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| Virat Roop, the ancient infographic |
In the Hindu scriptures, when Arjun the warrior prince on the battle ground sees that his opponents were once relatives, teachers, elders and family, he buckles and his will gives way. In that moment, his charioteer, the lord himself tells him of the absolute truth, and shows him an infographic called the Virat Roop. This infographic told him the ultimate truth, and prompted him to choose to do his duty.
Several hundred thousand years later, I try to guess-summarize what the conversation might have been like.
"O Lord! This is silly. Why kill dudes I love?"
"Look at the infographic!"
"What? Here?"
"Yeah! It's kinda scaled up. You will have to tilt your neck."
"This is cool but if you don't give me the executive summary, they gonna start firing at us in thirty seconds."
"Okay! Here goes: "YOU COULD CHOOSE THIS SIDE OF COMPLEXITY OR THAT SIDE OF SIMPLICITY"
"What does that mean?"
"It means - if you really crave heaven, go through the drill."
In my mind, the fable signifies just one thing. Simple is heaven. To have a simple life is heavenly. To kill complication is to attain Nirvana. Moksha is when you don't have to fill up forms for anything.
Life, however, doesn't go that way. Pregnancy? Definitely not so.
I don't know if I wrote about it earlier but my wife had been taking some pills to counter an auto-immunity condition. This required that we do a liver test every six months. In the recent tests, we figured out that her bile acid levels are higher than normal. So high that it may be bad for the baby in her. So, we may actually have to induce labour right next week. Six days from today!
What my wife does in these situations is what any right minded lady would do. She calls her mother.
"Mummy, doctor says liver is not so well. What to do?"
"Stop eating rice, and any kind of oil, butter, or any fat immediately. Have Cranberry juice daily. I am emailing you a list of what foods you should start avoiding. And hey! Docs know shit! Get a test again before they shove your son out."
"Okay mummy, I love you."
Fingers Crossed!
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