Fiction Paras is a bundle of paradoxes. “East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,” he believes firmly, choosing to ignore the fact that it was said by somebody from the West. Paras believes that the East and the West have their own diametrically opposed civilisations, though he has no qualms about wearing Western dress all the time, the necktie included. The East is mystical and mythical while the West is rational and scientific, Paras argues. And the mysticism and mythology of the East are superior to the science and technology of the West. But Paras would not live without his beloved laptop and the latest version of the mobile phone. Centuries before the Westerner formulated the mathematical identity, infinity minus infinity equals infinity , Indian mysticism had formulated it, argues Paras. “Look at Brihadaranyka Upanishad, for example. It says, ‘ Poornamata, poornamitam ...’ That is, infinity here, infinity there; take away infinity fro
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