tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688413.post636851897024618479..comments2008-12-04T09:58:35.431-05:00The Wizard of Oddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16979664336356974842noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688413.post-90371026480956811002008-12-04T09:57:00.000-05:002008-12-04T09:57:00.000-05:00A very sensible post.We need more people like you.Winnowedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11073005581801465319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688413.post-62789294400564084002008-12-01T08:57:00.000-05:002008-12-01T08:57:00.000-05:00We need to disengage from pop patriotism, jingoism etc.It's nausea inducing that even in such dire times, our identity is often tied to the West's and we feel the need to resort to such nomenclature as "India's 9/11".How?<BR/><BR/>Yes, one can identify with that universal sense of agnoy and sadness that clouds the brain and numbs the heart when a beloved city, a very real entity - hell, it's my only constant in the last few eyars - burns and bleeds but we need to look beyond blame games. Look for real answers.Ask sensible questions. Introspect. Enable the youth. As a 24 year old Mumbaikar, I am choosing to stay back in this country this year (I was supposed to head to Amreeka and my original home city NYC) despite that this is not the easiest route. And I am a better person because of this choice. <BR/>Any change needs to be internal. First.<BR/>Yes, there needs to be a grass-roots movement that is stronger than the hate dispensing votaries crowding the bylanes of South Asia or North America or wherever.<BR/>I am glad you wrote this. Props.<BR/><BR/>-Scherezade<BR/>www.suburbannoisemachine.wordpress.comScherezadehttp://www.suburbannoisemachine.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688413.post-2069651154815571292008-11-30T02:25:00.000-05:002008-11-30T02:25:00.000-05:00For once someone gave a neutral point of view. Thank you.Piyush Ramteke (tmioh)noreply@blogger.com