And the third passion would be about seeing India become a compassionate and yet massively strong democratic and economic force in the world. I cannot do it alone of course. I can only make that very, very small mark.
So I keep going back and forth with this contradiction in my mind: I look at the stars, I think of the galaxies and distant solar systems and ponder about my nothingness. I wonder why I do all this. Globalisation, liberalisation and so on --- they all feel so insignificant and irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. Yet leaving that minute mark is the very reason and justification to be alive.

So if there was one question you could ask God, what would it be?
Why? Who are we? How do we fit into this cosmic process? I don’t know --- explain! Why are we born and die without our own will? Why this whole process? What is the meaning of this process? Right now it is karma yoga to me. But am I fooling and deluding myself? Is all this Maya?

If you were to be reincarnated, what would you choose?
I do not think there is any reincarnation. But was there such a thing, I do not see any inadequacy in my life so it could be the same. What I strive and quest for seems to be alright. Maybe in quantum it could be more --- more diverse, less focused. I don’t get leisure to pursue my deeper interests in literature, theatre, films, and I know that at some point, I will be in search of a balance.

... contd.