INTERPRETATION

Interpretation, as far as human beings are concerned, means how one understands or decodes what others said, expressed or wrote, in a context or situation, based on one’s background, psychology, knowledge, experience or condition. There are many people and creatures around us. A number of incidents occur about us regularly. We face different situations. Each of us does not understand it alike. Our emotions, passions and attachments in relation to other creatures, phenomena and events in this world, change, depending on how we understand them. I present some hypotheses and how different people, observers or critics understand or decode them from their perspectives. This is an attempt to understand how our perception and interpretation change the way we live and how we make an impact on the society.

1. A girl told a boy, “I love you”. He does not know her. 

a. She liked his physical appearance instantly.

b. She saw him doing something good somewhere but expressed that feeling of praise now.

c. She mistook him to be somebody else she knows.

d. She has a broad mind. She tells many just like that to let them know that she loves humans.

e. She wanted to know how a boy responds or reacts if she tells so.

f. She is suffering from a psychological disorder.

g. She is a criminal. She kidnaps him later and gets him killed as part of a business deal.

h. She wants to marry and live with him. She wanted to initiate a relationship in this order.

2. There is a dead body, floating in a pond. Many gathered there and started commenting.

a. He committed suicide due to some pressing and inevitable problems in his life or career.

b. Somebody/some killed him somewhere for retaliation and threw his dead body here secretly.

c. He would have entered the pond to drink water or take a bath. He drowned in a pit and died.

d. A poisonous creature in this pond might have bitten him when he went there with a purpose.

e. It is a matter of black magic. Some killed him to acquire more negative powers.

f. He was suffering from an uncontrollable chronic pain. He jumped into this pond to get rid of it.

g. He felt guilty of something he did knowingly. So, he died to atone for that sin.

h. A priest told him that he would go to heaven if he would die voluntarily during that auspicious time.

3. He became a billionaire within a span of 40 years.

a. He inherited millions of dollars from his father and developed his businesses.

b. He earned a lot of money illegally and immorally in the disguise of his multiple businesses.

c. He has secret relationship with a network of criminals. He got much money from them.

d. He committed many murders and crimes to remove all his competitors in the business.

e. He invested his intelligence, creativity and dynamism to grow his business single-handedly.

f. Many of his friends and well-wishers contributed tremendously for his growth over the years.

g. He invented and introduced such products and services which have huge demand everywhere.

h. He bribed all government and private agents to develop his business rapidly.

4. That political party was started a century ago. It is still functioning effectively.

a. Those that started this political party were great idealists, visionaries and patriots.

b. They have such standards and values which attract great persons and retain them.

c. They act a lot internally and externally. Opportunists and businessmen continue in it always.

d. They change their standards and values as per trends. Such blokes only join and be with them.

e. It is being run and headed by a family. Those that love that family join it out of admiration.

f. Other political parties failed to come up with better ideologies and action plans.

g. Voters in that nation are uneducated and foolish. They love that party for no reason.

h. They collect huge money illegally and immorally to run their party attractively always.

5. Maha Moha is a great religious cult. It has a huge network of abodes and followers.

a. Saint Sodha, who started it, infused such spiritual and religious power into this cult.

b. That founder is innocent and unscrupulous but others started treating him as a great saint.

c. Those that follow it blindly don’t have rational thinking. They take it all for granted.

d. Excessive funds flew into it in course of time from devotees. They expanded it rapidly.

e. Many like their standards and values. Millions of people joined it rapidly to benefit from it.

f. They tell sweet words about life and death. Devotees deeply enjoy their words and acts.

g. VIPs and celebrities follow that cult. Ordinary people also join it for this reason.

h. They know how to attract and retain many devotees. They tell many lies and do gimmicks.

6. Many treat that wife and husband highly ideal. They look ‘ideal couple’ to all.

a. They compromise and sacrifice many things to be calm and peaceful always.

b. They are helpless. They cannot live without each other. So, they remain together.

c. They have cold war between them but they never expose it to others.

d. They are unbelievable hypocrites. They act smart roles while before others.

e. Both of them have ideal family backgrounds. Their noble attitudes keep them happy.

f. They are living together for the sake of their children. Both of them are mentally sick.

g. They follow their religious values deeply. They are following those norms as a couple.

h. They strongly believe that unity is strength. They are struggling to keep their bond strong.

7. He worked in that company for 25 years. He became its MD one day.

a. He remained with that company for long because he had no other better choice.

b. He joined it as an ordinary man but later improved his knowledge and skills tremendously.

c. It was just luck that all his subordinates respected and helped him ideally always.

d. He suppressed or killed many, secretly, over the years, to reach that position. He is a monarch.

e. He reached that status just out of his hard-working nature, standards, values and vision.

f. Whatever he did became a wonder those days. God facilitated his growth throughout.

g. He bribed many and manipulated every opportunity in his favor to become its MD.

h. He sacrificed and compromised a lot in his life to become so one day in that company.

8. Millions of employees dream to work in that company once.

a. The great standards and values of that company attract many to work there.

b. They pay more salary, perks and facilities than any other company in the world.

c. Employees can work comfortably and happily there. There are no chasing deadlines.

d. That employer has billions of dollars. He pays all ideally, not minding profit or loss.

e. There is a huge scope to work creatively and do wonders. Many like that freedom.

f. They promote their brand name extraordinarily. Working there is a matter of prestige.

g. They invent and sell highly unique products. They make huge profits every year.

h. Highly influential persons own that company. They earn a lot illegally and immorally.

9. Philanthropist Jobi Tadlo was murdered publicly. Nobody knows who killed such idealist!

a. He became so famous in that country that many were envious of his growth in that fashion.

b. He left his family, society and culture to help and guide others. He turned vulnerable this way.

c. His social service and awareness campaigns affected the profits of many companies that time.

d. He had an illicit relationship with a lady. Her relatives or well-wishers killed him brutally.

e. He decided to donate his property to an orphanage. His relatives did not like that idea.

f. They killed him wrongly instead of somebody else. They regretted it later. Nobody knew it.

g. A religious fanatic did it. He did not like that fame, which he achieved through that religion.

h. He has many unknown enemies in that country. One of them killed him out of rage.

10. They say that unique animal Mosiju lived and died in Japan only millions of years ago.

a. Senior scientist Jangu Poma researched on this matter for years. His word is final.

b. It is just a work of fiction. It is an imaginary creature. Many believed it blindly for years.

c. Mosiju was mentioned in the holy book ‘Gorolo’ by saint Thosa. It might be true.

d. Anthropologist Samtek Danosy condemned the existence of such creature in many papers.

e. Historian Curios Jaglin met many tribes in China and Japan before reaching this conclusion.

f. Archealogist Molare Asuha wrote in his famous book ‘Mojo’ that Mosiju did exist once.

g. Saint Podu Tengsu stated that Mosiju was a lab creation of noted scientist Injamin Bohas.

h. Natives have anecdotes about it. They say that they saw it. They worship its pictures daily.

11. King Asahaya Sura banned marriages in his kingdom for 100 years.

a. Historians condemn the very idea that such a king ruled a kingdom in human history.

b. He believed that marriages lead to children, family bonds and lack of patriotism ultimately.

c. Nobody devoted to his/her spouse only those days. He thought, then, ‘why marriage at all’.

d. He could not tolerate many being happy with their spouses and children, not minding him.

e. Many believe that marriage led to a variety of social evils and taboos. So, he banned it.

f. Sura had 16 sisters. Nobody came forward to marry them. He banned all marriages out of fury.

g. Sura believed that celibacy is an instruction of religion. Everybody must follow it strictly.

h. His royal priest said that his kingdom would ruin soon if marriages take place there.

12. Loma Neni bought ‘Falling Sky’, an abstract painting, for one billion dollars.

a. He believed that life has no meaning at all. Then, what’s wrong in doing such things.

b. He could perceive and decode such essence in it which others failed to trace and appreciate.

c. He wanted to become famous as one that bought an ordinary painting at an extraordinary rate.

d. He wanted to present that gift to his great friend, who knows nothing about paintings.

e. Art consultant Gibbo Jaba advised him that he should buy that art piece at any cost.

f. He did not know how to spend his huge money. So, he thought, he could do this, for no reason.

g. Many believe that it was the last painting by the classic artist Jangmuni, who turned a recluse.

h. Critics commented that he did not pay that much money for that painting at all. No evidence.

13. Anybody that lives in that house is becoming bankrupt or disappearing mysteriously.

a. It is just coincidence. No house has such mystic power to influence the destiny of a resident.

b. Somebody wanted to buy that house. He intentionally created and spread such rumors.

c. There are many undesirable and ominous ruins under that house. They have negative power.

d. There is a devil in that house. It is retaliating against anybody that lives there. They believe so.

e. One with the power of black magic is living somewhere there. He is influencing them.

f. Centuries ago a great saint was humiliated in this place. He cursed that site ruthlessly.

g. Many workers died during its construction due to natural calamities and cruelty of owner.

h. Something wrong is there in that house. Saints and scientists must investigate it for long.

14. Many valuable assets were taken away from that place after the death of that demigod.

a. Many opportunists and hypocrites were there. They stole them all soon after his death.

b. He was not actually a saint. He was a magician. Such people only stole his assets casually.

c. Politicians and other interest groups poisoned him to death to take away his assets.

d. He was just a victim under the control of many villains. This theft was just one example.

e. The government was ineffective and corrupt. So, fraudsters manipulated this situation.

f. It was just a rumor. Nobody ever saw what were there in the possession of that demigod.

g. He never made proper arrangements for management of those assets. They stole them easily.

h. He buried many assets somewhere therein. He died without informing anybody about them.

15. Opema Nabaga became a super power, as a nation, within five centuries.

a. They grabbed that beautiful land from innocent and helpless tribes, who lived there.

b. They deployed millions of bonded laborers to beautify their houses and country.

c. They planned meticulously, struggled hard and achieved sustainable development slowly.

d. Many opportunities came their way. They faced challenges bravely. Built a land of wonders. 

e. They committed many crimes and sins in their passion for rapid growth and prosperity.

f. They knew how to manage people. They used intelligence of the wise and toil of the innocent.

g. They create enmity among many nations. They grow manipulating the situations there always.

h. They achieved ultimate development based on the values of freedom, equality and fraternity.

16. Dimura Jaho proposed to many beauties. He was very rich and ideal. Nobody married him.

a. He did not study much about the psychology of beauties in his region during those times.

b. He did not know when, where and how to propose to a girl or woman in his knowledge.

c. He was so soft, ideal and silent that they found him as a passive and worthless guy altogether.

d. He could not approach them with a sense of self-esteem but blind admiration towards them.

e. He did not update himself, physically and mentally, to meet the trends of those times.

f. He did not go for professional advice or training. He followed his intuition and passion blindly.

g. Others talked badly about him for some reasons. He had bad reputation beyond his knowledge.

h. Others could not feel and understand about his richness and idealism as early as he expected.

Interpretation plays a key role in our lives and professions on how we understand and behave with others. People develop different opinions and impressions about other persons, phenomena, incidents, situations and contexts based on their age, knowledge and analytical abilities. Our value, mostly, depends on how others understand us in a context or situation, despite our best efforts to present what we are really. A thief or criminal may live happily in a society if nobody interpreted about his characteristics negatively. A saint might be prosecuted and imprisoned if many talk about him negatively across places. Our fate is in the interpretations of others. We cannot control how others interpret our character or situation at a given point of time. We are all, directly or indirectly, victims or beneficiaries of interpretations of others, in all ages. Interpretation is a regular process. We do it orally and in written form in various contexts.