*From & To Sathish* - Thread 4 - Page 137

Being him while being me

Lights!Camera! Roll! Rolling! Action! A shot and many other shots and a scene are taken along with many other scenes and a story that was a seed comes alive as a film, a web-series, a short film or a daily soap.

Stories and great stories maketh a great film and giveth actors great opportunities to act and display their skill ( God-given skills).

At this point in time, I confess that most of the times in these past 25 years of acting, the better part of 22 years have been very boring and that which has involved a lot of ham. Clever ham but still a ham.

I know now and firmly believe that my best is still ahead and in the future for nothing that I have done until now stands up proudly to my own scrutiny.

In my view, I have just come up to the door behind which lies that secret code that will teach me to become a better actor.

It is nearly 4.30 am as I am typing these thoughts and it was nearly 12.10 am when I went to bed earlier today for I came back home at only 11.30 pm last night.

There were some scenes that had to be finished for the unit was going on a week's schedule break and a well-deserved one at that.

I am very sure of one thing and that is many years from now, I will return to write more about my world and field that sells dreams and illusions in the name of entertainment.

As of today, the world of films and small screen has fallen into an abyss that is called poor standards.

Everything today is about glitz and glamour and mass and cheesy stuff.

Gone are the days of acting with eyes and soul for today it is acting with fingers, shoes and walks. It is also about getting down from a car, opening the door of a car and the glorification of wearing coolers and doing it stylishly.

All the pomp and splendour is much ado about nothing you realize and that is all today's Tamil and Indian cinema is all about. the glorification of the hero, his arms and legs and his walk and his profile.

Where are those great stories? Where are those great screenplays and dialogues?

Gone too soon for today it is all about punch lines and mass entry lines.

I am happy that I am safely confined to the world of television for things are better there when it comes to story and scenes.

My only grouse and a constant one at that is that the lines become repetitive and boring.

Each time the director says " Action" I tell myself that I should try something different and in the end don't do anything much at all for it is not required and when I try to do something, my soul tells me nay screams at me " Overacting machaan. Don't overdo the Ham."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8sfR0M8_uY

entry at 13.15

soolam, 19 years ago. My entry is at 13.15 minutes into the episode. My character is that of a paavam temple priest but who is really a police officer sent to investigate temple antiques and its properties being smuggled out of the state.

I finished shooting for the climax of Manthira vaasal and rushing back home then rushed to the station to catch the train to Kutraalam.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XyOSRfxAmE

entry at 4.36

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxTExZLis-w

I looked like a kid then and I am playing a dad to three kids and one of them just got married.

Appo, soon Appa will become Thaatha.

Good morning. I wish you a beautiful day.

Please forgive me for both my physical and mental batteries have dried out and needs a few days of charging. So, I have sadly turned to scavenging from my old batteries and their lives that took shape in many of my old thoughts that I posted in blogs as stories and articles.

So, here are some of those scavenged stuff. We cannot travel back into time but we can get a glimpse of those passed past times and past tenses via old pics and via old thoughts that are now drifting up in the air and in the cosmos.

Long ago, I wrote a Ghost story about a dead mother and her child and maybe it was about me and my own dead mother and us brothers. I will muster up courage someday and share that story with you which I had named " What If."

Mother o' Mine by Rudyard Kipling

If I were hanged on the highest hill,

Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!

I know whose love would follow me still,

Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!

If I were drowned in the deepest sea,

Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!

I know whose tears would come down to me,

Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!

If I were damned of body and soul,

I know whose prayers would make me whole,

Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!

What is that you fed me,the red of your blood or the white of your milk? Why is that my flesh craves for your love? Is it because i am from your flesh and your flesh? Why is that you are the light at the end of the tunnel and the one true love ? Who am i mother dear but the shadow of your being and genes? Mother, Mama, Mom,Moeder, Ma,Nn, Mm,Ama,Mamm,Matre, Mamma are some of the ways a mother is called by her children in different languages around the world.A lone lioness will take on a pack of hyenas and die before she lets her cub get killed.There have been instances where an elephant mother has stood facing a speeding train while letting her calf cross the tracks.What is this bond and why is it so strong ?

The best laid schemes of Mice and Men oft go awry,And leave us nothing but grief and pain,For promised joy!.But then God is in no hurry; His plans are never rushed."

Our world is ancient,so ancient that the remnants of our beginnings are very hard to find.Just like the many complicated laws of physics ,there are secret,hidden and yet undiscovered laws that govern the very life of all species.Somewhere,something which started the whole process of life slumbers lost in a deep sleep.For, billions,trillions and maybe zillions of years, that ancient entity which cannot be held down by a name has worked on life as it went from one universe to universe.It went from small and big galaxies and it has seeded life in so many earths that is has lost count.But yet strangely it retains a chain of contact with each atom and each speck of its creation.But the entity is clouded,ancient and now in deep slumber.And yet it wakes when there are ripples in the foundations of its creation.It wakes and ponders where and when the ripple was created and what it meant.Many a ripple passes over the slumbering ancient entity,billions of ripples in the cosmic web that only it can sense for everything is attached to it like the umbilical cord that connects a mother to her child.But strangely it barely lifts a eyelid or to safely say barely even registers the ripples and messages from across the universe but it wakes as this ripple passes over it and it reacts.For this ripple will change the course of many lives and lead to chaos.Deep in the thoughts the entity decided what should be and what shouldn't be and a new course of actions were now in place.In the war between good and bad,between living and the dead the entity took sides,nay made a game change and that was it.It went back

to its slumber,deep slumber and it slumbered billions of light years away and yet in its slumber it kept one eye open.For we are not alone,we were never alone and something watches over us,guarding us from us

FATE UNKNOWN AND FINAL DESTINATION

"There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under my jurisdiction. I can decide how I spend my time, whom I interact with, whom I share my body and life and money and energy with. I can select what I can read and eat and study. I can choose how I'm going to regard unfortunate circumstances in my life-whether I will see them as curses or opportunities. I can choose my words and the tone of voice in which I speak to others. And most of all, I can choose my thoughts." Elizabeth Gilbert

Many people from all walks of life,in cities all over enter car showrooms to purchase a car.Thousands buy a similar car of make and model and many buy a car of particular color. A few years later most of them start having small problems with their cars and are sent for service and maintanence.the complaints are starting trouble,suspension problems,steering problem,brake problems,AC problems etc.Life inside us humans start the same way and all of us are delivered brand new but for some who dont start at all and are condemned to be destroyed.In due course of life all of us start having problems with heart,lungs,kidneys,stomach,brain,spinal cord etc.Do you call it fate and are we born with these niggling and slow burning problems which will one day end our life.Did fate determine how each and everyone of us will die.who knows.

A group of twenty people were heatedly discussing a flight crash in which nearly 350 people had died including four infants and thirty children.All were arguing this and that and wondering how so many people could have died when they stopped an elderly man whom they considered wise and asked him about the matter.He smiled gently and said what is the big deal about all those lives being lost.Fate had determined that all should die together at that second and so they all gathered from all corners of the world and died,thats it,nothing great or wondrous about it,saying this he left shaking his head murmuring " all this silly talk about death,when who knows. this minute,this day or the next day but surely all of you and all of us are going to die"

"Fate is never fair. You are caught in a current much stronger than you are; struggle against it and you'll drown not just yourself but those who try to save you. Swim with it. and you'll survive"

Vaanathai Pola 260

Good intentions don't really matter if they don't lead to good actions. Sometimes those with good intentions do us more harm than good.

Sons of Gaia

The six Gaians stared at the empty chair and the one who was called " Alpha" and who also happened to be the one they all heeded to and had done so from the beginning, turned away from the empty chair and informed the others, ' Our brother is going to be late for he has some business that needs to be taken care off.'

The table that they sat was round in shape and a perfect circle and they had preferred it that way for it gave no particular person a vantage point as normal tables do. That their table resembled King Arthur's round table was no slight matter but unlike the actual world-famous Round table society, their society was totally different and the similarity between Gaia and Round table society ended there.

The Gaian's were an all-male society and all of them came from the highest echelons of their nations and all of them shared one goal, one common dream which was to make the Earth a better place and a safer place.

Gaia, their secret society had come alive nearly 10 years ago when all seven of them had met each other in a world conference that had been held in London and that had been attended by more than 120 countries.

The speaker that was placed in the centre of the table crackled into life and the voice of the absentee Gaian brother " Beta" was heard clearly as he informed them about what had happened and why he had been forced to miss their meeting for the very first time in the history of Gaia.

The Gaian called Alpha brought his fingers together on the table and clenched all ten of them with such force that their crackling sounded like shots being fired from a small handgun.

For the other Five Gaians, this show of emotions was a real surprise and probably the very first time that their unusually quiet and peaceful head had exhibited any outward display of anger or frustration.

They had made him the Alpha not only because he was the oldest among them but also the wisest and also the most powerful one in their small seven-member group.

The Gaians had limited themselves to seven for they had come to the conclusion that their collective will and power was more than enough to do the needful and carry out their master plan that they had made for the future of the Earth.

Earth in Greek means Gaia and the Gaians considered themselves as the sons of Mother Earth and had sworn to protect her and had taken a solemn oath to rid it off all its diseases.

In the minds of all the seven Gaians, Man was the biggest disease that had been plaguing their mother from ancient times and the time had now come to treat her and cure her once for all.

Vaanathai Pola 261

She held him. He held her. All the noise inside and out ceased. The moon shined through the window, but they glowed as one in their own light. There could be nothing else so special as this moment, no matter how long it lasted, it did not matter because nothing else matters, in this sanctum so pure.

Every country in the world worth its salt has its own elite branch of SF( special forces) team and the men and women who belong to them are some of the most gifted human beings to have been born on this planet.

They are hand-picked individuals who are blessed with supreme physical and mental powers and to top that have IQ's that are off the charts. Then these individuals are put through some gruelling training schedules that may last from a year to two years and only when they are deemed ready are they given a place in their nations elite forces.

The members of the special forces are introduced to meditation and exposed to other oriental and eastern mind techniques for they sometimes are the key to survival in case they are captured by enemy forces.

It was nearly 1.30 am and yet Raman stood still near the window with his arms across his chest but up and deep inside his cranium, his brain was whizzing with activity as it tried to solve the puzzle that was his wife Jeeva and her newly acquired powers of telepathy.

Jeeva felt his thoughts and slowly got out from the bed making sure not to disturb Vijay and Suja and walked towards Raman.

Raman felt her loving, protecting arms circle around his waist and said, ' You should be sleeping, Jeeva. You need all the rest you can get for you have just delivered and it is not something a woman does every day.'

She laid her head against his back and inhaled his body into hers and sighed with satisfaction.

' Baby, how can I sleep and how will I rest when my other half is wide awake in thought and worry.'

Raman turned around and gently took her in his arms and Jeeva mumbled approvingly, ' I wish my every breath including my last breath, my last moment was like this, wrapped in your arms.'

' What will I do and how will I go on after you are gone, Jeeva? You are my Jeevan, my breath and my purpose and how will I exist when all that goes with you?'

She smiled and slowly looked into his eyes, ' I know it sounds silly but I can't see you dying, ever.'

Raman laughed and slivers of light from the edges of the window caught his white teeth and sparkled like stars and Jeeva fascinated with the sight said, ' For me, you are the mountain, the rock, the infinite sky.'

' Baby, mountains will crumble, one day. Rocks will turn to dust and maybe in the distant future, there will be no sky at all.'

She smiled and slowly traced his nose with her fingers and just when she came to his mouth, Raman snapped at her fingers and nipped them with his teeth making Jeeva yelp like a puppy and both looked at each other and stood looking at each other with happiness radiating from their eyes and from every pore of their bodies.

' Raman, I love you so much. Sometimes, I get really frustrated that I have just one word to describe my feelings for you and which is love.'

He lowered his mouth to hers and gently pecked her lips and said, ' Love is not limited to a word but is unlimited in its scope through action and even thoughts.'

' The poet has been awakened' Jeeva observed and Raman nodded, ' yes, my love. But the poet came awake that very moment when his eyes saw you sitting next to that Jannal in that Saidapet to Parry's corner bus that we both took every day before our lives crossed each other and two became one.'

' and then, again came, another two' Jeeva said and glanced towards the bed where the twins Vijay and Suja slumbered, holding each other protectively.

I have learned that there is more power in a good strong hug than in a thousand meaningful words.

Vaanathai Pola 262

The Alpha Gaian had never been known to exhibit any stress or tension however grave the provocation was or however serious the problem was that came his way. He was famous for his calm and cool countenance in any given situation and which was a virtue that had brought him all the way to the top and into the small circle that decided his country's future and also that of the world.

The clenching of his fingers and the crackling noises it had made was the first show of emotion displayed by him in all of the years the others had known him and this they thought surely meant that he was upset and only God knew what he was going to do or how he was going to react now and fell silent.

Alpha's stillness always reminded the others of a stone buddha and then they saw his eyes open and move slowly, starting from his right and ending at his left and then his lips hardly made any movement but they all heard him apologize for his rude behaviour.

' It is not good manners for a 70-year old Doctor to be displaying his irritation and frustration thus and that too when I must lead by example.'

The other Five Gaians stayed silent and watched their leader lean slightly and talk to Beta, ' My friend, we are very near to achieving our goal. This is not the time to make any mistakes, however tiny they may be for we know not who is watching us and tracking us.'

Beta spoke in a voice full of fear and regret, ' Forgive me, my fellow Gaians for I have erred and erred badly. I had no idea that my Junior would act on his own without taking my permission and that he would deal with situations on his own authority.'

' What is the situation, Beta? Is there anything that we need to worry about?' Alpha asked and Beta replied, ' I have sent my thoughts via an email and it will explain everything to all of you.'

All of them stared at the speaker for they knew that more was coming and it came.

Beta Gaian spoke and his words were loud and clear, ' I fear that my end might be compromised and so I submit to your will and the will of Sons of Gaia.'

Alpha closed his eyes and remained in what seemed to the others in deep thought and then he spoke, ' Beta, my friend, maybe there is time still before danger arrives at your door and when you will be forced to cease all connections with our society.'

Beta replied, ' what do you want me to do, Alpha?'

Alpha spoke and Beta and the others heard him and as always accepted his wisdom.

Alpha spoke and the other six Gaians heard him and approved.

' we Gaians swore to protect and defend Mother earth with our very lives. We decided that no sacrifice is too great for that purpose and that we will never back down.'

That said, Alpha now leaned again towards the speaker, ' Beta, the attack on Brigadier Rajashekar was the right move for was a witness but it was wrong on your part to have let him live.'

Taking a deep breath, his voice now growled like an angry lion, ' you will end this problem right now. No matter what and please, quietly and without drawing any attention.'

Only his eyes lifted up and slowly caught the other five as if he sought their decisions and all of them spoke in one voice, ' Beta, Alpha has spoken for all of us.'

Vaanathai Pola 263

Raman had finally fallen asleep in the small bed that he had moved from its original position and had instead placed it right next to Jeeva and their babies.

He had closed his eyes and had instantly drifted away into a deep sleep under the watchful gaze of Jeeva who had hummed his favourite SPB songs and lulled him like she did when they had been together more than they did now.

She laid her palm on his chest and even though he was in deep sleep, she saw his hands ensconce it protectively and unconsciously and bid him good night.

But, it had taken Radhu much longer to fall asleep for his companions were both grizzled old men who did not have much use for sleep and preferred to lie awake in thought and action.

The time was nearly 4.00 am in the morning and Thangamani master rose to his feet and saying good night to both Radhu and his companion, The Old man, left then and headed to his room.

Radhu glared in a gentle manner at his shadow and said, ' I think he left, unable to take the stench of your beedis, Old man.'

' I know that, child. But, I am hooked, really hooked on to this Indian leaf' the Old man replied looking at the last beedi and then looked down on the ground and realizing that he had smoked his way through the whole beedi pack, looked up at Radhu and asked, ' Are you sure you were not wearing your Kevlar vest?'

' No, Old man. No vest. I got shot six or seven times and I died. I really died, old man and I knew it and recognized it for I was familiar with it as I had experienced it once before in the desert while on one of the missions. But, luckily, you were there and got my heart going again with that injection.'

' Unbelievable' the Old man said and Radhu cursed with exasperation and quickly unbuttoned his shirt and even in the dim light, the scars were horribly visible.

The old man counted five fresh scars that the bullets had left and shook his head and said, ' Allah be praised for his mercy and kindness.'

He looked at Radhu, ' child, they were from an AK47?'

' Yes. Do you believe me, now?'

The old man was too shocked and shaken up to offer any of his trademark sarcastic digs and instead mumbled, ' It just is not possible, Ayan. This is something unheard of. How is it possible for a man to survive six bullets and that too from a machine gun and close quarters?'

Radhu took his time and yet time and thought failed him for he came up with just one word, ' Magic, old man. I think it was magic and a miracle.'

' Child, magic is at least understandable but miracles are beyond me and you and lie in the purview of Allah, the almighty.'

Both sat in the darkness and after a few minutes, Radhu looked at the Old man, ' That forest is not a forest at all but some kind of parallel universe, a dimension that is beyond us human beings and seems to exist in a different realm.'

He slowly got up to his feet saying that he needed to sleep the day and its events off and walked away mumbling, ' stay awake and stay alert.'

The old man looked up and stopped the retort that bubbled up for Radhu had stopped and had turned and was looking at him in a strange way.

' What is it, Ayan?'

' Old man, a storm is coming our way and we better be prepared for it.'

The old man kept staring at the darkness and in the direction that Radha Krishnan aka Ayan Ahmadi aka Adam Connors had gone and swore, ' not on my watch. Death to all storms and the evil that comes with it.'

“The evil that is in the world comes out of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding. On the whole, men are more good than bad; that, however, isn't the real point. But they are more or less ignorant, and it is this that we call vice or virtue; the most incorrigible vice being that of an ignorance that fancies it knows everything and therefore claims for itself the right to kill.”? Albert Camus, The Plague

Vaanathai Pola 264

Gaia and the sons of Gaia had been born with one thought and which was the future of this planet and the longevity of all its life forms. The seven had come together, gravitated towards that thought from several parts of the world over many years and had finally come to th consensus that Man alone was the single most and biggest threat for the continued existence of life as it was known and had been known over many billions of years.

It had taken them all a few years of debate, weighing of all pros and cons to come to a consensus that action had to be taken by them and now before it was too late.

Who they are and what had forced the hands of the seven sons of Gaia is a story to be told but not right now. For now the story starts with the missing high ranking military officer. It is a new day and a new chapter in our story and it is the beginning of the hunt.

Both our heroes will rise today to a new dawn and will set out on their respective quests seeking answers to questions that will lead them down the proverbial rabbit hole that Alice herself fell into and found herself in Wonderland in the 1865 novel " Alice in wonderland" by Lewis Carroll.

Raman came awake instantly for he heard the pain and felt it in his soul and sat up with his eyes and mind wide open and looked at Jeeva who was just getting back to bed and looking at her with eyes full of concern and fear,asked, ' Hey, are you okay? I heard you groan in pain. Shall I get the doctor, Jeeva?'

She looked at him and went, ' you heard that slight noise of discomfort that I squeaked? Kadavule, how am I supposed to spend a lifetime with you by my side if your hearing is as good as a dog?

Raman got up and held her gently in his arms and asked, ' we will handle that later, but what about now. Are you hurting, baby?

Jeeva nodded and then with a smile pointed down and said, ' Do you remember how difficult it was for me to take you in and that it took a few times for me to get comfortable with sex for you are really huge?'

Raman groaned and blushed and turned away and Jeeva pulling his face back to face hers, said, ' Now remember that and now imagine how painful it must have been for me to deliver both our babies who look like mini body builders.'

Raman looked at her totally lost with the topic and clueless as what would be appropriate to say, looked at Jeeva, ' you took some yoga classes and some other workouts and stretches that would aid your delivery and I went with you for some of them. Didn't I?'

' You did Ram and maybe if I had been smarter, I would have taken that class before getting into bed with you and before allowing you to get into me.'

Nodding, ' but you are right. I did take all those classes and yet a natural delivery is something that has to be faced and the doctor herself said that there was a 90 percent chance that I would experience some tearing and I did.'

Raman did what he could only dod for there was nothing else to do and that was hang his head in pain as his mind tried to make sense of what Jeeva had just said.

Jeeva had been joking but also in a frank and honest way and only now she realised that her words had affected Raman for she saw him sink into that mood which she was very familiar with and she threw her arms around him.

' Ram, come on, cheer up. It's over and our babies are healthy and so am I. And even the tearing will heal up in a matter of weeks and the pain will be gone.'

Raman looked at her and Jeeva saw some new meaning, a new respect in his look.

He took both her hands and kissed them several times and then looked at her and whispered, ' I know now what the true meaning of " Better half " is, Jeeva.'

A kutty kathai for all you beautiful women souls

God was creating the Universe. And on the sixth day, God decides to work extra late in order to create the first woman.

An Angel came by and asked, 'Why spend so much time on her?'

The Lord answered, 'Have you seen all the specifications I have to meet to shape her?'"

"'She must function on all kinds of situations.She must be able to embrace several kids at the same time, have a hug that can heal anything from a bruised knee to a broken heart.She must do all this with only two hands.

She cures herself when sick and can work 18 hours a day.'"

"The Angel was impressed. 'Just two hands? Impossible! And this is the standard model?'

The Angel came closer and touched the woman. 'But you have made her so soft, Lord.'

'She is soft,' said the Lord, 'but I have made her strong. You can't imagine what she can endure and overcome.'"

"'Can she think?' the Angel asked.

The Lord answered, 'Not only can she think, she can reason and negotiate.'

The Angel touched her cheeks. 'Lord, it seems this creation is leaking! You have put too many burdens on her.'

'She is not leaking. It is a tear,' the Lord corrected the Angel.

'What's it for?' asked the Angel.

The Lord said, 'Tears are her way of expressing her grief, her doubts, her love, her loneliness, her suffering and her pride.'"

"This made a big impression on the Angel. 'Lord, you are a genius. You thought of everything. A woman is indeed marvelous.'

The Lord said, 'Indeed she is. She has strength that amazes a man. She can handle trouble and carry heavy burdens. She holds happiness, love and opinions.

'She smiles when she feels like screaming. She sings when she feels like crying, cries when happy and laughs when afraid. She fights for what she believes in.

'Her love is unconditional. Her heart is broken when a next-of-kin or a friend dies but she finds strength to get on with life.'"

"The Angel asked, 'So she is a perfect being?'

The Lord replied, 'No. She has just one drawback.'

'She often forgets what she is worth.'"

Vaanathai Pola 265

“Essentially, people live in one of two ways. Either they live in awareness of their own worthlessness, or they live in their awareness of the worthlessness of the world. Two ways. Either you allow your value to be absorbed by the world, or you chisel away at the world's value and make it your own. Which should take precedence, the value of the world your own value” ? NisiOisiN, Zaregoto 1: Book 1: The Kubikiri Cycle

It has been in existence for nearly 4.5 billion years. Earth is the third planet from the sun and the penultimate rock planet before Mars which soon gives way to the Gas Giants. Our planet is one among eight planets that revolve around its star and leader who holds us all in his mighty grasp of gravity.

But, our family is not just limited to us and the other seven planets but also includes hundreds of moons, millions of asteroids, comets and God and sun only know what else.

We are one big joint family like that which are shown in all the Indian soap operas and just like the problems which crop up in the tv shows once in a while causing major upheaval in the family and its workings, our solar family to has gone through many major and minor upheavals. Major or minor, all upheavals and catastrophes that Earth faced can best be described in one word, Apocalyptic in nature.

4.5 billion years translates to 4.500 million years and taking that number you compare it with the time that we, you and I the first intelligent Human came to being and you realize that we have been here for a very short while and yet.

It is only a few million years ago that our species that were walking on all four limbs stood up on two legs and peered out and over the shrubs and bushes.

Maybe, Mother earth was fast asleep when this happened and forgot to set the balance right and she has not until now for the balance that began to tip over for our human species is on the verge of really tipping over and crashing down on our heads and laps and to what end.

But, even in her sleep, mother earth tried to intervene and did so by limiting man's capacity to begetting one child at a time and thank God for that. Just imagine the situation if our species had the capability to reproduce like a dog or a rat and gave birth to four, more or a score of offspring. Holy Ghost and yes, the proverbial holy crap would have hit the universe.

4.5 billion years in the making and billions of years of balancing life with nourishment, we in a matter of a 100 years have managed to throw that proverbial wrench into the machine and have managed to push the entire planet and its life to the edge of extinction.

What asteroids, comets could not achieve, man is striving and I guess by the time this 21st century is over and out, we will know where and what will remain standing.

It is just not about population but about what that population consumes and what it does to get at that consumption.

If you ask a lion, it will purr and say, ' A large piece of an antelope will do just fine.'

If you ask the antelope, it will neigh softly, ' a large acre of juicy grass will do just fine.'

But ask a human and without its knowledge, get into its head and it will say a little and hold back a lot. ' a nice house in a quiet neighbourhood, a nice car, a lot of money in the bank, latest I phone, latest laptop........

Existence today is not only about what a human eats but what his mind craves and consumes.

And then you have those who want more and consume more and them are who go like this, ' What use are those communities, Bomb them. They look different, bomb them. They think differently, kill them. They speak differently, massacre them.

Mother Earth screamed its pain and it was heard and felt by the Gaians and they knew that they had to act before it was too late for everyone and for everything.

In the climax of the film Avengers Infinity War, Thanos the supervillain finally gets all the six infinity stones and snaps his fingers and half the universe disappears.

The reason for him doing that is there is only a finite amount of resource available even in the cosmos and so to preserve the universe and to safeguard it from overpopulation, he is forced to make half the life in the universe disappear from existence.

The sons of Gaia had other plans. A far darker, dangerous and evil plan and they were on the verge of executing it.

The plan had been hatched many a year ago and then when they were just about ready to begin executing it, Beta and his junior had been seen with Alpha's junior who had come personally to help them execute the will of Alpha and the other Gaian's. The person who had seen them together was retired Army Brigadier Rajashekar Varman.

This accidental and chance meeting had been the cause for the secret and horrible attack that had been launched against the innocent Brigadier and this near-fatal attack had been the reason why Radha Krishnan aka Ayan Ahmadi had been sent to India by his mother Shinogai, the head of the Americans secret Spartan spy agency.

The story now begins with Radhu going after the person or persons who were behind the attack on his biological father and his path will cross and unite with Raman who has been given the task of finding the missing army officer.

All the threads and all the links of the spider web will come together at the centre and with the life as we know it hanging in balance, Good and Good, will face each other in a battle that will ask that important question, an ethical question.

Is earth more important or I, you more important.

Who will live and who will be allowed to live and who really deserves to live in the end and who decides their fate?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD_a4NcY5c8