New Year,
New Year...New Hopes
New Hopes... New Beginings
New Begining.. New Ideas
New Ideas.. New Thoughts.
New Thoughts..New Person.
Hoping to be a different person..different Rahul..for better or worse.
Wishing Happy New Year to all the Readers.
From,
Rahul Vaidya
Friday, December 30, 2005
Monday, December 05, 2005
Inconvinient Yet Welcome Obstructors
The presence of Video and Photo graphers during marriage ceremony is a practice to block the view of the audience during the rituals so that the same people (and more) can be bored with repeated shows of the same.
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
A Tale of Two Societies
One Red-Indian in American Subcontinent. Another Japanese society.
1. Red Indian land was grabbed by European settlers. They refused to leave there traditions.. their traditional wepeans, there way of life. In short they dint want to make sense out of tradition in the changed environment.
Now they are restricted to few reservations accross Americas.
2. Japan. In 1868, Traditional closed inward looking society was forced to open its eyes when the US battleship forced it to open its borders. It was a big blow to there self-respect. But they decided to change their ways to suit the new situation. Change it to make sense of their traditions yet make concessions where the traditions dont make sense.
Now Japan is one of the world leaders in economy and a thriving soceity.
So is there something for India in this global age?
1. Red Indian land was grabbed by European settlers. They refused to leave there traditions.. their traditional wepeans, there way of life. In short they dint want to make sense out of tradition in the changed environment.
Now they are restricted to few reservations accross Americas.
2. Japan. In 1868, Traditional closed inward looking society was forced to open its eyes when the US battleship forced it to open its borders. It was a big blow to there self-respect. But they decided to change their ways to suit the new situation. Change it to make sense of their traditions yet make concessions where the traditions dont make sense.
Now Japan is one of the world leaders in economy and a thriving soceity.
So is there something for India in this global age?
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
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