I realize at times the changes that have taken over me...my own growing insensitivity towards things and events which i once felt very strongly about, the so called much hyped adult rationality that has taken over me ;
Kamala Das once wrote about in some poem of hers which i had read but now forget abt this "adult rationality"...at that time...these were just words for me, something that my English teacher took a lot of pains to explain, giving examples from her own life...she did put in a lot of effort but somehow, none of us quite understood what it really meant, coz we didnt "feel" it ourselves...but today when i turn over the news clipping that shows abject poverty and helplessness, when i see and often overlook begging children on the road and when i walk past a limping animal...wincing just once in my mind maybe, but rationlizing that i couldnt possibly change the world... i realize that i too have been bitten by the bug of rationality.
Yes at these times when i get naked evidence of my hardening heart, the child in me in unable to forgive the adult i now am...
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my sentiments exactly, i'v been looking for a balance but i don't think it exists
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ReplyDeleteIntresting write. Rationality is the excuse for us to be ingnorant of the world around us.
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