Einstein - " Ape Deiyya"

“Deiyya” or “Dewi” refers to God or Goddess. Our society believes very much in gods.We consider them sacred. They are our guardians ,our protectors during those fractured days in life. Healers at a time. They can even be evil. They will turn on the “yaka” hidden within our souls and make us suffer. Grandmas often make the notion that “its an evil spirit “when some things cannot be healed or cured. Despite their evils we worship them day and night. That’s tough love now. Buddhism says Gods are in need of more “pin” to live longer.

 Anyway, I’m not here to talk of Gods.

A little while ago, I met Einstein, Albert Einstein.  He was as usual with the messed up hair. A part of his brown jacket was torn and the pieces were plastered in white. I brushed my fingers across his torn jacket. Being a Mathematics student for one year before shifting to Arts, I fondly remember him for something I learnt. Time is a variable, not an experienced quality. I remembered Relativity. That nothing travels faster than light. The faster you travel, the slower time moves. The heavier and longer, the things become shorter. Physics requires abstracting away from one’s experience.

Those science haters never believe in Physics. It is senseless for them now and then. But this time we got to believe Einstein a little bit at least.

So the next time your plane approaches an airport in bad weather, you got to be wondering, what good is basic Physics?  Think of Einstein and the Global positioning System (GPS) fixed inside the cockpit. They help out Pilots to a safe landing. GPS is a mix of Einstein’s relativity, where a few distanced satellites are identified to deduce one’s own location, to receive speed stats and even weather forecasts.

Einstein’s world is absolute. Everything is perfect. Perfect circles, straight lines and so on. But the real world is too far from this. It isn’t straight. Full of irregularities. A keen observer will know it.

Science tricks us at times. You'll learn Force at the science class today, but will not be able to float a half emptied bottle across the room to you. Life isn't rocket science. It’s a  knowledge based – sensitive system. It is where one is reasonably prudent as well as aesthetic. No reason wins always, some things should be felt by heart too.

Einstein teaches us life with straight lines  and space without matter , a little less than the volumes of poetry  where there is no music  but  more complex.