The exchange of mails continues on its merry course. Mr. Tookay responded after the last mail in my post Agony Uncle II:
Dear Sir,
Thanks once again for taking time off to reply to my weird questions/doubts.
I was really sorry to learn that your late wife was afflicted by cerebral and cardiac infarcts. Good that you took up the challenge of being her primary caretaker for eight years before she died. May her soul rest in peace.
Guess, it’s true that learning to cook properly is akin to riding a bicycle. I can cook a few dishes but I am no match to the ladies! But how nice if we men would be allowed to have 2 wives so that both would compete to give us 100% to us in all areas and we could live a happy life – and when one goes to MIL, the other is there to cook for us! But alas, the Hindu Law and all that crap! Good to know that you are blessed with a wonderful son and daughter in law along with two very loyal help.
I have only one last question, hopefully: whenever I tell my wife that we have been blessed with a selfish son and that we are not millionaires/billionaires, then she tells me that I might have committed lots of sins in my previous life and therefore I am suffering a lot in present life and I mostly do not get what I wish and pray for – its very rare that God is awake to listen to me! I tell my wife, how does she know that I have committed sins – did any saint/saadu tell her so? Logic stronger than reason tells me that there is no way to know whether we were even born earlier and that we may be born again [ to again reap the fruits of our good deeds /suffer due to bad deeds of present life ] This is all hum bug – there is nothing called Karma. What we see and experience in our present lives is the only TRUTH.
By the way, how do you keep fit ? Do you go for long morning/evening walks?
Your thoughts and viewpoints on above will be much appreciated.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Thanks & Regards,
Tookay
I responded:
Nothing stops Indian men from having a second wife or a mistress, provided they can get away with such an arrangement. Similarly, nothing stops an Indian woman from having a lover on the side though I have not come across any who has got a secret second husband hidden away somewhere. I know or know of some men and women who are in such situations though, quite why they do so is beyond me. I would have thought that one experience would be enough.
Yes, I am indeed very blessed and I am truly grateful for that.
In Physics, there is Newton’s Third Law: “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. The statement means that in every interaction, there is a pair of forces acting on the two interacting objects. The size of the forces on the first object equals the size of the force on the second object.” This is not mumbo jumbo, but science. Our ancients could not use such sophisticated language and came up with their own law called the theory of karma. There is a remarkably simple book by that same name written by Hirabhai Thakker which explains this very nicely. If you let me have your address, I will see to it that you receive a copy with my compliments. Having said that however, I must confess that I do not believe in the idea of sin. If I were to talk about it, it would take another hour of your time, and so I think that we should leave it for a hopeful face to face meeting sometime.
I practice yogabhyas every morning that lasts for upto an hour. I also go for walks which should really be called ambles in the evenings whenever the weather permits. Other than that, I eat sensibly and keep a cheerful disposition which I am told, helps in being fit.
I hope that you will find my answers to your satisfaction. I also hope that you would have by now read my blog post. Some very interesting comments have been offered by my readers which may amuse you. I intend posting further correspondence too.
With kind regards,
Rummuser
There has been no response to that so far and perhaps the exchange has come to a halt. If there is any further mail from Mr. Tookay, I shall keep my readers informed.
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