God is in details

God is in details. it is one of my friends favourite quote. i doubt he understands the implications of this quote or maybe he does.

this quote accidentally summarises a lot of going on in today's world, specifically the media, even more specifically the television medium.

the breaking news trend has given us a lot more details of ordinary life of people who hardly cause a difference in our life. so one morning i wake up and find intricate details of one Mr salman khan jogging all his way to his posh bandra residence at the crack of the dawn. the news i guess must have been hot cake because of the sponsors it had. the details i guess must actually be god for the broadcasters as it was generating their revenue and place in the ruthless rat race{notice the alliteration :)}. With all the speculation in the voice of the anchor, it was at the end of the day one poor man trying to keep his body fit. being Salman i doubt he must have wanted solitude with his fat burning regime but i guess most of the other people would rather be left alone. the mesmerizing details of the daily life notwithstanding occasional important but out rightly boring news items forms the crux of the booming and thriving news channels. God is in details. very true. All these details makes me cry out loud.......GOD!!!(even being an atheist).

On a lighter note(or i guess a serious one), God is certainly in the details. imagine the anticipation before you kiss a girl for the first time. the deep breath, the quivering feeling in the lips and the shaking of the hands. the sinking feeling in the heart I guess is much more cherishable than the actual kiss. Not taking away the glory from the actual melting of the lips, the process through which they meet is much more divine. i strongly believe its not about reaching your goals, realizing your dreams but much more about how you go at it. the details are much more alluring. This generation is so obsessed with reaching their destination that it has completely forgotten to cherish the journey. A lot of my friends crib about their results, career and similar bull shit. they just fail to understand or even appreciate the life around them. We are just a cause and effect generation completely defined by advertisements and the consumerist culture. We are hypnotized in to absolute conformity and fail to innovate. All our life we are bothered about things that we don't have but ought to have. good marks, decent college, good grades, decent job, decent house, wife,kids, blaablaa bloobloo and what not. All the while we are striving hard to prepare for the next examination life has in store for us we fail to realize the world around us.

Recently i told a few friends that i would like to go on a motorcycle trip across the nation after i finish my course. People said wonderful but i could make out them thinking how delirious i was to not fight for a job and just go. The idea sounds absurdly romantic about which we would rather like to read and watch(read motorcycle diaries or similar stuff)but rather not do ourselves or even not let people close to us to do. But hello the idea is mine and unquestionably the life too is. Cerebral malfunction or self exploration, whatever one may call it but i am certainly going to go ahead with it. I need to know the world i live in. I need to know my people, my country and its varied cultures. I NEED THE DETAILS.