The humble script-writer

...thats you and me !
Its a conclusion according to my newest half-formed analogy about man-god relationship.

Most Hindus like to believe in fate, and describe thalai-ezhuthu (script on the head, literally), as each living soul's destiny written by God himself. For a long time I wasnt sure to believe it or not.

The movie 'Bruce Almighty' was my first introduction to the concept of -free will, and I still have miles to cover in this topic. Wikipedia has this - "free will may imply that an omnipotent divinity does not assert its power over individual will and choices"

Im a believer but with a liking for the concept of free will - So Paragraph-2 and 3 above obviously contradict and right here Arun is forced to imagine his own understanding of his universe :-)

Lets put it this way - Each of our lives is a movie that lasts a lifetime. After a initial phase of babydom, each child is constantly forced to choose between options. Soon he grows to be an individual taking decisions big and small on a daily basis - He scripts the story of his life.

But just a story on paper doesnt make a movie.

Here comes the all powerful 'Super-Good' Producer-Director-Censor who buys the rights of your story, and decides to make a movie out of it.

He does the casting to choose all characters and their props (your genes, your nature, your parents, friends, colleagues, spouse(s), children and all the extras) .

He makes all of the scenes a reality, adds his own creative inputs to amplify or attenuate certain elements(success or failure of any human initiative).

He surprises and shocks his viewers(the humble script-writer included) with more twists and turns to it.

He finally cuts some of the scenes from the original script which does not suit his taste.

But despite all his efforts the success or failure of the movie still rests heavily on the strength of the original story - So lets go ahead a write a good one !!