tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17361314.post116157813364485106..comments2023-09-29T17:26:12.679+05:30Comments on Hmmmm...: Of Curd Rice and Lifeā¦~SuCh~http://www.blogger.com/profile/18093569072774862770noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17361314.post-34545109162506262172006-11-06T22:56:00.000+05:302006-11-06T22:56:00.000+05:30Hmm! So there's so much to a simple question, "Is ...Hmm! So there's so much to a simple question, "Is that good?" Indeed there is. But, have you ever wondered on how fast our brains go through all of that and bang we have a ready reply :)Rahulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05812701246230745021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17361314.post-21292299557532637312006-10-31T10:55:00.000+05:302006-10-31T10:55:00.000+05:30nice soliloquy on curd rice!nice soliloquy on curd rice!supernovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798953024505447963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17361314.post-681370569876535842006-10-25T09:54:00.000+05:302006-10-25T09:54:00.000+05:30@ engeetham : curd rice feels like heaven on a hot...@ engeetham : curd rice feels like heaven on a hot day... Ditto for an upset tummy...Must start a fan club...:-)<br /><br />@ musafir :"not snobbish or nose-stuck-in-the-air or anything"... Gee.. Didnt for a moment consider you so... Just that I feel your writing is definitely a class above mine, and I really am honoured if you respond to the stuff i roll out..<br /><br /><br />Yes.. i fully comprehend the intention of your analogy. And my response was also pertinent. <br />Even if the person has no way to "taste" it, its prudent to just say what you think are concrete facts about the curd rice. For instance, the "the temperature, the creaminess, the sourness, the consistency etc..". And let him form some picture, although vague. Ofcourse, all these introduce some amount of subjectivity, but then one can quantify everything. <br />When the question is subjective, the answer shall be in kind. You get what you seek. The other person can always supplement his question with more queries to get more clarity. <br /><br />Well... I thought the discussion was about choices.... Which i feel are very much subject to the premises, and dont follow a governing principle ....~SuCh~https://www.blogger.com/profile/18093569072774862770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17361314.post-42564684699037571402006-10-24T19:24:00.000+05:302006-10-24T19:24:00.000+05:30"thanks for commenting... me honoured" -- argh, I'..."thanks for commenting... me honoured" -- argh, I'm just way too lazy to leave comments (not when it comes to replying to comments), not snobbish or nose-stuck-in-the-air or anything. I lurk around all the time!<br /><br />"Not always... Unless the other person suffers from some sort of handicap" -- argh again. My meaning was that I used the analogy to explain situations where you are the only one who's experiencing something and the other person asks , "Is that right?" "Is that good?", there being no way for the other person to get a "taste" of the action, so to speak.<br /><br />"btw.. thought u belonged to chennai.... didnt know you too had to "go home"..." -- Chennai is home :-). It's where I stay and make a living :-). Just that my folks shifted base recently and the "physical" home moved with them.musafirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15193219312921687895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17361314.post-22184831852005898172006-10-24T19:22:00.000+05:302006-10-24T19:22:00.000+05:30This comment has been removed by the author.musafirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15193219312921687895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17361314.post-12809467500078324542006-10-24T18:59:00.000+05:302006-10-24T18:59:00.000+05:30Amen (to the curd rice and Yum part of it; to rest...Amen (to the curd rice and Yum part of it; to rest, another day)...<br />I was in China once with a friend of mine - who comes from as much north one could be in India. Our 3d stay ended up finding a good Indian restaurant in Beijing, having whatever we could have and end it with curd-rice... everyday ! Now my friend is a curd-rice convert !! Now, what other delicacy has the power of bringing cultures together ?! :)EnGeetham aka "My Song!"https://www.blogger.com/profile/18076550796481397644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17361314.post-86282537897804095292006-10-24T18:57:00.000+05:302006-10-24T18:57:00.000+05:30@ musafir : btw.. thought u belonged to chennai......@ musafir : btw.. thought u belonged to chennai.... didnt know you too had to "go home"...~SuCh~https://www.blogger.com/profile/18093569072774862770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17361314.post-41918225136458687842006-10-24T18:56:00.000+05:302006-10-24T18:56:00.000+05:30@nero : But I always like the short way out... :-)...@nero : But I always like the short way out... :-))<br /><br />@musafir : thanks for commenting... me honoured .. :-)<br /><br />"the other person has to depend on what you tell him"... Not always... Unless the other person suffers from some sort of handicap...Most of the time, people prefer to have a mind of their own... Even when you have to give your opinion on things, its better to present the facts, (even here, subjectivity steps in... what one may percieve as fact could be fictitious to another..)<br />and let people form their opinion... (here is where, a person can be a catalyst... nudging the decision makin process and not steering it..)<br /><br /><br />As for the matrix.. it can always have an higher dimension... But life could actually be simple when we find it complicated... :-) Its never late to retrace one's steps, and ask "why am i doing this " again... Premises do change.. and so does the relevance of anything.. Which brings us back to my intial poser.. "Why should anyone keep trying, and how long"... Sometimes, giving up too seems wiser... (wiser from my perspective, that is... )~SuCh~https://www.blogger.com/profile/18093569072774862770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17361314.post-77678579171491011972006-10-24T10:37:00.000+05:302006-10-24T10:37:00.000+05:30Nice option you throw up there about asking the ot...Nice option you throw up there about asking the other person to try it out for himself/herself. But then the point of the analogy was to draw a parallel to a situation where the other person has to depend on what you tell him. Like you say, it is a premise built into the argument, and not an unfair premise at all, if you ask me. You can use that analogy -- with the assumption, of course -- to question a lot of subjective issues. It works amazingly well.<br /><br />The 2x2 matrix you have explained assumes that good and bad are like black and white and that there is no spectrum of tastes ... just wondering if that is over-simplifying things?<br /><br />PS: Went home for Diwali and blogging was the last thing on my mind. Hence, the late reply :-)musafirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15193219312921687895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17361314.post-1161587884216478282006-10-23T12:48:00.000+05:302006-10-23T12:48:00.000+05:30So much philosophy in curd rice! You'll go a looon...So much philosophy in curd rice! You'll go a looong way, Soliloquist.Nerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362817231085369503noreply@blogger.com