  fine behaviour  on the part of girls in majority of the cases  their beauty strikes the opposite sex ,the male and if everything is within the limits of decency of appreciating at heart  it is ok ... no problem.

An equally important fact is that sexually attractive women do appear in advertisement and cinema and they are basically projected as commodities for sexual gratification.

Films are made to expose the anatomy of women as if it were  the discovery of America and glorify it.invariably with a few exceptions  ,in television advertisement women are featured  more sexually and treated as objects and commodities.

The sexually starved  and also mentally deranged ,insane male segment do mistakenly think that especially in a drunken state like a monkey that  women  can be grabbed and meshed at will.For many unmarried and unemployed people  or the sons of VIPs devilish and degrading lustful desire dominate  and overwhelm and these women provide continues titaliation and commercialized sexuality to them.

In an organised or lgalised sex or flesh market if everything is taking place for a fee  with all reciprocity no-one will question....But  the incidents quoted in post office or at  work place when the perception of women as a decorative pieces and they can be played with by showering some favours or promotion are  a matter of concern.

Small wonder then the commoditification of women and treating as as mere sexual objects is central to the ideology of male domination in most of the cases which actually made a cause for women's exclusion from the commanding heights of public space.

Ruminating over life. From my dateless Diary: concluding part

Harrassed by betterhalf we sulk and suffer.Lured by the charm and tenderness of children we overcome despair and enjoy heavenly bliss.We climb up the ladder of success and win promotion. We lose jobs, and take up the better ones and continually inflict greater demands on ourselves and sometimes crave for Academic honour or administrative recognition and reputation.

With the ageing process and or prolonged ailments parents die,children build their home and sometimes leave the country for better prospects. Every one is busy in the world of their own and so long as kindness and affection float in the molecule of brain and there's mutual concern and respect for eàch other and boundless love unites, the life is worth rewarding and fulfilling.

While  we reflect in tranquility the whole life appears to be a one of dream, a long dream. Within this big dream of the drama of life  we have our dreams memory dreams of the past and eager dreams of the future, the lure of wonder about nature as also of the opposite sex, a vigour of emotions and a child like quality of curiosity and imagination of what next.

We can neither understand nor unravel the mysterious nature of life .Nor can we escape the injuries and injustice of time ,no matter how good or bad you are.. we must be prepared to experience both joy as well as sorrows and develop an attitude of children.

Yes Nature and children lighten our heart and give emotional anchor.Children are the most attractive one, curious, eager attentive sensitive quick and generally congenital jor harbouring ill-will or enemity perpetually.

We neither have the time or mindset or patience to be in the midst of fun filled world of children. We should lead such a simple life as if we were children in a village or on the mountain side, happy to be together and flight ourselves in the simplest joys of life savouring fresh and frugal food and leading the most honest life.

Without money, fame or power many innocent village and mountain folks are healthy and happy and they remain content with what they can attain with their skill set.

Can anyone take away from them their richness, inner strength and independence that the nature has bestowed upon them. Are we humble enough in our behaviour and  simple in our life style to lead a life of simplicity, frugality and honesty, aligning with nature and absorbing fresh air and water?

Concluded

Ruminating over life From my dateless Diary

When people are beaten by injustice or injuries of time  they feel grey dejection, secret rage  and desire to cry, lamenting over the emptiness and nothingness of life .Being torn away from close relationship or experiencing poverty of love, worry, fear, procrastination and self distrust bows their hearts and turn the spirit back to the dust.

While depression lasts only for a short period then it becomes no more than a passing frown and will not be a matter of concern.But life reveals it's good and bad phases continually and you expect the least expected and find it difficult to accept or digest. Like an uncharted territory life reveals its story  one moment at a time always reserving surprises both pleasant and ugly.

It is human fraility to suppose that a favourable wind will blow for ever and  summer time in their hearts.It is only after repeated beating in life we realise that failures and collapses are the basic ingredients of the drama of  life and that the essence of life is not always winning but also losing.

Therefore the important million dollar question that one should ask is not whether you are a success or a failure but whether you are a learner or a non learner..

Yes we shall to live with all the uncertainties, absurdities and unpredictability of life.

We will not get elated by the celebrities and their popularity

Nor we will look down upon those who are at bottom and low level of status and all disadvantages under the sun.

To be continued...

Ruminating over life...From my dateless Diary

At one stage of life we will realise that letting go is something all of us will have to go through.For sheer survival haven't we detached ourselves from the cosy and warm environment of mothers womb.

This obvious central truth of delinking and a sense of detachment continue all through our life  from the birth for the good of humanity.

We leave the neighborhood we know for acadmic growth or to make our parents happy.The same spirit to trade off in life continues to penetrate while deciding to love and marry.

Yes despite academic pressure or corporate success, life moves on with marital success or failure with or without love.we read in the paper, many bright economically independent women pretend to have  a perfect marriage  even as they suffer daily spousal abuse and vice versa.

One might ask why with all independence and economic empowerment these women tolerate the abuse and the plausible answer could be the stigma of a broken marriage to contend with and or some lingering faint hope that the partner can be reformed through love .

Apart from marital bliss or pain there are also times when we get rocked by inexplicable mental agony over financial or physical loss... suddenly we feel that lights are falling and shadows are growing darker all around and that we alone are encircled and singled out by the Destiny..

To be continued

From my academic debris

From my dateless Diary , The first day of the forty first year in service,7/08/2010

I look back at the road I had walked through Economics bin the last four decades.At discreet time interval I had experienced many a time ten minutes fame, finest academic triumphs and also the cruelest humiliations. In sum there was more joy than sorrows.

I know I had not engineered any earthshaking invention or contribution or innovative ideas.But with tremendous strength of character and conviction I can say loudly that I practiced more the than the optimal work ethics and more importantly I took the teaching profession with all sincerity and seriousness and my passion for teaching has never waned even for a day, single day.

Like Cleopatra Economics made me hungry even while it satisfied.Like a labourer, artist or ordinary painter I was doing my job;it was more of a tapas under chaos .

I had always experienced  some sort of pressure or struggle at work place.Though basically gentle and non interfering in other's affairs and tended to shy away from political game, it was my fate that there were times I found myself embroiled in situation that had seemed to go out of control and become a victim.

But all through the series of the crisis I did not reciprocate hate politics and didn't attempt to commit suicide when my legitimate academic entitlements were denied and glossed over on spurious and technical grounds.All these gave me the much needed perspective and understanding of life and people.

Now when I type by listening to Tamil old cinema songs I want to add that the retired athelete has nothing to prove.

He still will have a zest for sports related activities.I am still in it, albeit in a modest way with the spirit.

I am neither retired nor tired.My physical ailments have not stood in the way of reinventing and rededicating myself to learn new things.

Even now I feel like a old student of 1960s and 1970s, and a child and poet in me will take care and protect my innocence,and residual commonsense which is nothing  but economics as was once told by my professor V Sasankan in my B A class.