Well I would like to start this one by wishing my fellow regular bloggers a happy newyear, may 2008 bring clarity in my thoughts, regularity in writing blogs cause I have not been consistent in the same. So many things happened the same way as it happens every year; people drank, danced, hooted and some were involved in active hooliganism to welcome the new year. Generally every one also got pretty active with their mobile phones delivering warm wishes through cold cables to near and dear ones.
I planned to stay home and may be have a drink or two but somehow ended up partying till 3'o' clock in the morning with friends and aquaintances. I have promised myself not to get analytical about how much I really enjoyed.
Now that I can get past all that there have been some questions that have come up and that too because I happen to read the news and not watch it. They are as follows:
1) Can Security and Freedom exist side by side in todays world? I undersatnd that the aforementioned question can be turned into a statement like; Freedom leads to security, but in the real world does it? This is in context to tasleema nasreen who demands both from our country and government and I dont see how she can be given both.
2)Will I ndian electorate rise above casteism, communalism etc. etc.and just vote on the basis of development. Atleast some of the reactions of learned intellectual people after the Gujrat victory by modi seems to indicate the same. I would like to be hopeful about it but also understand that political games are not played by simple equations.
3)Why technological development in any field has not reached our hearts to understand and respect differences within our kind? Almost every day I read about new inventions in different fields along with other news that confirms my belief that man has actually not moved much ahead from the age old tribal days. All the technology has not helped to create an equilibrium in this world that easily gives rise to conflicts whenever there is any kind of imbalance.
yeah sounds too naive but suddenly I have lost the interest to be identified as the mature,practical person that I am not.
It might just serve me well to be hopeful than just plain practical.