The personal is political

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Monday, May 31, 2010

They say man isn't monogamous by nature. Hence his desires must find

expression in multiple relationships - soemtimes in more than one relationship even of the conjugal kind. But what about the price of this for the woman who has got into the first marital relationship with him? People say that is his problem which he must sort out. So you can go ahead and relate to... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

If one shares in the family, does it mean that one will share in public?

Or is there a dichotomy here? Christians are always told of the loaves and fishes story. THe more you give the more you get...we are told, and encouraged to share. Commies are told from each according to his ability, to each according to his need. And yet no matter whether they profess Christianity... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, May 7, 2010

When someone is differently abled...

say he is squint and does his work meticulously and well, as compared to others, but takes a longer time - what would be our approach at the time of payment - to pay him as job-work? or for the time he has spent doing the work? After all, his disability is not something he asked for, he is... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, April 25, 2010

An interesting article on the theme "the personal is political"

An interesting article at the following web-site: http://faculty.uml.edu/sgallagher/Williams.htm The Personal is Political: Thinking Through the Clinton/Lewinsky/Starr Affair Juliet A. Williams, University of California, Santa Barbara Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

I cannot stand somebody taking advantage of somebody else's

vulnerability. It just shakes me up. Now there was this situation where someone sought a job with me cos she was in need of moolah, but she couldn't work for nuts... I needed a helping hand too, and took her on not checking about her ability to work. She was a slow coach to the hilt. Then i thought... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 29, 2010

Sharing and caring are to be limited only to one's parents, spouse

and children? or is it an ethic that must reflect in our day to day lives wherever we are and with whomever we are? A question I have not been able to resolve in the best way.... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Breathing in and breathing out...

Breathe fresh air in and exhale the unrequired. But the plants breathe in and out the opposite. So what's for the goose is not for the gander, and both can so well mutually co-exist, eh? So you can't even have a standard ethical code. Sometimes it's good to breathe in impurities - so u're the... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, February 28, 2010

As another Women's Day approaches...

http://india.indymedia.org/en/2002/03/812.shtml......There are demands that the pivotal (not to be read as biological) role that women have played in sustaining nature, as subsistence crop producers, care-givers and as users, should be acknowledged. Consultative processes with women must take place... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Does unconditional love mean making someone happy at the cost of

your own happiness? - this is the million-dollar question for me. Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

When I move from meet to know to like and care to love, I progress

and will not retreat. Similarly when commitments are made politically, and I move towards them, I will not renege. What say? It has to be the same, isn't it? Sign in to see full entry.

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