I have a problem with Whines published in mass media which are predominantly based on prejudice.
http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/18/stories/2009031855770800.htm
It doesnt appeal to me at all when the author portrays rural India , column after column, as a joyless, hopeless place that cannot change from within.
Some can be very good at listing problems. I believe though that true ingenuity and courage, lies in proposing concrete solutions.
Courage, because what one proposes might fail and he/she has to be brave enough to own up the failure.
Individuals with a self perception of being weak will usually try align with the winning side. They do not take risks by having clear cut positions. Instead, the preffered low risk approach is blaming current systems and leaving the proposed alternate system with specs vague enough to be disowned.
This ensures that you always fall on the correct side of history.
Mr.S seems to imply that the only economy that can be 'just' is a communist-socialist one. The possible failure of the model, or whether the history of USSR would repeat itself in India, is not elaborated upon.
100 years would have gone by the time the flaws become apparent.. and you and I and Mr.S wont be around anymore!
Now the other thing I was wondering is, why do these views get published in mass media.
Perhaps it has some relation to an excellent article I happened to read in the International Herald Tribune called “The Daily Me”
The IHT article says how
“we generally dont truly want good information - but rather information that confirms our prejudices. We may believe intellectually in the clash of opinions, but in practice we like to embed ourselves in the reassuring womb of an echo chamber”
Maybe there is a class large enough whose 'Daily Me' consists of stories that Mr. S delivers? Maybe it confirms their prejudice that they are the perpetual victims.
My state is this because someone big is oppressing me; the system is configured against me
- and NOT that I stopped trying.
P.S.
It beats me how a delightful and balanced column by Mr. Harish Khare can co-exist in the same page with another from Mr. S that tilts so obviously to one side.
P.P.S
I didnt know that the Prime Minister likes what I like!
Cool!
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200906192015.htm
http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/18/stories/2009031855770800.htm
It doesnt appeal to me at all when the author portrays rural India , column after column, as a joyless, hopeless place that cannot change from within.
Some can be very good at listing problems. I believe though that true ingenuity and courage, lies in proposing concrete solutions.
Courage, because what one proposes might fail and he/she has to be brave enough to own up the failure.
Individuals with a self perception of being weak will usually try align with the winning side. They do not take risks by having clear cut positions. Instead, the preffered low risk approach is blaming current systems and leaving the proposed alternate system with specs vague enough to be disowned.
This ensures that you always fall on the correct side of history.
Mr.S seems to imply that the only economy that can be 'just' is a communist-socialist one. The possible failure of the model, or whether the history of USSR would repeat itself in India, is not elaborated upon.
100 years would have gone by the time the flaws become apparent.. and you and I and Mr.S wont be around anymore!
Now the other thing I was wondering is, why do these views get published in mass media.
Perhaps it has some relation to an excellent article I happened to read in the International Herald Tribune called “The Daily Me”
The IHT article says how
“we generally dont truly want good information - but rather information that confirms our prejudices. We may believe intellectually in the clash of opinions, but in practice we like to embed ourselves in the reassuring womb of an echo chamber”
Maybe there is a class large enough whose 'Daily Me' consists of stories that Mr. S delivers? Maybe it confirms their prejudice that they are the perpetual victims.
My state is this because someone big is oppressing me; the system is configured against me
- and NOT that I stopped trying.
P.S.
It beats me how a delightful and balanced column by Mr. Harish Khare can co-exist in the same page with another from Mr. S that tilts so obviously to one side.
P.P.S
I didnt know that the Prime Minister likes what I like!
Cool!
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200906192015.htm
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