Tuesday, December 20, 2005
With Christmas around the corner, how does the personal reflect our politic
In the first olace, how we interpret religion or the sacred scriptures is based on our perspective. In the second place, for some, Christmas is yet another festival or occasion to let one's hair down. But for many others Christmas is a festival with a message. That we must empathise with the people...
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Friday, December 9, 2005
Should competition be the motto or should co-operation be the motto?
It all depends on what we look for in our personal lives. Some of us look for a recognition of self-worth by edging out others. Some os us find self-worth in the appreciation of what we do? Ultimately, together this source of recognition determines how the world functions and relates. It determines...
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Tuesday, November 15, 2005
If I am looked at as a leader, how I conduct myself sets the tone for how
the society should conduct itself in similar situations and in the larger world. The philosophical basis of my conduct will set the tone for conduct in public life. It can't be different in "personal" life and "public" life. For indeed the personal is political.
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Wednesday, October 26, 2005
When I respect the view of another even if I disagree with it,
When I listen to every voice that comes my way When I do in public life what I would like to be done unto myself in private life When I do not do in public life what I would not like to be done unto myself in private life. Then I perceive the personal as the political and the political as the...
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Thursday, October 6, 2005
When I dance and sing
To the tune of what I think When I rant and vote So me and the world doesn't sink The personal is political!
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Saturday, September 10, 2005
Which wine do you opt for?
Which wine do you opt for? Prefer opting for home-made or factory-made makes the difference. What economy do we want to harness? The industrial economy, the home economy or the solidarity economy where the wine I make can be exchanged with the vegetables you grow in your garden? When I think of the...
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Saturday, August 27, 2005
There is often a confusion as to what extent public persona's personal be
discussed in public. I can say that it is a very dicey matter. True. At one level, what have we got to do with their personal lives? Hey, but wait a minute. When the persons are public persona, their lives are up for imitation and what if their lifestyles are contradictory to basic human principles?...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Democracy begins at home
The family is the smallest unit of society and it is important that democracy prevails in this smallest unit because it is this unit that plays a large part in shaping a human being and the larger political unit is definitely determined by the learnings of the smallest unit. Hence the personal is...
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Thursday, July 7, 2005
I found this beautiful quote from a people who had made activism a part of
their day to day life: "Struggle is the protest of those who hope; hope is the celebration of those who struggle".
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Thursday, June 16, 2005
When people talk of respecting pluralism and yet work the opposite way,
I am reminded of a group discussion I participated in years ago where we were discussing what principles we value in politics. And we decided onm 'OPENNESS' as one major principle. However the irony of the whole thing was not lost on us when our group leader reported in the plenary that we are rigid...
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