tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post116376212588233477..comments2023-11-02T19:19:15.129+05:30Comments on Death Ends Fun: India WorksDilip D'Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221707482541503243noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-1164383960436686772006-11-24T21:29:00.000+05:302006-11-24T21:29:00.000+05:30Anonymous: you are right on all counts, my essay w...Anonymous: you are right on all counts, my essay was more about how we are quite unlike Americans than about anything else - you hit the nail on the head.Pareshaanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509456792127924267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-1164157627130820402006-11-22T06:37:00.000+05:302006-11-22T06:37:00.000+05:30Dilip/Pareshaan: I enjoyed reading this essay but ...Dilip/Pareshaan: <BR/><BR/>I enjoyed reading this essay but I just did not get it. I thought that this competition was "Not Like Us: A citizen's dilemma". I didn't get the sense of that through this essay. What is the dilemma? What is the "not like us" (unless its saying we are not like the American people?). <BR/><BR/>I also respectfully beg to disagree with the author on india's fabulous diversity. True, we have enormous religious and language diversity - something we should be proud of. But diversity in thought and attitude? Not so much I think. Lets consider some examples: <BR/><BR/>- How much support is there for individuals who don't live the heterosexual norm in India today? For gay & lesbian people, for transsexuals, for those who want to be child-free, for those who don't want to marry? I don't think we have a brilliant record on this one. <BR/><BR/>- How much support is there for people to "do what they love" in India? To study history instead of engineering for example? Still precious little. Of course a lot of this is security, but lets face it, this attitude exists also in the upper middle-class which doesn't need this. <BR/><BR/>- How many times have we all heard the "log kya kahenge" argument when we want to do anything? <BR/><BR/>I adore India and am proud of its diversity - I enjoy tellng people about it and watching their jaws drop. But I think we have a long way to go in encouraging tolerance in thought. Perhaps we had it and lost it but I certaily do't see a lot of it in India circa 2006. <BR/><BR/>n!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-1163861546819419862006-11-18T20:22:00.000+05:302006-11-18T20:22:00.000+05:30This "essay" works: as an excellent soporific. Ya....This "essay" works: as an excellent soporific. Ya...wn.<BR/><BR/>How much more Arab money are the Citizens left with that they are gonna use to harass us with these maudlin contests?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-1163833443009186932006-11-18T12:34:00.000+05:302006-11-18T12:34:00.000+05:30Thank you Dilip - once again and thanks Patrix.Thank you Dilip - once again and thanks Patrix.Pareshaanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509456792127924267noreply@blogger.com