Sunday 21 February 2016

A Letter to the Maker


Dear God,

                We communicate quite often through prayers. This is one of those rare occasions, where I am penning a letter to You. I am not really sure that with so many people around the globe just on Planet Earth alone (not to forget the scores of galaxies out there in the vast space), seeking Your attention and guidance on various matters, starting from trivial issues like children scoring high marks in a class test to more serious issues like people fighting terminal diseases or natural disasters or violence or crime, you have the time to look through my letter! Nevertheless, I am hoping that you will give it a glance!

                 Firstly, my Salutations to You, the King of Creation, the Eternal Life Manager and the Brilliant Manager of the Cosmos! You have truly been a benevolent creator, bestowing upon Mankind the wondrous gifts of Nature like Sun, Moon, Stars, Clouds, Rain etc. In fact, Nature in all its splendor is probably one of Your greatest gifts to Man. Nature is like an invisible mother to man, who finds expression in her many manifestations like rivers, forests, mountains, oceans, etc.

                You, the Great Almighty, have gone a step further in Your creativity and made man special by giving him the ability to think and distinguish right from wrong! Being human myself, I feel grateful for this characteristic bestowed on the human race. But the modern age with its rampant industrialization and technological advancement has led man into a spree of deforestation resulting in pollution and global warming which have had a disastrous impact on the climate of the world and left the environment in a poor shape.

                Nature has unleashed its fury in the form of devastating floods and earthquakes around the world. The fast world has rendered man a machine. In the race to make money, somewhere the human values have taken a back seat and violence and crime has gripped the world. This is a very sorry state of affairs. Ethics have been pushed behind. Where is the world heading?

                I am sure that You are shocked and devastated by the way, things have turned out in the modern age!   But You are the director of this drama of life. The world as a stage, has seen many heroes in the past. It is time now for heroes, men and women of vision and maturity to take centre stage and battle the challenges of the modern world like pollution, corruption, violence and crime and eradicate them from society!

                I appeal to You to script this play of life in the modern day world to have a happy ending characterized by a divine society like You meant it to be in the first place, driven by wisdom and human values, so that a better world lies in wait of the future generations.  Request You to grant my wish or prayer, as You deem appropriate.

Thank You for all Your Blessings and Grace!

Yours Faithfully,
A Humble Creation.


(This post was written in response to #Blogchatter prompt 'Letter' by Blog Chatter (@blogchatter)) 

Landing In Cartoon Land - What If I Came Face to Face with Tom and Jerry?





                                     Hello Everyone! It has been a while since my last blog post, has it not? Well, I am back with a new interesting blog post! The title and the picture above, do give some idea about what I would like to present to my readers. Without much ado, let us get to the point.

                                 'Tom and Jerry’ is probably one of the most popular animation series watched in India and the world over.  As the years pass by, the legendary duo of Tom and Jerry continue to cast their spell on new generations of viewers. Children two decades back, were just as enthralled with this magical duo, as the children of the current generation.So what is it that adds the midas touch to these legendary characters? Perfect comic timing of fights between the two lead characters and clever execution of plot combined with suitable music and traditional sound effects make these cartoons truly adorable and entertaining. In fact, Tom and Jerry was my favorite cartoon show when it was aired on Doordarshan, years back. It continues to be my favorite even today.


                                 There was a time in my life when cartoons absolutely fascinated me.  Often, I would imagine myself getting transported into the fantasy world of cartoons as I watched them on television. I would wonder what I would do if I actually met my favorite characters, Tom and Jerry face to face.  Would I shake hands with them? Would I say Hi or Hello to them? Or more appropriately, would I say Namashkar to them (since I am an Indian)?  Would they reciprocate the gesture or would they be too busy with their comic fights to even take notice of me? I remember myself watching the comic fights of Tom and Jerry on television, without even batting my eyelids. What an era it was!

                                Now let us come back to my face to face encounter with Tom and Jerry. Suppose I came face to face with Tom and Jerry in their debut appearance as Jasper and Jinx. That would truly make me happy as that is one of my favorite cartoons till date.  If I also became an animated character and became part of ‘PUSS GETS THE BOOT (1940)’ (which is the debut appearance of Tom and Jerry) cartoon, then I would probably laugh and laugh till my sides ached at the sight of Tom getting onto Jerry’s nerves in the first 53 seconds of the cartoon and then it would be time for me to barge in and then introduce myself to Jasper and Jinx. I would probably join in the fun and run around with Jasper and Jinx then at 1 minute 5 seconds, I would be delighted at the prank that Jasper plays on Jinx, painting a portion of the wall with INK to make it look like a mouse hole and then further  labeling it with the ‘HOME  SWEET HOME’ wooden nameboard. I would let Jinx bang on the wall once and then before he tries once more, I would do what Jasper begins doing at 1 minute 35 seconds of the cartoon and take water from the aquarium and throw it on the false mouse hole, washing the black paint off and thereby revealing its true identity which is solid wall. That would be a script change indeed, because I would play a role at 1 minute 18 seconds and prevent Jinx from further banging on the wall.

                                 As Jasper hides behind the wall listening, both Jinx and I would run and find him there.  I would side with Jinx on this one. We would each give him a beating, I guess and then Jasper would come running behind us and then at the point where Jasper crashes into the showpiece and everything comes crashing on him and Mammy Two Shoes comes calling Jasper at 2 minutes 20 seconds, I would let her scold Jasper and then correct her spelling and grammar saying, ‘Mammy Two Shoes, you should say, ‘Now understand this Jasper if you break one more thing, you are going out , ‘OUT’ out’ and not ‘Now understand this Jasper if you breaks one more thing, you is going out , ‘OWT’ out’ .  Now would that not be my remarkable debut in Cartoon Land?  ‘Wow!’ Is the only word that comes to my mind! Hope you agree with me.


                                 Let me now leave you with the debut appearance of Tom and Jerry as Jasper and Jinx. Hope you enjoy it! 



Image References:


  1. http://i0.wp.com/newwallpapershd.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Tom-and-jerry-Cartoon-HD-Wallpapers-1.jpg?resize=660%2C505
  2. http://newwallpapershd.com/tom-and-jerry-cartoon-hd-pictures-wallpapers/



Video References:


  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGmZ6weLcpg