A blog, by definition, is personal and informal, and
so, it is no surprise that my personal views and opinions reflecting my
hopes and ambitions find expression in it. These, I think, are quite valid
activities for an individual under the Constitution of India, and hence, I fail
to understand why I shouldn’t be entitled to any higher ambition at the age of
56.
It is also no secret that my posts harbour ample
ambivalence and incoherence which I attribute to my modest education, average
intelligence, and limited memory. This, obviously, is normal of human condition
and finitude as theoretical finality has not been achieved in any sphere of
knowledge, as of yet. Interrogating the teachings as percolated through my own
course of life and permeated into the intellectual itinerary, therefore, has
been a priority rather than an anodyne parroting pastime.
While being thankful for the attention showered (by
devoting so many pages after as many years), I’d like to emphasize once again
that the ivory tower approach is pathetically outmoded. Pretence of superior
perception and prognosis by barely a handful of people is absolutely unbecoming
of the needed humility,
dignity and soberness. [TNM55]
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