Recently I went to a beach in Chennai. A lot of people were there enjoying the waves. It was a high tide. Two of my batchmates were there. We guys ate some fish there. There was some folk dance show going on there, with rather funny music.
Interestingly some people were there wearing sweaters. I come from a drier region of India which can get far colder than Chennai. If asked, I would describe the weather at that time to be pleasant. Is it right for me to go and convince those guys that the weather is pleasant and not cold at all. I know I sound like a fool with such a proposal. But then I thought, these guys have grown up in Chennai and they find this January weather rather cold, which to me, who has recently come here from a chilly temperature of 4 deg Celsius, seems pleasant.
but I could be adamant in my demand if I say that these guys are actually not enjoying the weather as well as I am. I may go ahead and suggest that if those guys give up their sweaters they would be able to enjoy that weather as well as I am. If they try to argue that it doesnt suit them I can go ahead and say that most people in the world would find this weather pleasant and not need a sweater at all. and a lot of similar arguments.
Now my question is: if one takes the place one grows in to be the ideas one is exposed to right from childhood. and the sweater to be the result/reaction to such a set of ideas. and given that this guy is perfectly happy with his sweater and his beach, does it make sense that I go ahead and impose my ideas of quitting sweaters to enjoy the weather(in this case 'his weather)
[last few lines i mixed both the analogies)
On the other hand the guy who is wearing a sweater can indeed get worried about me and try to wrap me in a quilt.
So i just finished eating prawns, washed my feet in waves, let some sand slip away from under my feet by waves and went back home.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
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