And Back Again……!

They were not of their kind but when the wisdom resigns they say that love is blind
Seeing the mermaid the self was left behind
New were their purpose new were the passion as new were their find
In the silence of the green the Infinity was now confined

Like an instance passed the days he was living the dreams not chased
To the passion he surrendered but the reasons were not all erased
Dreams were waiting in his boat which was anchored to the coast
Belongingness Beckons and summons the histories adore
Infinity is too vast to explore but dreams could be realized back on the shore

No one returns back from the infinity she knew
With infinity in her eye she bid him adieu
She gave him a small case which was not to open in any conditions he face
He departed her with a final embrace
Voyage of returns are never too late
The ride was fathomed but towards the unknown fate

In the story narrated maverick comes back to the shore where everything had changed neither he could recognize the place nor the people in that place were recognizing him. He could not search for his parents his relatives his friends…………..he found himself to be in a totally different place. Then he inquired about his name people said 300years ago there was a boy of this name he went for fishing in the forbidden area and never returned.

He sits near the shore and thinks of opening the box. (He had been doing all the forbidden things only after all) As soon as he opens the box he vanishes in to the thin air of infinity.

When I think of this story, I always wonder what was there in that small box that the mermaid gave to maverick. Probably the time line!

If the time line fails evolution would have been a fairytale!

Till infinity and back again

It was English class for class IV ‘B’ but the teacher was absent, Renu Jain mam took our arrangement class and she told us a story. Story of a fisherman who explores the forbidden areas of the sea. But when he returns back he discovers that he has lost everything including his identity. Ten year after, I read “old man and the sea” story of an experienced fisherman who follows the largest catch of his life. There was one thing common in the two stories they get their catch but return to the shore without them. The poems are of the same story which I heard during that arrangement class. The evolutionary and developmental aspects of the story are totally subjective to my understanding of the story which I will mention after completing the second part “and back again”

Till infinity…

There was a fisherman near the silent sea.
Maverick was his name and man of dreams was he.
Like the waves near the shore
His dreams use to soar

Dreams were his self and self was his religion
Dreams were his integrity dreams were his son
They call him mad they said he is lost
He wanted his fish from the boundaries uncrossed
He didn’t wait for the tide
In his dinky boat he took the unfathomed ride

In the infinity of blue he sailed
In his every attempt he failed
Silence of infinity, betrayal of salinity dreams were losing self’s affinity
He saw some green in the horizon
Infinity above and infinity below and the speck of green was a divine trinity
Amid of the serene he reached the green

Alone he started and alone were the dream accomplish
Many here and more there the green was full of fish

Even the triumph is transitory and the delight was about to fade
The dreams were realized but infinity still had something to persuade

On cell and Society metaphor

I don’t have my own definition of society but the society which is generally defined may be considered as collection of associated individuals and the type of associations between them is generally the considered identity of the society. In general we have identity based on our associations. (I am an Indian coz I am associated with India, I am student as I am associated with academics) I don’t want to argue with this condition rather I would appreciate it and would like to say that “our Association does matters”.

And the other type of identity which I observe in case of cell is the identity based on function. I often here from my professor “Okay, all this is fine but what is the function?” while answering his question and studying neuroantomy in detail I realized that Cell, which exemplifies uniformity and regulation, defined by clear and permissible boundaries; considered as the basic unit of life can symbolize the higher organizations of life, the human society. It makes us realize that not just association but your purpose (function) also matters in giving you an identity.

Here I wish to shows the cell as a metaphor of society.

Why metaphor?

Coz I am assuming that this can help us perceive both cellular and societal functions better rather than one explaining the other.

History of the society the genome metaphor

Structural diversity possessed by a cellular structure is limited by the information content of the genome, thus; the genome is the unifying factor behind the functional heterogeneity in the cellular structures. In case of society out of the various factors unifying the societies the history remains an important consideration. By History here, I means that the present state of the society has arrived with some flexible time dependent change in its past state. The present state is not an independent occurrence. (The irrefutable fact, the lesson learned from evolution!) So, the history also gives an identity!

Yet another fact! Nothing is created new out of the blues! Only the change in history or the association or the function makes it new!

Traditions of the society the replication (process) metaphor

The cells during it replication spends lot of energy in the process of maintaining the replication fidelity. Unlike the viruses which does not have any fidelity towards its replication the cells have evolved various mechanisms to avoid any change in the genomic information during the process. This process of faithfully transferring the information to the next generation cell raises the question

Why does the cell invest so much to avoid any variations (change)?

Is it not paradoxical? Variations are the essence of life and the life itself is avoiding variation.

Is it to maintain its type? Or is it to maintain its commitment towards its function in the still higher level of organization?

Or probably the cell knows that Novelty not in accord with its associates is malignant.

In society the tradition is the process of faithfully passing on the values and the bylaws of the society to the next generation. The other important reason to follow tradition in societal living is to avoid chaos in the society and for the ease of the acquiring the knowledge. For instance, any laboratory works with a defined protocols and set of defined “good lab practices”, following these helps in avoiding the unnecessary confusion and disorder (I remember my professor telling me “maintain the tradition of the lab”). Traditions are defined orders which bring out order in the society; this point further strengthens the view that “Order comes out from order”.

Societal Bylaws the membrane metaphor

The cell came in to existence with the demarcation of its boundaries-the membrane. With the formation of membrane the cellular components evolved functional heterogeneity. The membrane regulates the convey of external environment to the cell. It protects the cell from the “unfamiliar” things.

Within the cell it segregates the various process components and thus defining their niche and heterogeneity, as well. The flexibility, selectivity and permeability of the membrane define the cells shape, growth, movements and various developmental aspects. Analogous to the membrane in the cell, society has ethological membranes made by its bylaws and regulations which defines it’s inter and intra level relations. Whereas the history, association and function as defined above gives an identity to the society the societal bylaws should give protection and a platform for development.

Here one thing which strikes my mind (after studying ecological system before and cellular system now) is that evolution is blind and random may be coz it works in an ajar or open system. But development is directed towards a goal may be cause it is within the limits of the membrane.

Whatever the case the selection should not be blind!