thats my ghost!!!

these kind people decided to create me...........................

My mom and dad :-)

Oh GOD!

'Yuganta' is a very good book......It is originally a Marathi book (I had 'me marathi manus' kind of pride while reading it in English). The person who introduced me to the book is a Tamil Brahman - and as everyone knows I love south Indians - so that means I trust her. On a serious note, she is a fountain of knowledge on ancient Indian literature. After reading the book, we have had many discussions on how the Hindu Vedas go hand in hand with science and the presence of one or several supreme being. A side note: I am an Aries and she is a Leo, we do have very healthy discussions and if I suffer grievous bodily injury because of my opinions, please contact her.

Hinduism is a very strong belief. It is not a religion but a way of living. A Hindu is not forced to pray, to do charity or follow any strictures. We love some of our god's, we consider some of them as our friends, we are indifferent to some and we hate some. We 'butter them up' for our gains. But the most important point is that we can discuss the existence of our deity's. And hence, the below presented thoughts are mine as I understand them. There might or might not be any resemblance to actual Vedas or any sacred text/ event.

Yuganta explains entire Mahabharata and its characters in a realistic setting. It unites fact and fiction. Assuming that the characters were real and the events occurred, then all the people were mere mortals, who were trapped in a sad situation. Everyone was right at their place, and yet they all were wrong. Some of the things -- like fire spewing arrows - can be explained scientifically (for those of lesser scientific knowledge - high friction can ignite an inflammable substance) or they might have been pure embellishment by narrators. But the most controversial chapter in the book was about Lord Krishna.

Was Krishna a normal human with extremely shrewd mind and good management capabilities? or was he indeed a demigod/god with supernatural powers? I was a bit disturbed after reading the chapter. I am not a big 'Bhakth', but I sincerely believe in Lord Krishna. I have found his presence in my life and it would break my spirit if he were figment of someones imagination. The book says that it was the narrator (here I mean the people who have told the story to people across generations) and the listener who made Krishna into Lord Krishna. So I have decided to be a listener who knows facts and who knows fiction, but who is still ready to believe in god, for the reason that this god provides me companionship when I am stressed, friendship when I am lonely, strength when I am tired and knowledge when I need it. Besides, I have another twisted logic to it.........................

It is difficult to accept that maybe Krishna was just a human being. But doubting the 'GOD' status of Krishna puts HINDU'S in bigger dilemma. After all, Krishna is the ninth avatar of Lord Vishnu, and if he isn't, then who is? where is he? are we ever going to have Kalki avatar? if not, then that means, we are safe and world is definitely not going to end in 2012 because we have yet to wait for Lord Vishnu's ninth and tenth avatar!!