White House Correspondents Dinner and freedom vs responsibity

[tks]

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Every year there is an annual event where all the press people who cover the white house (USA) get together for a dinner event.

The President of USA typically speaks showing off his charm and sense of humor (often making fun of himself in a good natured manner).

President Reagan even after being shot attended remotely giving a speech over the phone.

With the contentious relationship that the current President Trump has with the Press he and his team decided to boycott this annual event.

The event usually hosts a comedian to make fun of all and make the event really funny.

This year they chose a first generation Indian American (a Muslim) to be the comedian to roast the President and the audience. I thought he did a superb job.

Here is the show in its entirety. Key note speakers include Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein who broke open the Nixon watergate story that led to the resignation of President Nixon (in mid 1970s).

Later I will post about freedom and responsibility when it comes to journalism of a special kind.

Even if you dont watch the entire show you may want to watch the last 30 minutes or so when this Indian American kid speaks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVRQ9Dlh6X8

Enjoy...

 

[tks]

With the advent of news media becoming profit centers and with the power brokers viewing media as a tool, the respect for media has fallen significantly. Most media stories have to be taken with a grain of salt.

The media outlets of India are largely under the control of external powers that assert their agenda (example religious conversion) through monetary power and propagating sensational news to put down the majority culture.

Trump in USA has tapped into this anger people have. However the era of face book, whatsapp, and twitter has propensity to create large amount of "truly fake" news. Trump has leveraged this outlet to his advantage holding influence over his die hard supporters.

This trend is not good for any democracy. It is a wake up call for media outlets to redeem their place through responsible journalism

 

[tks]

Each of you who post is sort of a journalist

I became a member of this forum in 2011 I think .

In the last 6 years or so I have seen deterioration of the quality of posts across the board.

It seems this forum may have tens and thousands of potential members. From purely registered number of members it must be a large number.

The number of regular visitors (say once every 15 days ) may be of the order of few thousand members.

By looking at the number of posters, people who write here regularly may of the order of 100 or so.

A small number out of this lot probably add to the bulk of posts. And it is bulk indeed.

That small number is spamming the site in my view with useless chats, posting anything that comes to their mind at that instant and not caring about how it affects the value of the forum as a whole for readers.

It is not about presenting contrarian views. It is about writing junk.

There are some threads I stay away simply by looking at who is starting the thread or posting. My statement is not intended to attack anyone in particular. It is to simply ask for self reflection before posting.

As journalists 'contributing' to this forum it is our collective responsibility to ensure what we write has value and that exchanges are civil, respectful and thoughtful. We have the freedom given by the owner to write pretty much anything. Let us minimally respect the goals of various sections, keep the chit-chat off serious topic areas and contribute to the value of the forum as a whole for potential members.

The easiest thing to do is to assert your freedom and simply write the first thing that comes to one's mind. In my view, that is not freedom at all. To use one's wisdom and write something useful is the real freedom we need to assert.

A copy and paste posts are true contributions if what is copied and pasted is relevant and useful to the topic area.

Again, you are welcome to disagree with me. It may be my imagination but few years ago there were well thought out posts even if I did not agree with the content.

Let us arrest this downturn and ensure that we truly contribute to the content of this forum. That is about taking responsibility for the quality of content while asserting our freedom to post.

 

[renuka]

I became a member of this forum in 2011 I think .

In the last 6 years or so I have seen deterioration of the quality of posts across the board.

It seems this forum may have tens and thousands of potential members. From purely registered number of members it must be a large number.

The number of regular visitors (say once every 15 days ) may be of the order of few thousand members.

By looking at the number of posters, people who write here regularly may of the order of 100 or so.

A small number out of this lot probably add to the bulk of posts. And it is bulk indeed.

That small number is spamming the site in my view with useless chats, posting anything that comes to their mind at that instant and not caring about how it affects the value of the forum as a whole for readers.

It is not about presenting contrarian views. It is about writing junk.

There are some threads I stay away simply by looking at who is starting the thread or posting. My statement is not intended to attack anyone in particular. It is to simply ask for self reflection before posting.

As journalists 'contributing' to this forum it is our collective responsibility to ensure what we write has value and that exchanges are civil, respectful and thoughtful. We have the freedom given by the owner to write pretty much anything. Let us minimally respect the goals of various sections, keep the chit-chat off serious topic areas and contribute to the value of the forum as a whole for potential members.

The easiest thing to do is to assert your freedom and simply write the first thing that comes to one's mind. In my view, that is not freedom at all. To use one's wisdom and write something useful is the real freedom we need to assert.

A copy and paste posts are true contributions if what is copied and pasted is relevant and useful to the topic area.

Again, you are welcome to disagree with me. It may be my imagination but few years ago there were well thought out posts even if I did not agree with the content.

Let us arrest this downturn and ensure that we truly contribute to the content of this forum. That is about taking responsibility for the quality of content while asserting our freedom to post.

I seriously dont get it why humans find it hard to just let go and be free in thoughts and expressions.

This desire for an imaginary intellectual La La Land comes accross as totally lacking in originality.

Its always complaining and finding fault with standard of contents in Forum.

Seriously as a member I find nothing wrong with Forum.

Being a person who comes with some functioning grey matter of varied interest I find it fun to be in Forum..we get to know different mindsets..lifestyle practices..some can get very orthodox and some totally freaked out too.

Its just a healthy mix of individual thoughts.

To be frank trying to dictate standards of posts of others denotes having issues with various opinions and wanting to exert control.

How are we so sure we are always right and everyone must adhere to our imaginary form of standards?

There is NO downturn in Forum.
Seriously even so called scholarly articles by self proclaimed scholars are just personal opinions.

<Edited>

Forum is just fine.

Lets not imagine the worst.

 

[krish44]

The post of the muslim comedian on Trump is just sick humour.

Indians in india do not relate to it.

Academicians should not expect to read extracts from doctoral thesis in this forum and talk about quality and post american junk which can appeal to locals there.

 

[prasad1]

There is NO downturn in Forum.
Seriously even so called scholarly articles by self proclaimed scholars are just personal opinions.

There is a fine line of difference between having control issues and trying to maintain standards.

It could even be a hidden unaddressed form of anxiety and depression.

Forum is just fine.

Lets not imagine the worst.

I fully agree with your post.
The forum is a platform for expressing thoughts and ideas. Some of the ideas may be borrowed, others may imagine their ideas to be original.
I do agree that prolific posters have left the forum, but new ones join every day.

 

[prasad1]

Political satire is always local, it is very difficult to market it to different geographical location. John William "Johnny" Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005) was an American talk show host and comedian, best known for his 30 years as host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992). Carson received six Emmy Awards, the Television Academy's 1980 Governor's Award, and a 1985 Peabody Award. He is an American Icon.


When his show way televised in the UK, he bombed. It was a total failure as the audience could not connect with him.

 

[Rudhran]

I seriously dont get it why humans find it hard to just let go and be free in thoughts and expressions.

Doctor Mam,

Such texts may be nice to read.

I have seen you in this Forum responding the otherway and I know that your postings were also deleted by the Moderator.

I need to thank tks ji for bringing this issue for discussion in this Forum.

Yesterday while I was going through the archives, I found one of the senior members withdrawing his interest in continuing the debate and the thread was in G.D. The topic of the thread was to discuss seriously to find out views of members to safe guard old customs, traditions and value and to arrest the IC and IR marriages taking place more particularly TB community. (It cannot be done and it is there from the period immemorial, etc etc is known to everyone, but it is about discouraging).

And a couple of days back, when I found that there was no contribution from a Veteran who used to subscribe threads in bulk every day, as to why there was no contributions from his side, he was expressing about his feelings of disappointment as to how serious threads are treated in this Forum. Most of the threads get derailed and ultimately become ‘Chit-Chat’ session.

I hope the Forum members do have the freedom to discuss this topic.

Anyone can disagree but there are enough materials to substantiate this.

Yesterday, I opened a thread quoting one member’s posting and sought the opinion of other members seeking their experience, advice, guidelines, etc

Some good heart seems to complained about this thread and the Moderator swiftly swinged into action and ensured that the thread was nipped in the bud stage.

As the owner and Moderator he has got his prerogative to exercise.

I am not here to comment upon the action of the Moderator who deleted that posting, maybe he is right in doing so, in the interest of the Forum and he has to justify his role as owner to run the Forum taking into consideration the revenue it fetches.

In fact I wanted to write more about this.

P.S: Some minds may find it comfortable with discussing our own junks ...they don't want to compare and think about higher levels...

I will continue….

 

[renuka]

Doctor Mam,

Such texts may be nice to read.

I have seen you in this Forum responding the otherway and I know that your postings were also deleted by the Moderator.

I need to thank tks ji for bringing this issue for discussion in this Forum.

Yesterday while I was going through the archives, I found one of the senior members withdrawing his interest in continuing the debate and the thread was in G.D. The topic of the thread was to discuss seriously to find out views of members to safe guard old customs, traditions and value and to arrest the IC and IR marriages taking place more particularly TB community. (It cannot be done and it is there from the period immemorial, etc etc is known to everyone, but it is about discouraging).

And a couple of days back, when I found that there was no contribution from a Veteran who used to subscribe threads in bulk every day, as to why there was no contributions from his side, he was expressing about his feelings of disappointment as to how serious threads are treated in this Forum. Most of the threads get derailed and ultimately become ‘Chit-Chat’ session.

I hope the Forum members do have the freedom to discuss this topic.

Anyone can disagree but there are enough materials to substantiate this.

Yesterday, I opened a thread quoting one member’s posting and sought the opinion of other members seeking their experience, advice, guidelines, etc

Some good heart seems to complained about this thread and the Moderator swiftly swinged into action and ensured that the thread was nipped in the bud stage.

As the owner and Moderator he has got his prerogative to exercise.

I am not here to comment upon the action of the Moderator who deleted that posting, maybe he is right in doing so, in the interest of the Forum and he has to justify his role as owner to run the Forum taking into consideration the revenue it fetches.

In fact I wanted to write more about this.

P.S: Some minds may find it comfortable with discussing our own junks ...they don't want to compare and think about higher levels...

I will continue….

Yes Sir..my posts have got deleted from Moderator before..I have even got warnings before.

Some members have even PM me before stating some of my posts are totally tasteless.

Then there are also those who like what I write and some who can never decide to like me or to hate me.

Its human to feel good when we are praised and feel bad when we are blamed.

I am not aiming to be equiposed in all situations..I am not God..I am human.
I am entitled to feel happy or sad or even be insane BUT I am never going to stop another person to express his/ her thoughts if its within the civil realm.

I dont strive for perfection cos I know it doesnt exists.
I am not obsessed with being intellectual becos learning is a never ending process.

A truly intelligent one admires simplicity even in so called "stupidity".

Before I label another person as not having higher thinking order I first ask myself" where do I rank in all these?"

Surely one can not be egoistic and think too highly of one self.

Most of us here are professionals in some field or the other...that should be taken as a opportunity as not to get carried away by it and feels others write posts not worth reading.

I read mosts posts..we can learn anything from all types of posts.

I myself had left forum once cos I was upset but I came back..very few actually leave permenantly.

They usually log in silently cos its addictive.

I wont label anything junk..I dont have that mindset.

I want to stay grounded and not want to dabble with imaginary higher level thinking.

I rather just be myself and not grade myself or anyone else.

It isnt too hard to be normal.

Btw I had responded to your thread yesterday but it got deleted.

Yes I know one member is not happy about IC IR scenario.

Just one question?

Is this IC a recent phenomenon?

If it is why all stanzas in Manu smirti?
Why Arjuna lamenting in Dwapara Yuga about Varnasankar?

That ONLY means humans have been having various liaisons in the past.

Its just logic..if a "crime" had not been commited in the past there would not even be a Penal Code for it.

So does anyone really think by getting members to agree with posts they write that IC IR has to be stopped..would it really work?

Isnt this just all talk but no action?
Times have changed..some amount of IC IR is here to stay but that percentage isnt too big.

No community would become extinct..there is no need for acute fear.

 

[Rudhran]

Yes Sir..my posts have got deleted from Moderator before..I have even got warnings before.

Some members have even PM me before stating some of my posts are totally tasteless.

Then there are also those who like what I write and some who can never decide to like me or to hate me.

Its human to feel good when we are praised and feel bad when we are blamed.

I am not aiming to be equiposed in all situations..I am not God..I am human.

I am entitled to feel happy or sad or even be insane BUT I am never going to stop another person to express his/ her thoughts if its within the civil realm.

I dont strive for perfection cos I know it doesnt exists.

I am not obsessed with being intellectual becos learning is a never ending process.


A truly intelligent one admires simplicity even in so called "stupidity".

Before I label another person as not having higher thinking order I first ask myself" where do I rank in all these?"

Surely one can not be egoistic and think too highly of one self.

Most of us here are professionals in some field or the other...that should be taken as a opportunity as not to get carried away by it and feels others write posts not worth reading.

I read mosts posts..we can learn anything from all types of posts.

I myself had left forum once cos I was upset but I came back..very few actually leave permenantly.

They usually log in silently cos its addictive.

I wont label anything junk..I dont have that mindset.

I want to stay grounded and not want to dabble with imaginary higher level thinking.

I rather just be myself and not grade myself or anyone else.

It isnt too hard to be normal.

Btw I had responded to your thread yesterday but it got deleted.

Yes I know one member is not happy about IC IR scenario.

Just one question?

Is this IC a recent phenomenon?

If it is why all stanzas in Manu smirti?

Why Arjuna lamenting in Dwapara Yuga about Varnasankar?

That ONLY means humans have been having various liaisons in the past.

Its just logic..if a "crime" had not been commited in the past there would not even be a Penal Code for it.

So does anyone really think by getting members to agree with posts they write that IC IR has to be stopped..would it really work?

Isnt this just all talk but no action?

Times have changed..some amount of IC IR is here to stay but that percentage isnt too big.

No community would become extinct..there is no need for acute fear.

So many 'I's....!!

I shall reply to this later...

Good day.

 

[renuka]

So many 'I's....!!

I shall reply to this later...

Good day.

Yes..I is English for 1st person Singular.

One can see the usage of " I" even in your post.

If you prefer any other language we can say nAn(Tamil)..main (Hindi)..saya (Malay)...aham (Sanskrit) ..anA (Arabic).

Make your choice.

 

[Rudhran]

Yes..I is English for 1st person Singular.

One can see the usage of " I" even in your post.

If you prefer any other language we can say nAn(Tamil)..main (Hindi)..saya (Malay)...aham (Sanskrit) ..anA (Arabic).

Make your choice.

Doctor Mam,

Don't mistake me ... for it sounded like a Mini-Autobiography.

And it is surprising to learn that you once left the Forum..!

As you said it is a mixed bag with few coming up everyday with number of threads sharing News and informative messages, some calling for opinions, etc etc

And as you said the Forum is fine…

I think all those who contribute more and take active part in this Forum may not agree with this.

You yourself would have received 17 'Thumbs down' which shows indirectly some are against your texts and they don’t like it.

It is nice that you be yourself and need not change your mind for the sake of others and we don’t live for others and don’t care about others opinion.

There are threads with one way traffic.

And there are hot topics receiving attention more for a heated ebate sensitive subject.

It is a Tamil Brahmin Forum…. And whenever topics like the community dwindling in numbers, shrinking, digging our own grave, or Brahmin girls/boys opting for IC/IR weddings etc. such threads never seems to have a smooth flow and more particularly there are minds which crave for attention of other members jump into the thread, try to derail it and there will be more coterie members joining and ultimately the subject will be mocked defining this as fun atlast.

You have now passed a judgement that ‘no community would become extinct’. This I don’t agree.

I live in Chennai for a long time. During fifties, in areas like Perambur, Pallavaram, St. Thomas Mount, Royapuram, Saidapet, Purasawalkam, Vepery, Santhome one can find ‘Anglo-Indians’ community members living here and see them visiting Church on Sundays colorfully dressed. But this community has certainly dwindled and it is a fact that nowadays one can see very rarely members of this community in public.

So, it is serious… we cannot just close our eyes like ostrich, bury head in sand and remain inactive in a comfort zone.

But when some such topic is projected the pro-radical thinking torch bearers and likeminded coterie members interrupt and meddle the thread.

If one visit the achieve one can see more such threads end abruptly.

It is something like in Ramayana, the Sages like Agasthiyar and others try to do ‘yagna' while the asuras will come, disturb and trouble them.

Now why this ‘Kolaveri……?

 

[Vaagmi]

I seriously dont get it why humans find it hard to just let go and be free in thoughts and expressions.

This desire for an imaginary intellectual La La Land comes accross as totally lacking in originality.

Its always complaining and finding fault with standard of contents in Forum.

Seriously as a member I find nothing wrong with Forum.

Being a person who comes with some functioning grey matter of varied interest I find it fun to be in Forum..we get to know different mindsets..lifestyle practices..some can get very orthodox and some totally freaked out too.

Its just a healthy mix of individual thoughts.

To be frank trying to dictate standards of posts of others denotes having issues with various opinions and wanting to exert control.

How are we so sure we are always right and everyone must adhere to our imaginary form of standards?

There is NO downturn in Forum.
Seriously even so called scholarly articles by self proclaimed scholars are just personal opinions.

There is a fine line of difference between having control issues and trying to maintain standards.

It could even be a hidden unaddressed form of anxiety and depression.

Forum is just fine.

Lets not imagine the worst.

Renukaji,

I agree with every word you have said.

<edited>

Narayana! Narayana!!

 

[krish44]

One can imagine to be sage agasthya and others as asuras waiting to drink his blood

I think it is the heat all over india.

Many hallucinate and fight imaginary rakshasas.

I suggest a good holiday in hill station nearby.

Shedding tears for anglo indians, jews , armenians amongst others who have left india and comparing themselves with them.lol

 

[Vaagmi]

.......................................................
I live in Chennai for a long time. During fifties, in areas like Perambur, Pallavaram, St. Thomas Mount, Royapuram, Saidapet, Purasawalkam, Vepery, Santhome one can find ‘Anglo-Indians’ community members living here and see them visiting Church on Sundays colorfully dressed. But this community has certainly dwindled and it is a fact that nowadays one can see very rarely members of this community in public.

Rudranji,

The story of anglo Indians is different. It is not a community which disappeared because of other communities being aggressive.

Anglo Indians never thought themselves to be part of the Indian milieu. They always thought themselves to be part of the Anglosaxon stock. Even poor Angloindians who were just Loco Drivers used to frequently claim in conversation "..........Back home in London the climate is not so oppressive. Life is comfortable..........". I had a friend and so I know first hand. She wanted to just dissolve into the Indian milieu but the color of her skin and the community wont allow that. and brahmins are not suffering from such a delirium. so dont worry about extinction. LOL.

 

[zebra16]

I became a member of this forum in 2011 I think .


There are some threads I stay away simply by looking at who is starting the thread or posting. My statement is not intended to attack anyone in particular. It is to simply ask for self reflection before posting.

May be you are missing out on some good posts (assuming you concur that there are at least some good posters in this forum) by adopting this criterion.

My experience is that when a thread crosses the threshold of 3 pages, there is no connection whatsoever (in many cases) with the initiator of the thread, the subject line and what is seriously debated.

I found many of the gems of posts in this forum which had no relevance to the subject line or who started the thread. That the thread holds the attention of others even after 20 odd posts of people other than the usual suspects should merit at least some casual reading.

 

[renuka]

Doctor Mam,

Don't mistake me ... for it sounded like a Mini-Autobiography.

And it is surprising to learn that you once left the Forum..!

As you said it is a mixed bag with few coming up everyday with number of threads sharing News and informative messages, some calling for opinions, etc etc

And as you said the Forum is fine…

I think all those who contribute more and take active part in this Forum may not agree with this.

You yourself would have received 17 'Thumbs down' which shows indirectly some are against your texts and they don’t like it.

It is nice that you be yourself and need not change your mind for the sake of others and we don’t live for others and don’t care about others opinion.

There are threads with one way traffic.

And there are hot topics receiving attention more for a heated ebate sensitive subject.

It is a Tamil Brahmin Forum…. And whenever topics like the community dwindling in numbers, shrinking, digging our own grave, or Brahmin girls/boys opting for IC/IR weddings etc. such threads never seems to have a smooth flow and more particularly there are minds which crave for attention of other members jump into the thread, try to derail it and there will be more coterie members joining and ultimately the subject will be mocked defining this as fun atlast.

You have now passed a judgement that ‘no community would become extinct’. This I don’t agree.

I live in Chennai for a long time. During fifties, in areas like Perambur, Pallavaram, St. Thomas Mount, Royapuram, Saidapet, Purasawalkam, Vepery, Santhome one can find ‘Anglo-Indians’ community members living here and see them visiting Church on Sundays colorfully dressed. But this community has certainly dwindled and it is a fact that nowadays one can see very rarely members of this community in public.

So, it is serious… we cannot just close our eyes like ostrich, bury head in sand and remain inactive in a comfort zone.

But when some such topic is projected the pro-radical thinking torch bearers and likeminded coterie members interrupt and meddle the thread.

If one visit the achieve one can see more such threads end abruptly.

It is something like in Ramayana, the Sages like Agasthiyar and others try to do ‘yagna' while the asuras will come, disturb and trouble them.

Now why this ‘Kolaveri……?

Dear Sir,

Yes..I have received thumbs down too..mainly its from youLOL

Some others too have given me and one of them is also a good friend of mine and the person informed me he is giving me a thumbs down.

So no big deal..like or dislike is merely a reaction to my posts.

I am old enough to handle some negative reviews.

Coming to the Anglo India example..their very existence is becos of an Inter Continent IC marriage.

If the Brits had not married Indians there would be no Anglo Indians today.

Likewise I too can say a new breed of half brahmins are on the rise..should they too marry only half brahmins to maintain their unique genetic heritage of Half Brahmins Half Non Brahmin?
Its like Anglo Indian too isnt it..Half Brit..Half Indian

I usually do not get too involved in getting all supportive of IC IR marriage cos I am not a TB and I do understand the problems faced by the community after being a member here for years.

I usually give my opinion more on terms of Lovvu..genetics and some DNA stuff if discussion goes technical.


Yes..Asura scenario is present..I do admit I can play a total Asura too many a times but who are the Rishis?

 

[zebra16]

I seriously dont get it why humans find it hard to just let go and be free in thoughts and expressions.

Is it really possible to let go and be free in thoughts and expressions, when humans have memory?

If we are to let go of memory, how are we to live, remember the house we live in, our spouse, our children, our responsibility, our dishum-dishums in this forum?

Wont life be too boring?

 

[renuka]

Is it really possible to let go and be free in thoughts and expressions, when humans have memory?

If we are to let go of memory, how are we to live, remember the house we live in, our spouse, our children, our responsibility, our dishum-dishums in this forum?

Wont life be too boring?

Good question.

When I wrote let go it was more in the context of not holding on too much to any specific preference of a rigid kind and allowing new info to traverse our mind.

True..everything has memory..everything is stored as a reference.

Thats why childhood trauma can scar a person for life cos everything would be referred to that incident.

In a way we all sort of lead a "Post Traumatic " life..we keep referring to the past to even be in the Present.

So your good question leads to another question ..that is..Is Liberation reformating the mind to empty all stored data?

Over to you.

 

[krish44]

Rudranji,

The story of anglo Indians is different. It is not a community which disappeared because of other communities being aggressive.

Anglo Indians never thought themselves to be part of the Indian milieu. They always thought themselves to be part of the Anglosaxon stock. Even poor Angloindians who were just Loco Drivers used to frequently claim in conversation "..........Back home in London the climate is not so oppressive. Life is comfortable..........". I had a friend and so I know first hand. She wanted to just dissolve into the Indian milieu but the color of her skin and the community wont allow that. and brahmins are not suffering from such a delirium. so dont worry about extinction. LOL.

Of course brahmins will never go into extinction.

Brahmins will always reappear after transforming based on the threats and oppurtunities at any point of time.

Many more avathars are left for their convenience.

Be a brahmin and prosper .

 

[Rudhran]

Dear Sir,

Yes..Asura scenario is present..I do admit I can play a total Asura too many a times but who are the Rishis?

Doctor Mam,

That was only an example cited.

Whoever opposite to Asuras...... may be termed as Rishis but don't jump to the conclusion and ask more questions comparing few members with Rishis.

Similarly as for Asuras, we love everyone though there is difference of opinion.

Forum is a nice to place to interact and share...

But often it becomes 'Kurushethram'.

And one more thing which I wanted to share here is this

In one of the topic, our Forum's lone WOLF was having a tough fight following heated exchange of opinion and surprisingly no one had came to support him.

Whereas, there seems to be bonding scenario among the Asuras and they all join together when there is an attack.

What a nice unity exhibited.....

Why this keeping aloof tendency among the socalled Rishis.......?

 

[sravna]

One can claim a lot of accomplishments and still not empathize even a little. Ego can take away a lot of your intellect. I always prefer to go by net intellect

 

[zebra16]

Dear Sir,

Yes..I have received thumbs down too..mainly its from you LOL

I find this anonymous thumb upper and downer to be not really useful.

As Raji Mam once recounted that an anonymous "thumber" marked down her posts in lots, posted years back, just to satisfy
his/her spite. It did really have nothing to do with the content of the previous posts, but blind rage to feel offended whether rightly or wrongly.

If i know the identity of thumb upper, at least I can relate to his/her posts and take interest in his/her views and opinions and likewise I can stay away from the posts of the thumb downer.

Thumb downers are like the free-loaders who borrow a book from a friend or acquaintance and trash the author after reading 10 pages of a 300 odd page book or novel, and NOT EVEN RETURNING THE BOOK.

If someone is giving serial thumbs down to a particular poster, it begs the question as to why they continue to read that poster repeatedly. Only to give thumbs down?

 

[Rudhran]

One can imagine to be sage agasthya and others as asuras waiting to drink his blood

I think it is the heat all over india.

Many hallucinate and fight imaginary rakshasas.

I suggest a good holiday in hill station nearby.

Shedding tears for anglo indians, jews , armenians amongst others who have left india and comparing themselves with them.lol

This is a classic posting conveying the whole wisdom and knowledge of the poster..

I find no words to appreciate...

Needs to be inscribed and preserved in golden letters.

I don't need to go anywhere as my house is Airconditioned and capable of maintaining cool temperature through out.

Besides, I have vodka, Jonny and skotch to keep my mind cool.

Those who have nothing else to drink except blood, I can order for them provided on their request.lol

 

[krish44]

Young man, people drink beer to beat the heat, vodka, scotch to feel warm.

You are not a drinker and are mixed up.

You be yourself.

Others will have some consideration for you