obtuse angle

A sage gets a curse that he will be born as a pig in his next birth. And the next birth to that will be as a man. In order not to live the pig's life for long, he tells his son to kill the pig (in the sage's next birth) immediately after he locates the pig. He also gives the 'id' of the pig (like its color of skin and other features; as he is a sage, he knows all that!). In his next birth he is born as a pig as envisaged. The son is able to identify his father in the pigsty. He prepares to kill his father, as advised (pig). But the pig stops the son and says that he wants to live the full pig's life and he does not want to die soon. Even if it is a pig, it wants to live as long as possible and not die sooner..... The same holds good for humans too. No one wants to die even at the very old age. Unless the government enacts a law, whereby all citizens above a certain age (let us say, 80 years, since I am 70 years now...!) will be killed, nobody will be ready to die...

Recently I got a message on 'whatsapp'. It reads as follows : 'One can go to Sabarimala along with his neighbor's wife and both are legal...!!! And the third one: no need to show Aadhar as ID proof too..! And the fourth one : wife can be male which is also legal as per 377..!! In the space of a few weeks the above 4 verdicts were delivered by the Supreme Court, India. I am an ordinary citizen of India, who does not understand the laws or their interpretations. Why then one judge (out of 5 in the bench) rules the other way in Sabarimala verdict? She then clearly states that the court should not poke its nose in religious matters (not affecting the people). It should actually protect the religious sentiments of the majority people following the religion. In the case of 'Sati' (where the wife was forced to fall and die in the funeral pyre of her husband), it was justifiable to amend the law (prohibiting such practice). And adultery is no more a crime punishabl...