The problem with intellectual man is the his feeling that he's intellectual.
This may sound archaic--straight out of Emmerson's or Thoreau's essay--but this is derived out of a everyday concern...
Let me explain-- it is human tendency to fix oneself either with the intellectual or the common man..
But there is also a path...neither that of the intellectual nor of the common man....
the answer is to answer your own voice.
Torn between the voice of the masses and that of the intellectual is our own voice craving to be spoken...but we are scared of its legitimacy..
We are confused about our own legitimacy ..
Thursday, May 28, 2009
What delhi has done to me so far
May be the 'wise ones' will say that i must ask what i have done for delhi instead of what delhi has done to me. Let me explain from the places i have been to and what i was doing there
I was a confused person from the time i can remember.
I did graduation from Christ college bangalore.What can I say about three years in Christ College, Bangalore…
the sky was blue, the grasses were green, weather was pleasant, there were dustbins( dustbins, becausethis is in stark contrast to Chennai. All indian cities are equally unclean--there can be no clear winner. But what is striking in chennai is its people complacency with uncleanliness and garbage)
and I was in love, and lo, I was a poet…those were the really careless days… careless but not reckless as I’m now…I think the time there was well spent…
Towards the end of the course, I was getting even more reckless..without me actually knowing it…the ambience in the next college I attended only made it worse.
In Chennai i did masters in communication…madras christian college…the college was thoroughly de-motivating for me…the only good thing i learned from thereis the habit of watching good movies and appreciating it.
May be I found the college de-motivating because I came to Chennai de-motivated…but the college was no help for a person like me.
Delhi had shown me in one year what Chennai and Bangalore hasn’t done for six years..To put it simply it changed my idea for hardwork and perfection…
It taught me how much hard work is real hard work.
Meeting with Vinod K Jose was a really a significant one. He didn’t exactly motivate me: simply because I was far from being motivated. I was just fumbling around—with my own notions about journalism.
He showed me what journalism is and what it entails. Delhi helped me to some extent unlearn what my education has so far done for me.
I was a confused person from the time i can remember.
I did graduation from Christ college bangalore.What can I say about three years in Christ College, Bangalore…
the sky was blue, the grasses were green, weather was pleasant, there were dustbins( dustbins, becausethis is in stark contrast to Chennai. All indian cities are equally unclean--there can be no clear winner. But what is striking in chennai is its people complacency with uncleanliness and garbage)
and I was in love, and lo, I was a poet…those were the really careless days… careless but not reckless as I’m now…I think the time there was well spent…
Towards the end of the course, I was getting even more reckless..without me actually knowing it…the ambience in the next college I attended only made it worse.
In Chennai i did masters in communication…madras christian college…the college was thoroughly de-motivating for me…the only good thing i learned from thereis the habit of watching good movies and appreciating it.
May be I found the college de-motivating because I came to Chennai de-motivated…but the college was no help for a person like me.
Delhi had shown me in one year what Chennai and Bangalore hasn’t done for six years..To put it simply it changed my idea for hardwork and perfection…
It taught me how much hard work is real hard work.
Meeting with Vinod K Jose was a really a significant one. He didn’t exactly motivate me: simply because I was far from being motivated. I was just fumbling around—with my own notions about journalism.
He showed me what journalism is and what it entails. Delhi helped me to some extent unlearn what my education has so far done for me.
I took Hathway internet connection—64kbps
My laptop is in a mess: name any virus, it has it. On top of that it just survived a fall from my shelf to the floor—the corner is dented. But thank god it is still working.
(It just shows how careless and reckless I have become.)
Earlier I used to care so much about it, that many of my friends have said that it looks new. I had installed antivirus and that too after much research on which is the best one, never allowed any of my friends to plug in their pendrives, unless I knew that he also was using antivirus..
But over the few months I have treated my laptop very roughly…
Yesterday I took internet connection and I’m in love with my laptop again… doesn’t mean that i’m hooked to the internet all the time…but at least the internet cable is hooked to it 24x7. It feels like my laptop has got a new lease of life. Just seeing the internet cable is very reassuring for me.
I took Hathway 64kbps connection—500 rupees per month and 700 rupees security deposit… I didn’t think whether it was a good deal or not...Jim told that I could have paid 200 rupees more and taken an airtel 256kbps…but I Amit told airtel 256kbps is 900 rupees…and on top of that I will have to show a salary slip or pan card or something of the sort which I don’t have..Anyway I didn’t want waste too much time mulling and hearing opinions or searching for the real deal. I wanted a connection and a cheap connection…I took it…with the hope that I can change it anytime i find out about the ‘real deal.’
The Hathway guy also provides cable here in my paying guest…so the documentation drooling were also minimal.
(It just shows how careless and reckless I have become.)
Earlier I used to care so much about it, that many of my friends have said that it looks new. I had installed antivirus and that too after much research on which is the best one, never allowed any of my friends to plug in their pendrives, unless I knew that he also was using antivirus..
But over the few months I have treated my laptop very roughly…
Yesterday I took internet connection and I’m in love with my laptop again… doesn’t mean that i’m hooked to the internet all the time…but at least the internet cable is hooked to it 24x7. It feels like my laptop has got a new lease of life. Just seeing the internet cable is very reassuring for me.
I took Hathway 64kbps connection—500 rupees per month and 700 rupees security deposit… I didn’t think whether it was a good deal or not...Jim told that I could have paid 200 rupees more and taken an airtel 256kbps…but I Amit told airtel 256kbps is 900 rupees…and on top of that I will have to show a salary slip or pan card or something of the sort which I don’t have..Anyway I didn’t want waste too much time mulling and hearing opinions or searching for the real deal. I wanted a connection and a cheap connection…I took it…with the hope that I can change it anytime i find out about the ‘real deal.’
The Hathway guy also provides cable here in my paying guest…so the documentation drooling were also minimal.
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