Communication is basic, scientific, important. Everything communicates, Bees, Animals, Plants, Birds, Dolphins, Fishes etc.
Even cells in the body communicates through various means with each other and that is what keeps the system going. Any slip in communication can be a problem even disastrous.
Communication is essential to functioning properly. Lack or glitch in communication leads to confusion, malfunctions, failures. Just think of an example in your mind from any field and visualize how a small glitch in communication a little mis- communication can alter the outcome. That example can be from work, sports, law enforcement, politics, travel, and so on. I can give many examples from any fields you think of.
"Once a car was stopped at a check point. And the cops called the headquarter to ask what to do. The folks at HQ said Stop Not let them Go. And the check point guys released the car. Later they learnt that HQ meant STOP, NOT LET THEM GO, not let them go. But the check point guy thought HQ have said, STOP NOT, LET THEM GO. and with that small confusion about the comma the criminals were not captured." I know this is just a joke but states one thing very clearly, communication always needs to be clear, precise and with no ambiguity.
Conversations on the other hand is a totally different domain. Conversations can be scientific or not, needed or not, precise or not, topical or not. Conversations are not rule bound, bit entropic in nature. They can be used to communicate as well. Conversations are human. Chit-chat, gossip, joking, blabbering, and so many ways people converse. Only human beings converse. They converse when there is any reason, or even when there is none. The conversations which are not needed by a reason are some of the best ones. Ability to converse and not being bound by rules or to be precise, keeps us human beings apart from rest of the creations and that is one of the most beautiful things about being a human. Many stories, relations, creations, books and so on can find their origin in a conversation, which mostly happened for no reason or goal. Conversations keep the human world interesting, worthy and sane. Think about it.
Epilogue -
Mom says some thing out of the blue, and I get confused on the reason or goal
Me.: what does it even mean
Ma: nothing, but I am just saying. And conversations are meant to be conversations not to mean. ( smile and laugh after that statement)
Usually that conversation used to be in punjabi
Me: एह की गल्ल होइ भला?
Mom: कुछ नहीँ पर गल्ल ते करन लई बनी हुंदी है (smile, may be a laugh after that and then the conversation used to go on and may have lot of side tracks evolving)
Some time those sweet innocent comments have life lessons hidden. Now I miss those conversations that were meant to be just conversations. ओह गल्ल जेड़ी सिर्फ करन लइ बनी हुंदी है.
PS: For those who have known my Mom, may remember her conversations and ओह गल्ल जेड़ी सिर्फ करन लइ बनी हुंदी है
