Mini Me Story
Q2- Why does size matter?
Size matters because without size the description of any object would become meaningless. Rather, if we were to describe anything just in casual terms without accurate understanding of its dimension then it would be not of any use to any one. For example, if we ask the shopkeeper to bring a carpet for our drawing room, then without giving him the accurate size, the shop keeper would be left amused and would bring the carpet according to his understanding which in all probability will not fit in my drawing room of dimension 14’ x 10’. Therefore, for all objects, howsoever big or small, description with size always matters.
In order to recover from a typical illness, the doctors who treated me tried every possible permutation & combination. But in vain. One fine day, a team of doctors thought of experimenting with my ailment and decided to use a combination of certain medicines. Over the next few days I noticed I was shedding weight quickly. Not only that, when I began to loose my height and developed a strange change in my features, every body around became worried. Over the next few days I reduced myself to 1/10th of my actual size and became unrecognisable due to complete change in features as well. All around me things suddenly started looking very big so much so that taking out personal things from wardrobe /cupboards became very difficult for me. Even the steps for movement inside in my not –so- big home appeared a very big task for me. While on the terrace, a sudden gush of strong wind would terrify me about the chances of being thrown away by the strong wind. Relative to my size and weight, all things around me looked very huge and bulky. The room chair which is about 3’ x 2’ x 2’ suddenly appeared to look very big and unsuitable for me. Even a bottle of water of 1 litter was too uncomfortable for me, given my reduced height of about 0.56 feet and weight of just about 6 kgs. Likewise, all other objects around me looked disproportionate to my height and weight.Movement outside my home was just not possible, in order to save me from the strange looks and volley of questions of one and all. Life in fact became hell for me for not being able to move out of solitary confinement.
After about a month or so, however, a team of experts from all around the world was constituted who bravely faced the challenge and came up with an injectable dose of medicine. To the surprise of every one I responded very well to the treatment and recovered to my original shape and size. Remembering the trauma now, I wonder how prone we are to strange happenings and will we ever be able to get answers to all the seemingly miraculous developments around us ??
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
Q1- How small is small?
It is a relative term. We have to associate it with a certain thing and upon comparison we may say how small is small. For example, if we were to say how small is a chair, then we need to compare chair with other objects around , say table, other chairs etc. This way one could define how small is the chair vis-a-vis other objects. For example, a chair of 2’ x 2’ x 2’ is smaller than a table of 6’ x 3’ x 4’. By relating one object with the other, we visualise and get a fair idea about the dimensions of the object we are talking about. In fact, strictly speaking, we should never use the words like small/big to define any thing. Rather, we should associate any such object with dimension/measurement, be it approximate, to bring out true description of the object.
Q2- Why does size matter?
Size matters because without size the description of any object would become meaningless. Rather, if we were to describe anything just in casual terms without accurate understanding of its dimension then it would be not of any use to any one. For example, if we ask the shopkeeper to bring a carpet for our drawing room, then without giving him the accurate size, the shop keeper would be left amused and would bring the carpet according to his understanding which in all probability will not fit in my drawing room of dimension 14’ x 10’. Therefore, for all objects, howsoever big or small, description with size always matters.
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