Re: Could we rethink this teeny weeny point?

[Kush Khatri <free_voice@yahoo.com>]

Sanjeev:  I wholeheartedly agree on what you have said about the
leadership provided by Utkarsh and our dear friends of BDP in this
awesome effort.  One thing is clear they have kept us from becoming
too academic---we have been forced to think on practical lines.  Of
course, we have lot of ground to over,  but I think we are making
progress.

The comments made by Charu on government are very seminal.  Similary,
Prem Rallabandi has raised some excellent points about my favorite
subject: DEMOCRACY EDUCATION.   I will have more to say on both of
these subjects later.   Right now I"ll urge people to read Charu's and
Prem's postings carefully.

Sanjeev, thanks for making the home page of India_policy acquire a
personality.   I looked at some pictures and read a little about you. 
At least now I know what you look like.  It was also nice to see
pictures of the family.   
I think more people should do that.  Charu we need some more pictures
of you.    Thanks.

Sanjeev Sabhlok  wrote:
>
> On Wed, 3 Jun 1998, Kush Khatri wrote:
> 
> > I was
> > deliberately provoking my dear friends in BDP.  But they all
displayed
> > tremendous amount of maturity by not taking my bait.  
> 
> I know you were joking, and we sure must. For life cannot be taken too
> seriously. 
> 
> But you know what, Kush, I was thinking about this little small thing,
> later. And I felt we could do better than that on this list, perhaps? 
> (Hey, I don't want to sound preachy, but this is just a view, to be
> considered by all of us, if we like...)
> 
> I seriously believe we owe much of the progress we are all making
here to
> the groundwork laid by Utkarsh and his friends, in terms of doing two
> things which most of us do not have nor do: 
> 
> 	a) Most of us become very cynical very quickly. These folks
> 		have retained a sense of positive inquiry.
> 	b) Most of us never directly try to solve a problem. 'Leave 
> 		it to Godot,' we say. These folks are talking about 
> 		directly solving India's problems, once they
> 		know what is to be done.
> 
> I think you and I can agree on this, that for whatever it is worth,
this
> is a fledgling group of young Indians - hoping to overcome cynicism
with
> discovery of the truth, and hoping to make a serious effort to
directly
> solve the problem, once they have started approaching the truth,
> asymptotically. We do not have too many such youth in India. Let us
hope
> to get more, many more, youth involved.
> 
> Remember, everyone in the world is welcome on this list, to persuade
each
> other about how best India should be governed. Only the best ideas
would
> ultimately get recorded, and there is no monopoly of "best" ideas with
> anyone of us. So we do not really need to "design" any statement to
> provoke anyone anywhere. The discovery of truth is much more
satisfying in
> itself. Let us devote our attention to that, entirely.  That is the
only
> reason why we have all voluntarily subscribed to this debating
forum, and
> that is what will keep us from splintering. 
> 
> I'm sorry about raising this very minor issue but I think that maybe
we
> can and always should, do better? What sayeth thou, Great Kush? Do I
> sound somewhat OK on this little, microscopic, point?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Sanjeev
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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