Reflections

My mother placed me in an educational institution when I was five, and I remained in one ever since! However, much learning is available away from organised set-ups. Sharing experiences is a wonderful human activity.

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Formalities.

The officer in charge said, “Sign here. This is only a formality.”

An exhortation of this kind, to put it mildly, is more often than not, trying to hide controversial contents that deserve the minutest scrutiny. A situation of this kind can present itself in a great number of situations. Putting a signature on a legal document, or filling a routine form, or after an interrogation, are only a few examples.

Questions eliciting answers in these categories are very often shrouded in rhetoric, in verbosity and in double or treble significance hidden between the lines.

Signing in as a formality often banks on a very short period of time allowed for consideration. Hence the thoughtlessness involved and imposed. A very short time space is automatically allowed from start time of question to putting black on while “as a formality.”

It is a fundamental human right that a person enjoys, to be made aware of all the consequences of an action, and of all its remote obligations. Asking by inference makes a parody of relationships and justice. And deciding on perceptions is even worse. In all such instances signing as a formality opens a pandora box for further investigations based on wrong premises.

This does not in any way encourages deformities in declarations. The point made, not signing as a formalty, is only a safeguard against collecting wrong data or the description of circumstances that seem to have brought about an event.

One must thrive to be precise in speech so that one’s message arrives loud and clear. This is indeed very important. But it is, therfore, essential to endorse by putting black on white, not just as a formality, but as a formal conscientious judgemt of considered thought, opinion and belief, leaving absolutely no doubts whatsover on the meaning one would like to convey. Admittedly some languages can be more effective than others to attain this fundamental principle.

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Monday, November 08, 2010

Betrayal.

A deep feeling of frustration and sadness always follow a betrayal. It often grooves a deep scar on the fabric of a personality and its psyche. Anger and spite dominate an urge for retaliation which do not stop before obtaining redress for grievances received.

These feelings take a higher magnitude when people closer to us are the perpetrators. Betrayal under these circumstances is not easily forgotten.

People betray others to gain power, to hoard wealth, to receive affection, to nurture popularity and to manifest superior attitudes. There may be other motivations for betrayal. For as little as a few coins the disciple betrayed his master. Replicas of these incidents are as old as the mountains, and will also last as long as the mountains.

Very few individuals can claim that they have never been betrayed.

People who can cope with betrayal and do not plan and execute reprisals are heroes. They deserve admiration. They live in peace. It is a pleasure to know such people. They are a most precious and welcome to be with.

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