'Childish' and 'childlike' - I read in the grammar book when I was in school. I don't clearly recollect the exact difference. Both indicate behaviors that suit only a child but I guess 'childlike' is enjoyable to an adult whereas 'childish' is irritating. The line is dirt thin as usual. It's fun to mix things up. A young man is not fond of people around him. He feels a bit detached for reasons of his choice. He feels he's 'haunted by humanity', whatever that means! But he wants the mass to take a note of that. Does he have any choice? I don't see any. I'm not a cruel man... not even half as bitter a soul as him. I see nothing wrong in him pouring his feelings out about others on social media. Someone said he was missing his family as he was staying away from them. Someone 'like'-d it. It brew a storm of reactions in his 'friends' circle - can we 'like' a heartfelt agony like this? I've heard Mark Zuckerberg saying he is contemplating on whether to have a toned down 'Unlike' button. I sincerely request Mr Zuckerberg to consider adding buttons for such restless situations... e.g. 'Recluse me', 'You're fat', 'Tumhara naam kya hain, Basanti', 'I wanna be sedated' etc. The whole world is thinking... on what buttons to add on social networking sites! The urban rebels are banging heads to fight for LGBTs? Illustrators are putting up all their art to protest against a VC of a university? Youth resort to lighting candles to raise their voice against a rape? I'm lame, domestic, fainthearted and meek... but I know that! Given a little more money, strength, personality and courage (or at least few of them), I'd have chosen a path different from what these fake dissidents, mutinymongers and their media patrons have, to showcase my art.
Why do most spiritual leaders speak a similar but not the same language? In fact most of the leaders from any sphere tend to be little different in their leadership style. Is it because all human beings are genetically different? Maybe partially. Professionals add their own experience to enrich the formula. Reaching the pinnacle of success and then saying "I had a few things but don't know what exactly brought me this far" is dull. In fact, they interpret things independently. True. So partly the process of evolution is responsible. Still not done with it? Read on then. Isn't there a great deal of injected effort to be different even otherwise? Every successful business leader has somewhat individual recipe for success. Astrologers are committed to different gods. Religious leaders of the same clan preach different versions of roads to salvation. Wrestlers have signature finishing moves. Alternative medical practitioners or healers don't prescribe the same way. Rockstars are net promoters of this "I'm mine" attitude. Yes, the marketing aspect is what you are left with. It helps build a brand for the professional. When there's a supply, there must be a demand. Exactly... that's precisely the case here. We, the end users, love experts and not just another guy. The easy identification mark of a subject matter expert is a combination of singular mannerisms, unique solutions to problems, pinch of eccentricity etc. The not-so-easy identification is anyway difficult and time consuming... not everyone can do it and not every life is that long.
Wallet, washroom and cabbies are here. They replaced purse, bathroom and taxi drivers of this poor nation... at least in its urban minds. [I'm trying my best to adapt to these. Having spent a considerable time saying 'purse' and 'bathroom', it's not a cakewalk. Someone like me who comes from a middle class 'Bengali medium' background, it's harder. First, we never spoke anything other than Bengali when we grew up. We hardly listened to English. Hindi, being very close to Bengali, was our only alternative medium of expression in emergencies. Our 'English medium' cousins were in advantage from day one. Speaking in English is "Neighbor's envy, owner's pride". Quick adaptation is a skill aligned to survival. Is it a key skill? A more pertinent question will be why we need to survive? Why can't we just live? Aren't we free enough? Does it have anything to do with our under-developed (or so-called developing) economy or is it irrespective of development? Is it purely a fear of losing friends or relevance? We welcome anything 'new', more often when it's about a so-called new technology, without much thought lest we're left alone. A sense of insecurity about losing out in an inconspicuous marathon runs through us. It may be a small price to be in a society or a company... membership fee. Once felt secured with the 'new' thing, the ego wakes up. It's time to be 'mine'. The assertion of myself happens over the choice of brands, colors or price bands. The basic question of "is it really new" or "do I really need this" is a baggage no one seems to take interest in. Give in to generate your social security number. Anyone who is choosy or willful would be punished to obscureness. If alive today, would Mr. S. C. Bose have said "Give me likes, I'll give you likes"?
Planchette players have a reason to cheer. Their esteemed list can now be extended to accommodate cancer casualties. Yes, it's official. We accept not only credit cards but cancer too - the 2 greatest lessons of United States to countries like ours. A recent insurance product ad campaign boldly starts with a doctor's unambiguous communication to a patient about the diagnosis of cancer. The patient doesn't faint or run to a temple. Instead, he immediately visualizes of the changes in his family members' lifestyles due to the heavy expenses to be incurred for the treatment of his 'critical illness'. The music played in the background has a comical, catchy overtone - my daughter hums that often. Even a 17Y old popular crime thriller like CID promotes health insurance products on TV because we may soon fall ill with "pet ka cancer". Basically its downgraded from a blocker bug to critical. Pollution, lifestyle changes including heavy use of preservatives, plastics and cellphones are topping the charts... threatening to replace even genetics in the race to contribute to carcinogens. Since we can't get rid of these choices - we can't really stay hostile to cancer. So we open our arms to a guest with a pinch of salt.
Why do most spiritual leaders speak a similar but not the same language? In fact most of the leaders from any sphere tend to be little different in their leadership style. Is it because all human beings are genetically different? Maybe partially. Professionals add their own experience to enrich the formula. Reaching the pinnacle of success and then saying "I had a few things but don't know what exactly brought me this far" is dull. In fact, they interpret things independently. True. So partly the process of evolution is responsible. Still not done with it? Read on then. Isn't there a great deal of injected effort to be different even otherwise? Every successful business leader has somewhat individual recipe for success. Astrologers are committed to different gods. Religious leaders of the same clan preach different versions of roads to salvation. Wrestlers have signature finishing moves. Alternative medical practitioners or healers don't prescribe the same way. Rockstars are net promoters of this "I'm mine" attitude. Yes, the marketing aspect is what you are left with. It helps build a brand for the professional. When there's a supply, there must be a demand. Exactly... that's precisely the case here. We, the end users, love experts and not just another guy. The easy identification mark of a subject matter expert is a combination of singular mannerisms, unique solutions to problems, pinch of eccentricity etc. The not-so-easy identification is anyway difficult and time consuming... not everyone can do it and not every life is that long.
Wallet, washroom and cabbies are here. They replaced purse, bathroom and taxi drivers of this poor nation... at least in its urban minds. [I'm trying my best to adapt to these. Having spent a considerable time saying 'purse' and 'bathroom', it's not a cakewalk. Someone like me who comes from a middle class 'Bengali medium' background, it's harder. First, we never spoke anything other than Bengali when we grew up. We hardly listened to English. Hindi, being very close to Bengali, was our only alternative medium of expression in emergencies. Our 'English medium' cousins were in advantage from day one. Speaking in English is "Neighbor's envy, owner's pride". Quick adaptation is a skill aligned to survival. Is it a key skill? A more pertinent question will be why we need to survive? Why can't we just live? Aren't we free enough? Does it have anything to do with our under-developed (or so-called developing) economy or is it irrespective of development? Is it purely a fear of losing friends or relevance? We welcome anything 'new', more often when it's about a so-called new technology, without much thought lest we're left alone. A sense of insecurity about losing out in an inconspicuous marathon runs through us. It may be a small price to be in a society or a company... membership fee. Once felt secured with the 'new' thing, the ego wakes up. It's time to be 'mine'. The assertion of myself happens over the choice of brands, colors or price bands. The basic question of "is it really new" or "do I really need this" is a baggage no one seems to take interest in. Give in to generate your social security number. Anyone who is choosy or willful would be punished to obscureness. If alive today, would Mr. S. C. Bose have said "Give me likes, I'll give you likes"?
Planchette players have a reason to cheer. Their esteemed list can now be extended to accommodate cancer casualties. Yes, it's official. We accept not only credit cards but cancer too - the 2 greatest lessons of United States to countries like ours. A recent insurance product ad campaign boldly starts with a doctor's unambiguous communication to a patient about the diagnosis of cancer. The patient doesn't faint or run to a temple. Instead, he immediately visualizes of the changes in his family members' lifestyles due to the heavy expenses to be incurred for the treatment of his 'critical illness'. The music played in the background has a comical, catchy overtone - my daughter hums that often. Even a 17Y old popular crime thriller like CID promotes health insurance products on TV because we may soon fall ill with "pet ka cancer". Basically its downgraded from a blocker bug to critical. Pollution, lifestyle changes including heavy use of preservatives, plastics and cellphones are topping the charts... threatening to replace even genetics in the race to contribute to carcinogens. Since we can't get rid of these choices - we can't really stay hostile to cancer. So we open our arms to a guest with a pinch of salt.