What
do - Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Aristotle, Julius Caesar and Charles
Darwin, Paul McCartney, Ratan Tata, five of the seven most recent US
presidents, four of the five designers of the Apple Mac and most importantly,
Rajnikant, have in common? Well, besides being brilliant, successful and lucky
(as per New Jersey based right-handed, Viki Shah) they all have one common
trait…they are all left handed!!
Left-handed
or lefty as we call them in Asian societies, tend to be more privileged than
righty, besides having a bigger right side of the brain which helps them when
it comes to spatial awareness and mental representations of objects (don’t ask
what it means – copy pasted from indy100.com, dated Jun 19 2017) they also have
their own day to celebrates (Lefty day – Aug 13th). Lefty
politicians tend to get more votes, they are always fortunate with the umpiring
decisions in gully (street) cricket and with ‘activities’ that require left
hand. They are the lucky few who can use a mouse and write in a notebook at the
same time.
Besides
being blessed and shrewd and successful and lucky (did I already mention it!!),
they are also attention hoggers. For every time someone passes by a lefty, ‘Oh,
you’re a lefty!’ is in order!!
I
have always felt that God has been biased against the right handed mortals. And
it’s not only me who thinks lefties are fortunate. The Incas believed lefties have
special spiritual powers. In Buddhism, the Left Hand Path is associated with a
quest for spiritual freedom.
So,
all you lucky lefties out there – stop complaining about awkward handshakes,
the scissors or the flush being on the ‘wrong’ side of the toilet. Left-handed are
in minority but they did, and will always have the upper hand.
