Being Practical!

“You will now have 'Practicals' this year!”

It was the teacher's clarity voice, giving the clarion call! (Chemistry teacher)...

Now, we were already 'practical' to some extent, so we knew, ... it means 'eshtra-note-book' (that is how quite a number of my class mates used to address the 'extra'... Very reasonable, since the word itself indicates, it is something 'extra' for them, so yet again 'being practical'..

We marched into the Lab... test tube breakages will be charged 10 paise... (but the lab assistant decided, anyway these kid are 'going to break it' so he announced, 'everybody cough up 10 paise per head next time you entarr here!

The spatula is never properly cleaned.. the chemicals are corrupt... results do not match theory! Early lessons in... effects of 'corruption'...! The teacharr says, 'never mind, write the practical note books, with a rough calculation, of 'what would have been the practical results'!

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“Be practical Dad!” said a kid to his grey-haired dad, in the crowded train! (There was an arguement about when the train is likely to reach the destination, day-after-tomorrow!)... I was curious to know, as to how that 'Dad' ji is going to be now 'practical' about a 'theoretical-arguement'!

“He is a very practical man”... said a spouse... and clarified, “'he never argues unnecessarily”.. So, in this case... I concluded... being practical begins and ends with the non-argumentative-characteristic of the spouse-Madam!

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And then I could see....

Merely being 'practical' may not give quality results (It is not usually the fisher folks who reach the swimming events in Olympics... theory is a must!.. And theory-based-training too!)

Mere theory did not also work (All new recruits who were 'just-marks-based' were 'practically' christened as 'You-are-being-impossible'... by the boss! (what better judgement can there be about it!)...

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The 'practicals' with spirituality is too subtle... beyond physicality... (I was going to learn this a bit late, after years of slogging, with 'practice-practicals'... !!!)...

And then, the theory of spirituality should never be neglected.... here too 'Olympics-quality' or its just-nothing... (not yet 'nothingness')!!!

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I am being very very practical now... at least here... Theory should be brief... (this blog, is by no measure, 'a practicals' !)...

Am I not...?

Practically yours,

psn (15th September, 2013)