tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post4489431071355844513..comments2023-10-30T04:06:45.798-07:00Comments on arduous blog: On Asceticism, Gandhi and Tagoreruchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043512641324366469noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-69315747794882291182011-10-02T01:24:47.737-07:002011-10-02T01:24:47.737-07:00I think calling Non-cooperation movement, rejectin...I think calling Non-cooperation movement, rejecting humanity is bit stretched. While the movement aimed to reject British made goods, it also aimed at promoting Made in India goods and services. So it was not entirely a negative movement altogether. Bapu was a perfect mix of political acumen, deep rooted religious beliefs, ability to constantly question and work with the people cutting across sections of the society. With my limited experiences, I feel that a 'do'er will always have differences with 'think'er. Both will be knowledgeable in their own might, but a thinker will rely on largely on pure logic and logical deductions, a doer will rely on his experiences + everything else. It was the first time when the British realized that Indians can unite for an extended period of time, despite internal differences in the society. From whatever I read I think the British empire was severely critical of Hinduism, they tried their best to attack the psyche and prove their superiority on not just military but religious grounds as well. Non-cooperation movement was far from an attack on any individual or religion, but an attempt to re-discover the lost Indian confidence in itself.Nitin Jainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05417880671772425142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-37322382271816812462009-12-25T00:20:48.936-08:002009-12-25T00:20:48.936-08:00I don't know why but I am sure that people pra...I don't know why but I am sure that people practicing asceticism, are despaired. Their lives are so bad that they have no other way out.Buy Tamifluhttp://www.buy-tamifluonline.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-35079941037202581122008-10-05T06:42:00.000-07:002008-10-05T06:42:00.000-07:00dear arduous,please understand the politics of the...dear arduous,<BR/><BR/>please understand the politics of the common indian (and the diaspora) in all this. <BR/><BR/>the indian is afraid of debating gandhi. he has been elevated to the status of a demi-god. to criticize gandhi means you are either a 'hindu fundamentalist' or a 'market fundamentalist'.<BR/><BR/>the diaspora is guilty of jettisoning his or her rooted past in the heat and dust of india. gandhi's image fits the india he or she left. gandhi-worship, in its <I>totality</I>, continues. <BR/><BR/>rabindranath also wrote an essay called <I>the cult of the charkha</I>. and amartya sen has written about gandhi and tagore in his book the argumentative indian, and in an essay now posted on the nobel prize website.Holden Caulfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06048017597855870900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-8475802450214748122008-05-09T11:19:00.000-07:002008-05-09T11:19:00.000-07:00Thanks PD!Thanks PD!ruchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17043512641324366469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-75557398098604635772008-05-09T10:53:00.000-07:002008-05-09T10:53:00.000-07:00i thought I just posted a comment - but it disappe...i thought I just posted a comment - but it disappeared. Anyways, great post - love the way you write.pink dogwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938574807898718022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-48561284833471715562008-05-09T09:22:00.000-07:002008-05-09T09:22:00.000-07:00Thanks, Megan!Thanks, Megan!ruchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17043512641324366469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-72210658556721382412008-05-08T20:31:00.000-07:002008-05-08T20:31:00.000-07:00Yeah. This is why I like your blog. Plus, you'r...Yeah. This is why I like your blog. Plus, you're funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-52908650642255280052008-05-08T18:30:00.000-07:002008-05-08T18:30:00.000-07:00Joyce, Jennifer, SDG, thank you! I'm glad you like...Joyce, Jennifer, SDG, thank you! I'm glad you liked it.<BR/><BR/>Beany, you are right, and personally, I think Tagore's path is "The Middle Way." <BR/><BR/>Equa Yona, an ascetic fast from thinking is truly the worst form of asceticism!!<BR/><BR/>Orgie, I really don't want to judge others. I'm not a Christian, but I believe very strongly, "Let he without sin cast the first stone." I have sins, so I'm not going to judge others. Rather, I try to live how I live and I find that sometimes others are inspired to live more lightly as well. And I think that's great.ruchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17043512641324366469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-17036271415909039452008-05-08T10:06:00.000-07:002008-05-08T10:06:00.000-07:00Really thought provoking. I really love how you m...Really thought provoking. I really love how you manage to make positive changes truly for yourself and not for image sake and how you don't allow it to become a means to judge others. (Oh...and it is totally okay to not like Gandhi. I'm pretty sure his cotton wrap was not organic.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-67374025381192029672008-05-08T06:57:00.000-07:002008-05-08T06:57:00.000-07:00Wonderful post and lots of food for thought(unlees...Wonderful post and lots of food for thought(unlees you are practicing an ascetic fast from thinking, the primary form of asceticism in the US). I have admired many ascetics but have been more drawn to the simple folk, Quakers, Bretheren, Amish, Mennonites as models, although I eschew their religion and their sophistries. Thanks for your thoughts.equa yona(Big Bear)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09077234314632732773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-24259377885788100282008-05-08T06:31:00.000-07:002008-05-08T06:31:00.000-07:00crazy good job.crazy good job.DJLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333741041132383730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-12106964475966189832008-05-08T06:29:00.000-07:002008-05-08T06:29:00.000-07:00The path to Nirvana is after all, The Middle Way. ...The path to Nirvana <I>is</I> after all, <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_way" REL="nofollow">The Middle Way</A>. <BR/><BR/>I've been having an identity crisis for a very long time. Am I Indian? Am I American? Am I a geek? Am I a faker? Am I the only Indian who dislikes Gandhi? Why in the world didn't that man wear more clothes? I finally have decided to embrace my identity as myself. Its called Beanyism (except I use my actual name not some fakey online identity).Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03068855919147458057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-22675818007315211272008-05-08T06:06:00.000-07:002008-05-08T06:06:00.000-07:00Very well said.Very well said.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17377889829748572675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-25209886462423467602008-05-08T05:55:00.000-07:002008-05-08T05:55:00.000-07:00Wow. Excellent, excellent essay.Wow. Excellent, excellent essay.Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10463831506588682774noreply@blogger.com