....or rather, make that the Double Helix of Life. 

I've just started reading Richard Dawkins' "The Selfish Gene", an interesting and thought-provoking read (for all that the book is over thirty years old now). While the furore currently is all about his latest offering, "The God Delusion", I decided to start off with his first book, one which has been on my to-read list for almost 5 years now.

So far (and I must admit here I've only gotten three chapters into the book - it's not a book to be lightly skimmed!) I have not been disappointed. Often controversial but always cogent, the arguments make an interesting read. Especially when enjoyed over coffee in the air-conditioned environs of Crossword (If God does exist despite Dawkins' views to the contrary, may he bless Crossword for providing comfortable air-conditioned reading spaces and good stuff to read there). I need to go finish the book sometime soon - this week looks dicey but I think I can promise myself that next week onwards I shall make regular pilgrimages to the neighbourhood Cruciverb. And maybe try the rest of Dawkins as well.

Whatever one believes about creation and evolution and the whole genetic theory, though, the universe in its sheer immensity has a way of making one feel really small sometimes....

From the day we arrive on the planet
And blinking, step into the sun
There's more to see than can ever be seen
More to do than can ever be done
There's far too much to take in here
More to find than can ever be found
But the sun rolling high
Through the sapphire sky
Keeps great and small on the endless round

It's the Circle of Life
And it moves us all
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the Circle
The Circle of Life

		- Elton John 

Just back from Delhi, and tremendously sleep-deprived, so I shall go catch about eighty or so winks!

~lakesidey