Friday, November 02, 2007

What If the World Transformed According to Your Metaphors...

G A Kulkarni जी ए कुलकर्णी wrote short stories, only in Marathi. I like a few of them.

One of them is यात्रिक (Pilgrim) included in the collection पिंगळावेळ (Pinglavel)(Popular Prakashan 1977). It's an allegory of Cervantes's Don Quixote.

In the story, the fool tells Don: "...hey, instead of creating changing metaphors on stupid, gross world, if the world changed according to your metaphors what more you want."

"अरे, निर्बुद्ध, जड़ जगाविषयी बदलती रुपके करत राहण्यापेक्षा तुझ्या रुपकांप्रमाणे जर जग बदलत जाऊ लागले तर तुला तरी जास्त काय हवे सांग."

Many dreams and metaphors may sound crazy but they have the power to transform the world.
Margaret Mead has said: "Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have".

Loveable Calvin is as quixotic as you get and maybe, just maybe, the slide will transform accordingly.



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Artist: Bill Waterson Calvin and Hobbes