>http://www.sumedhas.org/With all the new year wishes poring in – I renewed my respect for the sheer positive energy we have around us. We seem to be in a hurry to get over with whatever is unpleasant in life and make it as happy and cheerful as possible .Somehow the cynic in me worries about it.. as it also worries about a very important topic that I would like some more opinions on this… When I see the deluge of hate and violence in this world – it takes me by surprise. No matter how often it happens – it still shocks me. Like all of us – I try to see what happens in the micro-world that I inhibit – are there some seeds of the same phenomenan that creates such madness? I see that seed . I see it everywhere. That seed is insensitivity. It is sowed in every human being and colors all our behavioural patterns by the
>communalism revisited
> Like thousands of Indians, i too have been witnessing and anguishing on the Mumbai carnage and the outrage and outpourings that is flowing non stop. much as i like to think of myself as a open minded, liberal, rational human being, to whom, communalism is associated only with the likes of fundamentalists of all kinds, the inner voice told some other tale. This came up during a discussion with a dear friend who confronted me with the issue that one can not be anchored on one’s own heritage and convictions unless one explores, understands and accepts both the primal and the socialised parts of the heritage, in its particularised context. This pushed me to look at the number of communities that i emotionally connect to; and i came up with the following in order of psychological priority: 1. Bengali 2. Hindu 3. woman 4. middle class and this list can go on and on. however, it is during the
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