The human race had begun its life with four things for sure. Anger, Hunger, Fear and Desire were ample to start with. As time raced by, the race became aware that there were much more to explore and exploit. Shedding their primitive cocoon they started their journey toward a golden era of knowledge, culture, perseverance, humanity and love. Anger has little value was taught to the human kind by two wars in the twentieth century. It was India which miraculously escaped its wrath. So it came to know very little of anger. And now it believes ‘anger’ to be a smart man’s ornamentation. Heroes in celluloid preach younger generation to be angry men.
Love for good food having pleasant flavour was always a cultured gentleman’s attaché. But to be infatuated to food is a domain of those who are not well versed in their culture. If you are aware of the root meaning of the word ‘infatuation’, I will sleep well having conveyed what I wanted to mean. It’s origin in Latin means ‘make foolish’.
Fear had always been a man’s companion. From worshiping wind, fire, water and sun at what juncture of time man had turned to invisible god, they themselves don’t know. Then rose the faculty of ‘reasoning’ which rejuvenated the human seat of thinking, ‘the cerebrum’. ‘Fear’ took a backseat making way for ‘love’. And when there was love, ‘desire’ morphed bringing in a chaste human class. Here too I would prefer to refer to the Latin origin of the word ‘chaste’ which means ‘morally pure’.
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