RIFLE RANGE BOY

Netrikann (Third Eye, Tamil; 2021) By placing thilak/pottu/kumkum on one's forehead, one is constantly reminded that they should look beyond the mirage of Maya and seek to look inwardly beyond physicality. The sensory eyes are outward-oriented, whilst the third eye sees the nature of oneself and his existence. It helps to distinguish what is right and what is wrong. As the legend goes, the sensory eyes are influenced by lust, ego, and the twirl of our past births (kama and karma). Logical precision can easily be distorted whilst perfect clarity arises only when the inner vision, called the third eye, opens up.  Some say that the third eye corresponds to the pineal gland, which histologically looks like embryonic lateral eyes. As early as the ancient Egyptian era, the pineal gland gained its unique status as the bridge between the physical and ethereal worlds. The sketch of the Eye of Horus corresponds to the anatomical placement of the pineal gland in the brain. The pineal gland is...

Heard about a Daniel Kish, a blindman who goes trekking, climbs trees and rides bicycles unaided. He had taken a radio interviewer on the trekking expedition deep into the jungle. The interviewer became worried as it was becoming late in the evening and she feared being lost in the dark. Then she remembered that her guide was blind. It does not matter to him; it was always night for him! Daniel had his eyes enucleated for retinoblastoma at a young age. Growing up with an abusive father, the mother decided that her son should be left to fend for himself. He should not be restrained or mollycoddled as the world is indeed a cruel place, no place for weaklings. As a young boy, a blind boy, he used to climb trees, fences and do all the things that his able bodied sibling used to do. Quite many a time, this wandering boy was escorted home by community policemen. He went to regular school and hated being treated as a second class student. He grew up independent after he self taught the ...