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It really has been a long time since I last posted. And I really have no excuse to justify. Of course, I will nonetheless strike an attempt to justify. December was an eventful month, to say the least. I had my exams and my brother was in town. That was pretty much my last days of the previous year.
Happy New Year
Now the new year has graced me and all, of course, with its presence. And so far, it has rather been a peculiar start, comparatively speaking of course.
My result was satisfactory and my brother returned back.
Having returned to my so called normal routine, I have found myself in a deep state of confusion. Its not to say that this predicament is a recent phenomenon. Apparently, it has been around for a fairly long time. And I have just only come to realise of its presence.
But the interesting part is that I was told, today, that is it OK to be confused. I guess 3 years of Political analysis has finally started showing its rather unusual results.
One of my papers this year is called 'Women and Political Process'. It is a very personal paper for all of us in the class. And the small class strength only increases the intimacy of our discussions. In simple words, I love it! Hands down, my favourite.
So right now, we are dealing with the topic relating to Women and Religion. Religion is a very complex entity. Personally I really don't know what my opinion is on the subject. It confuses me to the hilt. And I don't think that anyone in my class can say otherwise. We are all just doing a balancing act.
We came into this paper, almost sure of ourselves. Confident to an extent of what we believed. And as time progressed, this paper only broke down every decision we had come to take in defining ourselves. Looking at it from afar, it seems rather scary. But for us, I think it has been rather empowering.
Just the other day in class, we were engaged in a discussion on liberation and religion, and we discovered a whole new point of view, which we would have "traditionalyl" jumped to dismiss. When one talks about liberation, it would generally connote liberation from religion. But people who profess the kind of movement like Hindutva, truly believe in their religious "conservatism". It really just boils down to perception. Many women have actually found the space to enter the public sphere through the medium of religion. So to say that to be a feminist, is to be anti-religion, would be quite problematic.
Every day we come across such a contradiction which pretty much sends our confident judgements down the drain.
And it has just left me, at least, quite confused. To which my lecturer promptly suggested that it was the better of the options available. It is better to be on a journey to find the truth rather than be a commentator on it. A wise man is who searches for more, rather than claim to know it all.
I guess, what I am really trying to say is that being confused is OK!
Just some food for thought I guess. Surely is for me. ^_^
nish
It really has been a long time since I last posted. And I really have no excuse to justify. Of course, I will nonetheless strike an attempt to justify. December was an eventful month, to say the least. I had my exams and my brother was in town. That was pretty much my last days of the previous year.
Happy New Year
Now the new year has graced me and all, of course, with its presence. And so far, it has rather been a peculiar start, comparatively speaking of course.
My result was satisfactory and my brother returned back.
Having returned to my so called normal routine, I have found myself in a deep state of confusion. Its not to say that this predicament is a recent phenomenon. Apparently, it has been around for a fairly long time. And I have just only come to realise of its presence.
But the interesting part is that I was told, today, that is it OK to be confused. I guess 3 years of Political analysis has finally started showing its rather unusual results.
One of my papers this year is called 'Women and Political Process'. It is a very personal paper for all of us in the class. And the small class strength only increases the intimacy of our discussions. In simple words, I love it! Hands down, my favourite.
So right now, we are dealing with the topic relating to Women and Religion. Religion is a very complex entity. Personally I really don't know what my opinion is on the subject. It confuses me to the hilt. And I don't think that anyone in my class can say otherwise. We are all just doing a balancing act.
We came into this paper, almost sure of ourselves. Confident to an extent of what we believed. And as time progressed, this paper only broke down every decision we had come to take in defining ourselves. Looking at it from afar, it seems rather scary. But for us, I think it has been rather empowering.
Just the other day in class, we were engaged in a discussion on liberation and religion, and we discovered a whole new point of view, which we would have "traditionalyl" jumped to dismiss. When one talks about liberation, it would generally connote liberation from religion. But people who profess the kind of movement like Hindutva, truly believe in their religious "conservatism". It really just boils down to perception. Many women have actually found the space to enter the public sphere through the medium of religion. So to say that to be a feminist, is to be anti-religion, would be quite problematic.
Every day we come across such a contradiction which pretty much sends our confident judgements down the drain.
And it has just left me, at least, quite confused. To which my lecturer promptly suggested that it was the better of the options available. It is better to be on a journey to find the truth rather than be a commentator on it. A wise man is who searches for more, rather than claim to know it all.
I guess, what I am really trying to say is that being confused is OK!
Just some food for thought I guess. Surely is for me. ^_^
nish
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