Wednesday, 18 December 2019

THE DANCING TUNES OF CULTURAL DEMOCRACY

"A Nation is born stoic and dies Epicurean.At its cradle(to repeat a thoughtful adage) religion stands and philosophy accompanies it to the grave"~Will Durant

The purpose of learning History is not just to understand the past but to rectify/identify our errors and trials from the past.In that way,history's pages stay intact saying that "Religion" or rather "Religious acclaim" had been the prime motivator behind the fall and rise of most of the civilizations.Be it the  power mongers who wanted to impose a world rule or be it the masses who adorn a cult of common beliefs,always have had wanted to impose their faith over the others.Collective individuality among the masses have also been a failed philosophical approach.The easier way to impose order is "divide,make believe and rule".These lines about the humans approach towards correcting the course of history with the view about the future is repeating again throughout the world.Be it the ban on seven nations by the US,be it the Brexit divide,be it the West Bank crisis, the Rohingya issue and now the Kashmir issue extended so far to the  National Registry of citizens(Assam) had finally culminated into the Citizenship amendment act.(CAA)

Remembering Rabindranath Tagore's "Where the mind is without fear" along with his idea of "Global citizen",it is often a wonder,why CAA is needed at this juncture? With the demographic potential degrading with lesser or no employment opportunities,womanhood under threat due to increasing violence and Indian ranking as 127/189 in Human Development index,CAA has surfaced as the centre attention now.With all due respect to the elected policy makers and the permanent executives,I wonder whether the idea of "Prioritizing and Targeting",happens to appear only in textbook planning of our national planning. CAA as such in its passed format not just violates the Constitutional spirit but also is a needless measure at this juncture.The additional fiasco of  using the state machinery to silence the expression of opposing thoughts kill the voice of democracy.While I quoted historical past,it is also an undeniable factor that the cumulative consciousness of selfless individuals have had overthrown even the most brute forces of history.Let such not be the course of events for India. Prioritze,discuss,re-orient and rejuvenate.Hope and wish the policy  makers understand the essence and purpose of policy making without stampeding the spirit of the forefathers of Constitution.

Tuesday, 3 December 2019

NEAR UTOPIA OF CONVERGING HUMANITY AND GENDER NEUTRALITY

                                                   "Sex doesn't excite me but Sexuality does"

Yet another episode of gruesome rape takes place,twitter explodes,netizens uproar, politicians try to score up and the law is still taking its own course.When having a discussion with my fellow mate,the question that always surface is "What triggers violence and exploitation?".My friend answered "It's the inherent male dominant mindset that prevails overall." I agree to that,but then,"what you think is the solution?".Maybe, as always believed by me "Education".What a constructive education system does, is,not just the sharing or accumulation of Knowledge but an enhanced and ethical way of thought and living. Sex here is conveniently ignored and is still a taboo subject or a subject of gossip among majority of the population.Either it happens to be funny hyper excitation idea reduced to objectivity and pleasure seeking or it is looked down upon as a mystic not be discussed.However, there also has been a rising  awareness regarding "pedophile" and "child sexual exploitation".While these measures and the steps ahead target the safety of women like defensive arts,stress call number,mahila support centres etc,what we fail to address is the psyche of a biological being and the in-numerous complexity of hormonal interaction.A rational discussion together with an emotional bonding is the need of the hour.With the recent interactions with various social groups, I also came front on head with the matters surrounding adult life.Sex has been a sought out subject and the phenomena of pleasure is considered an expression or need of a physical being.True that.But the problem raises when this need of pleasure is extracted at the expense of someone else's pain.Numerous factors contribute to this outrageous animal behavior. To begin with, poverty with a deadly combination of Consumerism Technology.Next is the biased approach of psychological thinking.The ill effect of globalization has not oiled well with the inherent patriarchial society.When your external life demands you to be modern with a 'hi-fi" thought and false feminist attitude,men by nature look up themselves as esteemed product of a voluptuous society.Lesser are the chances that they treat their partners the same or even lesser are the chances that they bear the guilt of changing the partners with no snag on their pleasure life.That's so because,he is not aware of the biology of himself or his better half as to what it takes to be a woman.This was when the idea of "Beyond gender" took a deep root within me.

Neutrality doesn't mean the idea of foregoing your pleasure thoughts.It's, but understanding your pleasure thoughts.You view both genders as manifestation of nature and the mutual attraction as a harbinger of energy.Well,that's too much a way forward set mark for the society to reach.However,where we need to focus at the current moment is on the mental upbringing of men and the inherent psyche which needs a dusted throw up.Rather than focusing only on safety and the 
post- facto punishment scenario,government,NGOs,teachers and parents need to focus on understanding the sexuality and the anthropological factor hidden behind it.One needs to remember that what is not studied under guidance becomes a deadly manipulative knowledge.Ex.Porn Industry and its exploitation.Its true that the modern generation problems revolve around the stress factor and the euphorical expectations around the marital life.As a society, gender equality is important but what is required even more is humanity.View a woman as a human only then you will be able to view her as a woman and then looking deeper you understand that "What is being a woman?"

"சிந்தையால் தொடுவதும்,சிந்தித்த பின் தொடுவதும் ,சிறு தீப்பொறி தீர தொடுவதும் ,சித்ரவதை செய்து தொடுவதும் காமமே .வீரியம் தான் வேறுபடுகிறது."

The expressions of sex is not done through the manifestations of physical being,its underlying connection lies in the nature of sexuality.A game of two players shouldn't be played by one.Rape is one such where an animal plays with a body of a dead soul.It kills both the game and the gamer.Understand,accumulate and respect the game as well as the player.