Lucky Lefties

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 13^th). 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.