tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17361314.post335162991398942351..comments2023-09-29T17:26:12.679+05:30Comments on Hmmmm...: Differentiating Difference.~SuCh~http://www.blogger.com/profile/18093569072774862770noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17361314.post-71047924428591725392007-03-02T12:20:00.000+05:302007-03-02T12:20:00.000+05:30@G:What is strange today could be familiar tommorr...@G:<BR/>What is strange today could be familiar tommorrow.. What is familiar today can be alien later..<BR/>It all depends on the capacity of the mind to let in and let go... This whole idea of identity finally boils down to a motley collection of individual choices... conscious and unconscious...<BR/>@musafir :<BR/>But the reason for you like someone sometimes becomes the cause for dislike, in a different premise though. Things like caste, religion, language , and others where we dont have control over, are nothing but premises. <BR/><BR/>Liking someone because of their caste, would not be wrong, if consciously done.. If things that define the caste appeal to one... If one possesses sufficient knowledge and understanding of the premise (caste,religion, etc) and opts to subject his choices to the premise...But in most cases, when such a level of understanding is achieved, one tends to let the premise blend with the background..<BR/><BR/>Books, movies,music... are intrests... but a good rapport can built on people with differing tastes in these.. and acrid relationships can exist between people of like interests...Sometimes one can find people who wouldnt mingle otherwise holding tight cos of their common intrests... When tea-party discussions tend to rule people... these are yet again a bubble.. Although deceptively draped in tawdry fabrics of free will and choice...Sometimes people devolop tastes, without knowing why...<BR/>While on the subject of choices and free will... it again depends on how one wants to define freedom.. is it doing what one feels is right ? Things that one doesnt have to swallow an inedible bolus to do? <BR/>Or as you said, to let go of the society and the chemicals that govern our thought process ?? To let go, to drift, to be free.. <BR/><BR/>I feel thats what makes "musafir" attractive to people beyond a certain point of anchorage..~SuCh~https://www.blogger.com/profile/18093569072774862770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17361314.post-36341903078469554012007-03-02T11:40:00.000+05:302007-03-02T11:40:00.000+05:30Sometimes, what unites, also divides. What makes u...Sometimes, what unites, also divides. What makes us like someone also makes us dislike somebody else, even though we would like to be politically correct.<BR/><BR/>Pertinent point you make about the school you studied in. I've seen guys bond together because the only thing they had in common was their caste. But then, to make matters interesting, what is wrong with that? If I like someone because he/she has read a book or seen a movie that I have and shares similar opinions and sentiments, I'm looking for some common ground. How can you differentiate between that and someone looking favourably upon someone else just because the latter is from the same caste? Why is caste not an acceptable common ground? Is that because it is so illogical? Which is to argue that in the case of caste, the people involved didn't have a choice in it and that there is not much thought involved, but in the case of books/movies, we do. Which begs the question, do we really have free will? Are we not a product of our society and our genes and the chemicals inside our heads? Is intelligence the new upper caste? Are books and movies and music the new religions?<BR/><BR/>I guess we are what our differences are, like you said. They are what give substance to our identities. The choices as I see them are either bond, identify yourself, and hence by default be called parochial, or be identity-less and miserable. So, the question ultimately is, do you want an identity or is it possible for one to go through life without weighing anchor in any port?<BR/><BR/>That's why "musafir" holds a lot of appeal.musafirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15193219312921687895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17361314.post-84555962660362700832007-02-21T23:35:00.000+05:302007-02-21T23:35:00.000+05:30sol: here i'd think the question *is* teh answer.....sol: here i'd think the question *is* teh answer... because the human strenght and frailities span the spectrum of grey with no black or white at either end; and our yearning to be identified with something familiar - culture, language, likes, dislikes etc are few of those anchors, i guess, depending on where the grey-marker is for that person.EnGeetham aka "My Song!"https://www.blogger.com/profile/18076550796481397644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17361314.post-2424501217504999982007-02-20T12:33:00.000+05:302007-02-20T12:33:00.000+05:30@nero :the one near yours... :-)@nero :the one near yours... :-)~SuCh~https://www.blogger.com/profile/18093569072774862770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17361314.post-79566963941222686112007-02-20T09:42:00.000+05:302007-02-20T09:42:00.000+05:30PS? PSBB?PS? PSBB?Nerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362817231085369503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17361314.post-64907437541240364132007-02-19T08:55:00.000+05:302007-02-19T08:55:00.000+05:30@G: The tendency could be a paradox. But that just...@G: The tendency could be a paradox. But that just describes the question. Doesnt answer it. Besides, there is more to it, than just the tendency. The tendency is just a fallout.~SuCh~https://www.blogger.com/profile/18093569072774862770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17361314.post-54667620158792912502007-02-16T22:11:00.000+05:302007-02-16T22:11:00.000+05:30Reacting to the earlier part, i used to think abou...Reacting to the earlier part, i used to think about this a lot, particularly when I'm on travel; I have concluded, its a human paradox - for us to search for that tenuous link familiarity *and* uniqueness in an alien condition...EnGeetham aka "My Song!"https://www.blogger.com/profile/18076550796481397644noreply@blogger.com