Sunday, November 1, 2009
Is researching oneself possible?
Is researching oneself possible? Or can one get as far as writing an auto-biography? Just a question that went fleetingly through my mind.
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Friday, October 16, 2009
What does the Personal is Political mean?
My blog "personal is political' has through the different posts over time conveyed different meanings of the above expression. But I was reading an article on the BLOG on wordpress of Feminist 101 and I realised that the origins of this expression are basically in an assumption that the personal...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
If I take advantage of someone's vulnerability. But in public I cry hoarse
about people taking advantage of other people's vulnerability. It's obvious I don't mean what I say in public, and it's obvious then that I don't understand the implications of such a behaviour for my own sense of humanity. What say?
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Friday, September 4, 2009
When winter comes, can spring be far behind? I've said this to so many
people and yet when I go through a bad time, I am so anxious wondering if I will ever see the light at the end of the tunnel...Isn't that two different personalities at work?
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Saturday, August 15, 2009
An interesting blog post on the history of "the personal is political"
http://mindthegapuk.wordpress.com/2008/01/27/the-personal-is-political/
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Sunday, July 12, 2009
If I have a fatalistic approach in my own personal life, I cannot counsel
others and say they must rise above the immediate with confidence in themselves, can I?
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Friday, June 26, 2009
Can only hold on to memories...
I can only hold on to memories and even those memories are intercepted and challenged with questions of what was. Was it love Was it lust Was it lust and love Or was there no love and no lust - Just charity? I don’t want to sponge on anyone or be the recipient of anyone’s charity; I wanted love I...
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
No more front row seat for me?
No more front row seat for me? I am the apple of my father's eye. I am used to this and relish this. Do I end up wanting to be the cynosure of all eyes in the public domain? Or does it work differently here? With the security of the home, maybe I don't seek attention elsewhere?
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Saturday, May 2, 2009
He who is cruel to animals...
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals. Immanuel Kant
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Sunday, April 12, 2009
HAPPY EASTER TO ALL AT BLOGIT!
I wish you all because I respect and value the significance of Easter. Therefore in my personal relations with you, it plays a part. I am no practitioner of religion otherwise. Politically, in the public arena, I am tolerant and in fact even encouraging of the diversity that makes up India and the...
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