tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post3606141932440569397..comments2024-03-28T21:08:32.637+05:30Comments on Tomichan Matheikal's blog: Brainless nationTomichan Matheikalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-21916139856171562442021-01-15T19:09:49.016+05:302021-01-15T19:09:49.016+05:30Afraid would be also correct. Debates are full of ...Afraid would be also correct. Debates are full of abuses, and then there's the fear of the bars.<br />I agree that it is unbearable. Just last week a blogger told me, she is afraid even to comment on anything for fear of the verbal abuse that follows. And the sad truth is that I agree with her fears.Kirannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-1174068977837264732021-01-15T10:50:04.261+05:302021-01-15T10:50:04.261+05:30Is it because people are "tired of debating&q...Is it because people are "tired of debating" or because they've become afraid to debate? Too many people have been thrown behind the bars or assaulted in other ways just because they dared to debate in present India. <br /><br />And it's not about comparing one evil with another. It's about creating a better world for all of us. A better country, perhaps. At least a better society around one. It's becoming increasingly unbearable nowadays. <br /><br />Hope, yes. We need that. Undoubtedly. I wouldn't be writing otherwise. You wouldn't be either. Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-68889703007364946102021-01-15T01:35:21.673+05:302021-01-15T01:35:21.673+05:30I had written a long comment with detailed argumen...I had written a long comment with detailed argument. But instead of that, I'll talk in brief about why many good intellectual people are no longer debating. Because, people are tired of debating about how one evil is better than the other. The problem with this is, that whichever evil you choose, you are left to face the ire of the other evil. Everyone is hopeless.<br />See, we need total change. And I think that can come only through people not some politicians, whatever their ideology.<br />For people to bring actual change they need to have hope. That's where I feel different about history. From prehistoric era to colonial era or even now, there has been evil, but there was also good which survived. We don't need to avenge the past, but build a future. And future has to be built on this good. Unless, every good person believes they can win, they will never find the courage to fight. And that is why we need to remind them about little good things from history. To give them hope, that evil can be defeated, and it should be defeated.Kirannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-53816050629719245752021-01-14T20:21:18.870+05:302021-01-14T20:21:18.870+05:30Someone with ambition rising to top position is un...Someone with ambition rising to top position is understandable. But millions of people including intelligent ones supporting him is the real terror. What do these people want? You raise the right question. Do they really think that history can be corrected or avenged?Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-77125770217296517522021-01-14T12:23:42.170+05:302021-01-14T12:23:42.170+05:30This is such a relevant thought Tomichan, sometime...This is such a relevant thought Tomichan, sometimes I do worry about the pace and direction of change. In a lot of sense, if our leaders, their thoughts and directions are not changing with times and focusing on priorities of the day and world - it is a rather regressive trend. The point about people being at the centre of it - to know that even to this day, leaders can get away with statements of separation, caste based divide and what not in a globalised world where problems have become bigger, it does beg to ask - what on earth is really happening. What do people as a collective really want. Vinay Nagarajuhttp://www.inspire99.comnoreply@blogger.com