tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17725419.post7697799660062939093..comments2024-01-18T14:17:41.990+05:30Comments on Some Glimpses: Identity IssuesUshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14706092288384012069noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17725419.post-29909121397461745812010-05-24T00:39:01.152+05:302010-05-24T00:39:01.152+05:30Very interesting - perhaps we all have an hierarch...Very interesting - perhaps we all have an hierarchy of groups we belong to. When there is a conflict, we move to the group we identify most with.<br /><br />As for Jindal, perhaps it is less about what he identifies with and more about how he wants to be identified. Perhaps he only belongs to the group of politicians who do what it takes to get the votes.Sheeba D'Mellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08621040027847836849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17725419.post-18755957830732883572010-05-22T15:07:08.724+05:302010-05-22T15:07:08.724+05:30The problem with us is our faith. Can't Nirupa...The problem with us is our faith. Can't Nirupama's mother invoke Bhagawad Gita and say that she did her duty to the society and was preventing the perversion of social order by killing her own daughter? Why is that Harishchandra's willingness to behead his wife as she is a witch or Abraham's willingness to behead his first born to prove his faith seen as heroic? Me thinks man is an animal, albeit a learned one, who can justify anything. Faith, culture, society are all a sham, we should do what we want to do after reading Shakespeare and Eliot.nuttyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03406213066376217325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17725419.post-87377174084252598372010-05-22T09:37:02.508+05:302010-05-22T09:37:02.508+05:30Our scriptures are open to interpretation, which a...Our scriptures are open to interpretation, which are its strength, but unfortunately, these days there are so many fanatics who insist that their and only their version is right, which is what leads to trouble.... as to the issue of khaps, they are not surprising in general, for there are similar things all over the country imposing their rules on those they have any power over..... but what is surprising to me is Naveen Jindal publicly supporting them! It makes me wonder if the new generation will really bring about any change at all! These chaps seem to be as intent on taking care of their vote banks than anything else at all!Anuradha Shankarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10460310200883662583noreply@blogger.com