Comments on Horizons - Filled with Hope: Flood Rescue and the Language Card

@Sumit: You are absolutely right. This shou...

2009-10-19T22:06:11.244+05:30

@Sumit: You are absolutely right. This should be tacked at the micro level first.

@BK Chowla: Maybe if we first eliminate this kind of petty thinking at the micro level as Sumit points out; then politicians will be forced to eliminate it too!

@Deepak: Yes pal - being hopeful is the first step to bringing about a change!

@Pavi: Definitely. International humanity is indeed the need of the hour. I believe strongly in humanity across borders (i.e, I am a HUMAN before I am a [insert-your-nationality-here]). Its just that in this particular case, nationality made more sense!

@Harish: "we must have big TOlerance to (still) tolerate TOI" Ha!

As you may remember great Vadic saying.. "Sun...

2009-10-08T18:31:04.804+05:30

As you may remember great Vadic saying.. "Sun shines on all"

But not all su(o)n (the raising sun of Dm*) shines on all buddy.

and mone more.. we must have big TOlerance to (still) tolerate TOI

N I would go a step further and say..why does it e...

2009-10-06T00:27:36.470+05:30

N I would go a step further and say..why does it even have to matter that the person is an Indian. Why should the nationality matter? Is it not enough that the person is a human or for that matter , a living thing(even animals should be saved in a flood, no) ?? [I’m sure I’m hoping for toooo much!] Looking forward to a world where humanity is our primary identity!

Yes, I too do hope so, and may be we are hoping so...

2009-10-04T20:50:50.338+05:30

Yes, I too do hope so, and may be we are hoping so much, but that's fine. In my opinion, Being optimistic, and being aware of what the current situation is, being practically involved, our HOPE make sense.

We the people have a habbit of expecting too much ...

2009-10-04T17:26:33.745+05:30

We the people have a habbit of expecting too much from our politicians.They are the ones who have used every opportunity in the book to divide us amongst caste,religion and language basis.

That's a great question you pose, my friend. S...

2009-10-04T14:57:47.187+05:30

That's a great question you pose, my friend. Sadly, even at a micro-stage, in organizations, schools, colleges, buses, railway stations, we play the same card over and over.

I think before we can tackle it at a larger level, we need to look deep within ourselves and see how often we play the language card amongst ourselves in small forums.

What say?