Ironies

H. W. Fowler, in Modern English Usage, had this to say of irony:
Irony is a form of utterance that postulates a double audience, consisting of one party that hearing shall hear and shall not understand, and another party that, when more is meant than meets the ear, is aware, both of that “more” and of the outsider’s incomprehension.

Too complicated to be a definition. But it says it all.

In the song titled "Ironic" singer Alanis Morissette talks about irony of life.

A traffic jam when you're already late
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It's meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn't it ironic... don't you think?

Adam and Eve's story is a big irony, so is the question of chicken and egg. Everytime it boils down to the perspective. Nothing is absolute. Seeing is believing. You can assume whatever you like.
Whatever you do, how much ever effort you put in, you can not please everyone. You can not be the good boy in everyones' eyes.
Its like the the ultimate truth of coding that "No code can be bug-free". One loophole can cover all the good things, while one hack can cover some big ossues. Everything is ironical.
Irony gives the different aspect to every action of yours. Do what you want and let other understand it in their way.

Should we always bother about the irony of life or just concentrate on the karma. This question is the biggest of the ironies. Geeta says "Karmanye vadhikarste, ma phaleshu kadachana" Clearly, do your karma and leave rest all to the God.

It is our irony that we are trusting someone whom we have never seen.
It is his irony that he has to take care of the whole world.

What about those who do not believe in God. Its their ultimate irony in life.