bore it but abhor it
August 31, 2009
Someone told us about brain drain and everyone suddenly started talking about it. Essays were written and debates were held. No one bothered about the probity of the matter.
Someone told us about migration and complications it has caused in metros. About the jobs that are being taken away. We docilely accepted it. Those who disagreed hardly gave any tangible arguments. Where are the stats?
Someone told us about global warming and we again started showing our herd behavior. We admonished our mothers and grand mothers about their not so eco friendly habits. Parades are held even in small towns and cities. Everyone is alarming everyone else. Everyone hurried to dig for solutions. IITs are no good in this. Very few went to research out the integrity of the whole problem.
There are zillion examples which tell us how well we preserve our minds and save them from getting worn out. Above stated problems, as they call them, are just examples and I will give my perspective on it in subsequent posts.
Which animal are you?
I doubt if any facebook application can tell you this. To answer it truly will be an arduous task. We are all social animals and have instincts of many not so social animals. One particular instinct which we all abhor, but bore, in our pre conscious minds are the attributes of sheep. Yes, the sheep! We all are very much comfortable in the skin of a sheep and walking in flocks. Disguised in crowds, we follow whatever is said 100 times or more.
All credits to the religious leaders in all religions. All religions are equal in at least one tenet they share. “Don’t question our mythology and detest others”. Every religion demands this very belief. They may profess different things, but this is a firm postulate in their foundation.
Second cause of this herd mentality is the lack of education and liberty given to our mothers. Education makes you come across many new ideas and you become receptive to them. Also it gives you some technological exposure and research orientation. Only people who are free socially can think freely. The society has not given either to most of our mothers. They have the greatest impact on us. Depriving them of it paralyzes the whole family and society in turn.
August 31, 2009 at 21:48
badhiya likhta hai yaar…pichla wala bhi achcha tha..
This time also you have got it right…
Education to all masses should be the top priority of the government. Many further problems will easily be solved by this step only. For eg. Population, corruption, religious superstitions etc etc etc.
Good one…
August 31, 2009 at 21:54
thnks..
religious superstition is what we always knew. Here, i tried to put some light on intellectual superstition – how we all accept anything which is said repetitively or in a louder voice.
August 31, 2009 at 22:53
“All religions are equal in at least one tenet they share. “Don’t question our mythology and detest others”.
This is only true for semitic religions…who were wedded with politics since their birth.
No Hindu text …..read it again ….No Hindu text anywhere …..read that one again …….anywhere….propagates such a view.
The more the questions the better it is ….perhaps one reason why there are 6 Vedic and 3 non-Vedic philosophical schools in India.
This is also true for other oriental religions.
August 31, 2009 at 23:11
may b tht abhorrence was not there in vedic times (hv not read much abt it) but its there now a days. and that is how a religion should be judged, not by the texts, but by their leaders and followers (which always go fanatic).
August 31, 2009 at 23:21
Nicely written argument..congrats pri…!!!..however i feel you have narrowed down ur view to a very limited perspective,..tho it mite be intentional….but i feel..the tendency of people to do n act in a way which others do or act as well……only because they want to fit into the crowd…..they want to be like others…its a shotcut method..that everybdy opts to follow…..coz this saves them the time,energy,mind,heart to look into themselves…..this thing if seen with a closer insight can be seen as a slow process of loosing one’s individuality,ones uniqueness..n ones personal sense of choice……tho maybe being a part of the herd..may also constitute a personal liking or a choice for some..however the fact remains..its more about being cool..n to have a ‘false’ stature in society..which in the end serves no meaning….n many years later…one may find himself….regretting doing the thing in the past..or cribbing over the fact that he still needs to explore himself..still needs to know who is he…….sadly at the later stage of ones life..when one i taking his life to another life..taking one’s being to another level…..
Talking about religgious leaders detesting other religions and not questiong one’s own..and asking people to do the same…..all depends upon..ones education as u sed..and also..the level of amturity,broadmindedness, tolerance level, and belief in the spirit of harmony and peace…all these traits one can acquire even without gaining a formal or an informal knowledge or education.
and talking about mothers not being given good education gain doesnt account to the fact that we are running in a rat race….again depneds from person to person…tho education undoubtedly plays an imp role shaping ones opinion and thought……still…an educated mother can tell her child not to follow wat others say or do…but tell her child to do wat his/her heart says…simplest of logic of all…….n education has nothing to do wid it…..but ya…many mothers do….infact its wrong to to just state mothers into this category..even fathers……u may say….can force, knowingly or unknowingly think of their child fulfilling dere dreams..which they cudnt fulfill for themselves..maybe dats why it has an imapct on tehir children…….its der way of filling up to the empty spaces in der hearts……but they too re the shapers of our being..they mite be right in asking us to do good..think goo and say good..which everybdy does..wich is again walking amongst the crowd…..so it ahs a positive aspect as well…
and i think its enuf for tday…or else…..im dead!!!!
August 31, 2009 at 23:51
A well begun discussion which -I feel- is left incomplete.. anyway, a good read!
September 1, 2009 at 12:02
oh! @maina – i thot tat u were writing a whole article!
.. but ya hv to say..its a nice topic to debate on… n all arguments r thot provoking…
@ priyank- kya baat u write quite well n blogging?? arbit se itni inspiration?? all well na?
i guess i m gettin inspired too!
September 1, 2009 at 12:06
true.. her reply is 406 words and my post was 392.