Sunday, April 26,
Friday evening I was sitting in my car, waiting for someone. It was twilight time and I had my windows open reading a book. The car reading light was on. Suddenly I saw one little moth or hornet - in Bengali it seems it is called "shayama-poka" - evening insects; this little fellow was helpless, harmless and graceful fellow crawling slowly up on my seat belt. I did not know how to safely take the fellow out of the car, as I cannot carry the fellow inside the car to unknown territory. I put the light out in the car and waited for the fellow to fly off to the outside light. Then I put the light on, but could not see the fellow. So I wanted to push the fellow out and I voilently jerked the belt towards the open window. Happy that I saved this chap, I settled down.Just as I was starting to drive, I fould one single little wing. Always wonder why I should spot this invisible wing with no light and so huge a space. Can you imagine, a little transperant wind of a moth, about a cm in length in a dark interior of the car - and I notice it. So I have vivid sights of a limping moth with no hope. Waaahhhhhhh!
That makes me wonder, how can you eat animals and love them at the same time? Can you enjoy a chicken and love a dog? How does this mental contradiction work?
Talking of Animal loving - if it is a moth eaten mink, does it mean there are some classy moths, which eat only mink?
ReplyDeleteThis is animal loving at its best - once I had a convesation with a colleague on lambs; I was enthusing about the little lambs, viewing those beautiful creatures hopping around with their innocent eyes, when my colleague in all enthusiasm said " ya, so tender they melt in your mouth". Loving in his own way.
ReplyDeleteHaha - unfortunately, if you point that out to people when they are eating, they stop inviting you to dinner :)
ReplyDeleteDon't worry Dad, they have a lifespan of a day or something - it was probably really old anyway
ReplyDeleteJayaraman writes:
ReplyDeleteLife is full of contradictions is it not. "Kondral paavam- thindral pochu' this is how we justify our actions which is indignant.
Escapists will justify that killing and eating is to maintain a balance of animal kingdom. Have not people justified wars where man killing man in the name of natioanlisms. Nations killing innocent lives is called as wars, whereas individuals/group carrying out killing is branded as terrorism. It's funny.
What authority anyone has to kill the life including that of own. Fact is , this is what is happening and all have accepted it a gospel truth.