The Old Man And His Boat

I was tempted to call this post "The Old Man & The Sea", but I thought that Ernest Hemingway's ghost may haunt me for plagiarising the title of his book.

The second reason was that I did not want to compare my self to Ernest Hemingway. I am not that vain. Imagine my little blog being compared with that magnificent book.

Third, the old man was by a lake, not a sea!

And so, it is the old man and his boat. I took this photo at Hospet. Around the same time of the day that I took the photo in "Directions". The old fisherman, going out to fish in the lake. However, I am not too sure about the quality and quantity of his catch. I could go on and on about the fact that his fishing methods have not changed since the times of his ancestors in the medieval ages of India.

However, quite possibly, the dam has had something to do with it. I am not an expert, so I will not attempt to theorise on this. But, I do believe that, while dams play an important role in our lives by providing electricity, they also do mess up the local environment a bit. And, some of the casualties are the fish.

If you are living in China, then you will probably be forcibly evicted as well.

Speaking of China, it is funny about how the earthquake in Sichuan has deflected the world's focus from Tibet to the obvious agony of the people affected by the earthquake. The two, however, are independent events, and one should not be at the expense of the other. Yet, people in general, and politicians in particular, have short term memories. Politicians have convenient memories. Not short term. Convenient. That is a better description.

If you are a person living around a lake, like this old man, all the issues of the world are quite irrelevant. The only thing that is relevant is the quality and quantity of the catch.

The round boats are quite stable, actually. Possibly more so than the overall state of our world today.

Comments

[Ginger]

very cool photo

[aishifu]

r u in india? Luv to go there 1 day..