Lovely piece, Mohit. I also think the equanimity we see in the faces and behaviour of India’s have-less and have-nots may have something to do with our cultural acceptance of failure or tragedy or setbacks as fate or destiny or God’s will. It allows us to be more at peace with what happened or how life has turned out.
Mohit, our whole world is designed to fake promises, to allure custom, and we always fall for it. I get a mail/msg offering, say, shirts at Rs 1200 a piece. I open the website to see nothing at less than Rs 4000. I go to a shoe store, they only show me shoes of over Rs 12,000. Not what I need or what's right/good for me. However much I tell them, they will not work to serve the customer but their greed. Our netas promise the world to us but their interest is in hanging on to his chair, by hook, crook or throwing all exchequer money on freebies that get them votes. It's the same will everyone, from auto-rickshaw wallah, taxi wallah, peons, babus, pvt operators. The ones who want change are outvoted.
Lovely piece, Mohit. I also think the equanimity we see in the faces and behaviour of India’s have-less and have-nots may have something to do with our cultural acceptance of failure or tragedy or setbacks as fate or destiny or God’s will. It allows us to be more at peace with what happened or how life has turned out.
Yes...fate is a great religio-psychological construct for a society with limited opportunity
As a peer of yours, I can say that we have to revel in our good health and financial stability wherever we may be. We have to count our blessings…
Yes, Ranjan. I could write a piece every week about gratitude.
Mohit, our whole world is designed to fake promises, to allure custom, and we always fall for it. I get a mail/msg offering, say, shirts at Rs 1200 a piece. I open the website to see nothing at less than Rs 4000. I go to a shoe store, they only show me shoes of over Rs 12,000. Not what I need or what's right/good for me. However much I tell them, they will not work to serve the customer but their greed. Our netas promise the world to us but their interest is in hanging on to his chair, by hook, crook or throwing all exchequer money on freebies that get them votes. It's the same will everyone, from auto-rickshaw wallah, taxi wallah, peons, babus, pvt operators. The ones who want change are outvoted.
A very sad commentary on what digital marketing has enabled.