The word Serendipity might bring different emotions in different people. The word traditionally means — luck that takes the form of finding treasures that are not looked for.

Unlike you lucky people who through words like these, bite into the fruits of human emotions and bask in all their virility.

I breath my time in the sterile world of reason and smite those words. Till the point they are anything but lifeless pieces of sound and silence.

So, here I go again.

The word Serendipity comes from the Persian word Sarandip. Its Arabic version would be Sarandib. The word Sarandip is found in Persian Literature, notably in Garshaspnama and Kushnama. (ca. 11 cent. CE)

The name came about at a time when Sri Lanka was known as —

Sinhala Dwipa.

It is a Sanskrit word which means — The island of the lions.

The Persian word for Lion is Sheran, and the word for island in Persian is Dip.

A little corruption in pronunciation and|SinhalaDwipa → Sarandip |

was famous all across the Persian Empire and the Mediterranean.

The unexpected luxury that the Bactrians found in the land caused the word Serendipity to mean what it means today.

For Indians of that time, Sri Lanka was known by the name of TamraParni.

TamraParni itself was a Sanskrit modification of Tamil word for the river, Tān Poruṇai . (the cool river, Poruṇai)

It was recognized as Taprobane by Eratosthenes, the Greek dude who explored vast swaths of sea to find land wherever he could and also gave us a sieve of primes.

Serendipity as the word clearly remarks, is not just a name of a place. It encapsulates in itself the attitude of explorers, of adventurers, of scouts that make their lives an instrument for the rest of humanity.

For those who are explorers on steroids, serendipity is not an event, it is perhaps the only destiny.

This one goes to the great explorers of the world within and the world beyond.

They were awesome.

Stay awesome.