tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467219.post114293254838242904..comments2023-07-04T06:42:39.834-07:00Comments on Viprashna: Three parties, identities and the biggest problem India is facing.Nandanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17905383694151586039noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467219.post-1146040600225396862006-04-26T01:36:00.000-07:002006-04-26T01:36:00.000-07:00Very true, vb and a nice point, too. I recollect r...Very true, vb and a nice point, too. I recollect reading an article once which mentioned that sometime in early 60's, a ban was imposed on some of the Hindu rituals in Tamil dominated provinces of nothern Sri Lanka, it was bitterly opposed by the people. At the same time in Tamil nadu, the Ramaswamy Naicker/Periyar movement was gathering momentum denouncing Hinduism as the Brahminic religion and in stead celebrating Vesak. (Of course, you'd know more considering that this is your area of interest). Appears contradictory, but it isn't - though it was (linguistically) the same community, the identity crisis they faced were different and hence the seemingly opposite reactions.Nandanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17905383694151586039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467219.post-1143661489384647802006-03-29T11:44:00.000-08:002006-03-29T11:44:00.000-08:00identifying our true identity is an existential cr...identifying our true identity is an existential crisis some stumble upon but few pursuade. <BR/><BR/>the point is it's so hard to have a unifying, wholistic indentity independant of the subsets we have. <BR/><BR/>tying them altogether is hard and breaking free, even more.Seemantinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13819440111334013047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467219.post-1143198321643571562006-03-24T03:05:00.000-08:002006-03-24T03:05:00.000-08:00hmm, I guess the media would love to have Tendulka...hmm, I guess the media would love to have Tendulkar in team (even though, it seems that their opinion is otherwise) just to provide fodder for their reports.<BR/><BR/>Sudhu, I meant the roles/identities by which I attended these events (viz. as an international student, as an Indian and then a Marathi-speaking individual) are subsets of each other. Well, not very rigidly - but just something that I noticed.Nandanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17905383694151586039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467219.post-1142961905007110132006-03-21T09:25:00.000-08:002006-03-21T09:25:00.000-08:00Festivals and subsets? how did you put them in set...Festivals and subsets? how did you put them in sets? Strange :)<BR/><BR/> I agree with Ajit. Couple of my friends Amit & Kaushal too said that they were booing at Andersen and the Barmy Army and not Sachin. But you know me, I had the sadistic delight in knowing that the fog which draped Mumbaikars finally swept off. But the article you pointed to was excellent and portrays the actual truth.Sudhamshuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03339258601641600918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467219.post-1142937313763738412006-03-21T02:35:00.000-08:002006-03-21T02:35:00.000-08:00Gaurav's report here says there was not much booin...Gaurav's report <A HREF="http://gauravsabnis.blogspot.com/2006/03/mountain-out-of-boohill.html" REL="nofollow">here</A> says there was not much booing or hai-hai-ing on Wankhede. Since he was there in person, I guess we could shrug off the media hype with even more confidence :)Ajithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267741913145094662noreply@blogger.com