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EVOLVING IDEAS AROUND
‘DESTINY’
Varun Sathees
through pop culture references, societal transitions
and behavioral & attitude changes
DESTINY
noun
1 The events that will NECESSARILY happen to a particular person or
thing in the future.
‘she was unable to control her own destiny’
1.1 The HIDDEN POWER believed to control future events;
fate.
‘he believed in destiny’
The Right Course of Action
Call of Duty
Preordained beyond control
DHARMA
(Eternal Law)
Action & Reaction
Accumulative & Impartial
Sense of Control
KARMA
(Free Will)
KARMA 2.0
(Myriad Free Wills)
CONTINUUM of DESTINY
ANEKARMA
ANEK (Many) + KARMA
Myriad Free Wills
Legion | Sequent | Exponential
KARMA 2.0
CONTEMPORARY
IDOLS & ROLE MODELS
When he goes out to bat, people switch on their television sets
and switch off their lives.”
"I would go to war with him by my side."
"To become a good player, you need talent.
To become a great player, you need an attitude like his."
REPLICABILITY for
NEW-AGE VOCABULARY
OF EXPERIENCE
“The ones who chart their own territories have
the chance to do something disruptive.”
“What I've been surprised by is not how different people are,
but how similar they are.”
“It was one of those beautiful epiphanies…
I mean what can I say, he ‘swiped right’ into my heart!”
“A man travels the world over in search of what he needs,
and returns home to find it.”
EMBRACING
MANY A HAIR
OUT OF PLACE
“What is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it."
“Androgyny is not managing the relationship between opposites;
it is simply about flowing between them.”
“It’s the promise of innovation and community
that makes coworking most appealing.”
MANIFESTATION
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
IN THE TIME OF
CONSERVATISM
“Ours is a battle not for wealth; nor for power,
it’s a battle for freedom and reclamation of human personality.”
“The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops,
but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.”
"Autonomy of an individual is important.
He or she can not surrender it to anyone."
“We all deserve to have our stories told.
And we have much to gain by walking in other people’s shoes.”
CALL &
RISE & RISE
OF THE ANTI-HERO
“A child cannot decide to whom he is born.
I question the ‘varna’ system as expounded by the sages.”
“There is nothing called negative character.
The negativity and positivity exists in all of us.”
“I’m not whatever it is you think I am.”
“Introduce a little anarchy, upset the established order,
and everything becomes chaos.”
“Life is an endless series of train-wrecks
with only brief, commercial-like breaks of happiness.”
“We’re the villains you root for in the story.”
INFINITE SHADES of
ANEKARM
A
Replicability,
for
Relatability
Embracing
Uncertainty
Manifestation
Medley
Call
& Raise
Infinite
Shades
of Grey
Exploring the evolving ideas around 'DESTINY' in today’s times, through pop culture references, societal transitions and behavioral & attitude changes
Exploring the evolving ideas around 'DESTINY' in today’s times, through pop culture references, societal transitions and behavioral & attitude changes

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