The Return of the Dark Lord

As the sky turns dark and the clouds dark red,

As the wind howls and thunder strikes,

As the earth bleeds and trees scream,

The world shudders with the Dark Lord’s return.

Fear the night for the dark lord looms,

Fear the darkness, for it is his soul,

Fear for your soul, for it is his prey,

As the Dark Lord charges to snatch your soul.

Stand and fight or run and hide

But none matters

For the darkness incarnate

Will hunt you down and rip you apart.  

Days grow short,

Endless nights become searing cold,

And the world cries for mercy

For the Dark Lord hath returned!

Indian History - I

            Am sure that each of us, Indians have read laboriously the volumes of history books during high school, slept very peacefully during those classes where the teacher talked at length about kings, how they built wells, trees etc. I being a intrigued by history remember them very well. I also remember the  initial chapters of the history textbooks (plural used since I, out of curiosity managed to read history books of different boards) where they mention a few scant references to Indus Valley and other civilizations of the ancient past. 

            Regarding the Indus Valley Civilization, it is usually mentioned that the society was divided into 4 groups and how Aryans came from the west and immigrated into India and gradually established themselves. This was referred to as the Aryan Invasion theory and as of 2003 it was accepted by all until probing by some historians, archeologists, geologists etc revealed severe inconsistencies in the theory. Initially this came with the finding that Saraswati which was usually referred to as 'The Mythological river' is in fact not so out of the world and was once a vast rich river in the Indus valley. The finding of the river led to the understanding that Indus valley civilization ended due to drying of the saraswati river around 1900 BC which corroborated with the end of the civilization. So now we know how the greatest civilization of early period with more than 1500 settlements around the basin came to an end. One interesting note is that there haven't been much written word that could be found in the ruins to decipher the language used then. So I would like to make clear that the language of the Indus civilization is not known. 

            But as for the river saraswati, the Rig veda talk at length about the river, its waves, its vastness and celebrates it. It also mentions that the river swells from its various tributaries, is 14 km wide at some point and flows from The Himalayas to the great sea. Scientific evidences regarding the river saraswati and the course of  it getting dried is well documented and is proved that the river drained into the sea only until 3067 BC, then started drying and got completely dried by 1900 BC. So what does that suggest about the Rig Veda. Obviously when Rig Veda was composed, the river had been in its prime which means the Rig veda's date is definitely before the year 3067BC. Further evidences point to the fact that Rig Veda, the oldest of vedas should have been composed somewhere before 3500BC. Some would like to believe it definitely predates before 4000BC ( I personally find it awesome if that’s the case).  These findings undoubtedly makes it certain that Rig Veda is by far the oldest surviving written manuscript in the world.

            This would be first of many of my ideas and thoughts connecting it to the current day world etc.

Finally I would also like to give a link to the video by Dr. Nicholas Khazanas, a vedic researcher who did a great amount of work to make certain that Aryan Invasion theory is complete non-sense.

Aryan Invasion Theory disproved and dating of Rig Veda

P.S: I would like to make myself clear at this point that I feel highly elated to know the rich and ancient history of our country. Though it is partly because, I myself am a Rig Vedhi, it is also true that I am an Indian and am sure that as an Indian everyone would like to be proud of our lineage. Again, this doesn’t mean dravidians has nothing to do with this. Indians, we, are all part of this rich tradition and irrespective of our language, culture, tradition and religion, we must acknowledge our past and I would like to push my surroundings a little bit into that through the blog series

India, A democracy??

     I am confident that anyone would agree to the fact that India is a democracy. In fact, India is the biggest democracy in the world. Well, that's what we have been told till now as students. And it is one of the proud aspects when we call ourselves an Indian. But is it? Is India really a democracy? Did we truly overcome the 2500 years  of dynasty rule?  I am afraid that it's not the case. Though we have officially abolished the 'Raja' 'Maharaja' and all such royal titles it is an undeniable fact that we are still under the dynasty rule.  For some reason, even though the citizens have been given the option to rule by themselves, we still choose to be ruled the sons of daughters of the previous rulers.  

Sadly, this is not an individual scenario happening only in one part of the country. This phenomenon is as widely prevalent as poverty and illiteracy. Not only is this observed in 'The ruling class' but also in all strata and domains around the country. It is so common in all fields from politics and cricket to entertainment and all over the country from the centre to state.

     If a single family runs the country for more than 50 years... If a single family runs the country for four generations, is it still called democracy?  The predecessor is the one who gladly chose to split India into two halves so that he could rule his half and let his family reign for half a century. An incompetent who couldn't solve the Kashmir issue which still looms around the head of India. His successor, the famous person who almost became a dictator who finally had to pay for their deeds with blood. The grandchild of the predecessor who gave India the legacy of being ruled by an alien. Thus stands the story which in a few years would continue to grow as interesting as it had till now.

                An octogenarian living his last few months, the famous atheist who secretly prays to God near his home, the guy who couldn't even pay his house rent and had to run away from his home town to city but now owns billions ( and if asked how he got the wealth innocently replies that he obtained it by writing script for films), the leader who is supposed to be a living example but juggles between his wives, the party president who removes candidates and then reconciles depending on his whims is the leader who proudly said that his son would be his successor when there are grey hairs all around the conference hall waiting for a blocked chance. This sect of family reigns (once reigned) over one of the important states in the country.

                What is it that makes us run around the cyclic pit of dynasty rule even when we are given reigns to ourselves?  

Metal winged angel

The silent selfish champion
Of words, thoughts and ideas
The boisterous calculating annihilator
Of pride, virtue and pity

Oh! My metal winged angel!

For reasons known, I adore you.
And for reasons unknown, they fear you.
From ancient times have they despised you,
And for that one known reason I love you.

Oh! My red rose with a poison ivy!

Standing at the edge of the cliff,
I wait for my stone hearted lady of love.
With every moment alone, a pain,
I wait alone for life’s accomplice.

Oh metal winged angel!
The red rose with a poison ivy.
My stone hearted lady of love;
Come to me, my malignant accomplice!

Belief, Worship and Prayer

Whenever I tell people that I have gone to a temple, a religious place or that I did some ritual, I usually get a glance which conveys the idea, “You are equivocal my dear! Be true to one belief of yours.” As for others who did not know it till then; yes, I do go to all the temples but no I don’t worship all the deities. Yes, I do perform some of the religious rituals that have to be done but no I don’t believe in the reason for which it is being done.

People usually don’t find much difference between praying, worshipping and believing in ‘God’ as in most cases all three go hand in hand. By ‘God’ I do mean the conventional God that everyone worships in temples, churches, mosques etc… As for me, all three are quite distinct. Yes I do worship to ‘A God’ just because I find His personal traits inspiring. He is more of a Hero to me than a God. In a country where film stars are worshipped as Gods can’t I worship God as a hero? Just because I worship him and consider him as my Lord and superior doesn’t mean I believe in His existence. Although I sincerely wish for His presence to be a truth, I sadly have to acknowledge the fact that in life we never get what we wish for.



Prayer is one silly custom that every religion has which seems to be completely pointless. When we were children we used to ask our parents every toy, candy and ice cream that we could get a glimpse of. Parents, who are supposed to know what is better for us, delivered only those things to us although we wanted them all. Just the same way we grown-ups still ask God for favours, money, achievement etc. and wait for God to deliver it to us. If God is supposed to be all-knowing omniscient being doesn’t he know what is good for his child (You!)?

I believe almost all religions believe that it was God who created the universe, put things into action and holds a divine plan, a blueprint of what has to happen since the creation. If by chance a person prays to God asking for a favour (considering that God exists) and that particular wish contradict His plan, what is He supposed to do? Change the entire plan along with all its repercussions that would echo for billions of years to follow, just for a single puny mortal or should He disregard the prayer and stick to His own plan? If He would change His plans for every tom, dick and harry with a bible, Quran or Gita praying sincerely, what sort of amateur plan would that be? I don’t think an omnipotent and omniscient individual is allowed to be this incompetent. Or if the God sticks only to his own plan and maintains order, why bother praying in the first place? Let the thing happen according to God’s wish and will. Hence, I don’t find the need for a prayer at all!

What would your reaction be to your friend who keeps asking you for helps and favours at every turn of his life? I am sure you would get pissed off. If we can’t even give ear to a single person’s requests, what do you think would be God’s reaction to almost 6 billion stupid prayers that he is expected to answer each day? I don’t think it is a good idea to piss off or create a bad impression on an omnipotent being.

Although I do have taken a lot of challenges with God asking Him to do something as a proof of His existence, the one thing that I have always encountered is that the probability of occurrence is always half. {Refer God(?? Or !!) }. Irrespective of the God you pray and the rituals you follow, I am sure that the probability of a prayer being answered is going to be just the same for every person; the same 50%. So pick your God of choice, pray to Him and enjoy your life! As for me, am content with not receiving the wrath of God by praying to Him!! ;) :P

Hence Proved!!

This has been a usual happening for the past few months when someone starts talking about God, prayer, worship etc… and finally end up asking about religion to me. Unable to control myself I start my ramblings on the idea of God which results in the person making a facial expression which usually resembles his/her idea,” Why the hell did I ask his opinion?” The instant I say the magic words,” I am God and you are too!” people confirm that I am deluded! Since this kept getting more and more prominent, I have finally decided that I will prove what I say. Yes readers, I am going to prove that You are God.




Axiom or Known fact: Before the beginning of Universe nothing existed except God.
Religions that talk about creation say that before Universe was created nothing existed other than God. Science (Big Bang Theory – the original theory and not the sitcom) states that all contents in the Universe was compressed into a tiny particle (Lets call it the God particle) before the Big Bang after which expansion started. So we can now stick to the fact that before the creation or beginning of Universe only God or The God particle existed.

Let us consider two examples of creator and creation in our everyday life. A potter creates a pot by using the raw material clay. Similarly a goldsmith creates gold ornaments using the raw material gold. In both cases although potter or goldsmith is the creator of pot or ornament, unless they have the necessary raw materials, neither of them can bring into existence a pot or jewellery out of thin air.

If God is the creator of Universe, then He also would have definitely needed a raw material to create the cosmos. But we also know that before ‘The Creation’ there was nothing else. So what is the precursor or raw material for him to build the Universe?

Let us consider another classic example of a spider who builds its nest (spider web) using its own saliva. In this case the spider creates the web using itself as the material. Or in other words, the spider is both the creator and the creation. This seems to be the similar problem that God must have faced billions of years ago! Hence God used the only raw material available for him then to create the Universe. As a spider spins a web from its saliva for creating a home, God spun a Universe out of Himself and thus the Universe was born. Hence it is obvious that the God is both the creator and the creation. We humans along with every other material surrounding us are all part of this Universe.

Similarly according to Big Bang theory, The God Particle underwent a huge explosion which finally resulted in creation of our present Universe. So every object around us, You, I etc… have come from this single God Particle. Thereby, irrespective of my belief (whether I believe in God or not) one thing that is most certain is that we all have originated from a single entity called either God or The God Particle.

Hence proved!!!

God (?? or !!)

A few months back when someone told me to watch a movie called, “A Man From Earth” and added that it’s a good movie, I, like every normal Indian youth, downloaded the movie from torrent and watched it, which was when I realized how wrong my friend’s comments were about the movie. It was not just a ‘good movie’ but was a life changing one which unconsciously changed many of my views on religion, life and me. In brief, the movie is all about a 14,000 year old man from upper paleolithic age who survives until the present day, his unique experiences, ideas and his beliefs. The man starts his experience by narrating about his early life, rise and fall of empires and finally reaches a crescendo when he reveals his identity.

So why am I writing a review of an already well acclaimed science fiction movie that was released some 5 years ago? The reason is, the movie unconsciously has imbibed into me certain ideas. At one point, the oldman when talking about religion says,” Believe in what He (God) tried to teach without the rigmarole...Piety is not what the lessons bring to people, its the mistakes they bring to the lessons.” Yes I am going to blabber about this in the forthcoming paragraphs and these are completely my opinions alone and I do not wish to insult or dishonour any religion or its beliefs although I may talk my opinion about many of the practices involved in them.

Almost all religions, especially those of Indian origin and Abrahamic religions when started, stressed more importantly on the principles to be followed and the ultimate gain associated with it – to reach God or to reach the ultimate truth and in some cases both the same. The prophets who established the religion also laid some basic ground rules for the group to follow to facilitate easier practice of the principles without confusion. But as time followed, the principles got diluted and the rules became more rigid. Men who were head of their religion started bending the rules according to their whim in the name of God and made humans as sinners. The principles, the reason for which the rules came into existence in the first place is now long lost in books and rules are followed blindly without reason. Even the principles present in the books are twisted beyond recognition by the heads who followed the initial founder and modified it in the name of commentaries and explanations.

I definitely do not blindly accuse that all commentaries and explanations are fake and misleading. There does exist some worthy explanations but are like finding white grains of sand in a pile of rice. The original manuscripts of these religions cannot be directly read and understood by a naïve common man since most of them are either lost, mutated or is present in extinct languages leaving him to go for translations and commentaries most of which are screwed up beyond recognition leaving the ignorant man bewildered as to which path he has to follow. This was the same problem which I too faced unable to decide where to rest my belief. Unable to rest it at one place, I decided to test it.

Yes I am talking about the incident that occurred in Tirupati of which I’ve described about in the blog , “The Fortunate Folks” - http://www.thoughtsofvenky.blogspot.com/2011/04/fortunate-folks.html It has been less than a year since I had challenged God for 3 favors and asking for atleast one to occur! Interestingly, of those wishes, exactly a half of each of my three wishes has become a reality.

So does that mean that there is a God with conscience? If so what does that exact half signify? Or since only a half of all the three occurred should I stick to the idea that there is no God. But since the prayers seem half answered I come to this final conclusion. There is a God (definitely not the God what you are thinking right now). But he doesn’t have four hands and ten heads or he doesn’t say that all humans are sinners. Neither he asks women to cover their faces nor does he ask men to grow beard and cover their head.




A God is above all these mundane stuffs. He doesn’t ask you to praise Him and sing about Him. He doesn’t care whether you pray, worship and chant his name a million times. He is above what is good and bad to human race. A superior man may want his subordinates to do all of the above said stuff. But definitely, not a God. A God doesn’t even need to have a conscience to give justice at every single turn. God is truth and justice incarnate. He is the physical law that acts upon the universe, the law that makes earth go around the sun, the law that generates huge quanta of energy when hydrogen is fused to helium in the sun and the law that causes protons and electrons to attract and at the same time unite the same positively charged protons tightly together. He is present at every soul around you, every inanimate object that surrounds you, every celestial bodies including the very earth on which we stand and also on the empty voids that lies between two such objects. He is the Universe, the law that created it and the law that holds it together. Every single atom to supermassive blackholes, from suns and nebulas to yourself and your hated neighbour - we are all a part of this universal soul – The God.

Aham Brahmaasmi!!