Well said Uttam.




On Apr 23, 2011, at 3:59 AM, uttam borthakur wrote:

> 
> Dear all,
>  
> The Rorschach test is obviously meant for finding out the psychological 
> make-up and therefore, the outlook of the person. And this surely has been 
> reflected in our discussion here.
>  
> I am fond of Ravana. In fact, my name finds a place in a publication by 
> Mamoni Raisom Goswami where I had to co-translate  Navakanta Baruah's RAVAN 
> as the etrnal lover. Needless to say, I am pretty embarrassed with the 
> translation as the very first rush print sent to examine  the integrity of 
> meaning got printed instead of the last refinded one sent for print :-).
>  
> That's besides the point. Despite dissemination of education, the presence of 
> all pervading corruption in India, proves one point for sure: system needs to 
> be replaced. Even the most pure either gets allured or gets crushed in this 
> system (now crony capitalism, which implies that head is rotten, and 
> therefore the remaining parts, like the proverbial rotting fish). So, it 
> would be a fallacy to think that Indian citizens enlightened by education per 
> se would attain divinity and therefore the existing system would be adequate. 
> It has not been proven so far. ( There are good people and that is why even 
> this rotten thing is still running; perhaps it is at the end of its 
> elasticity as evinced by recent happenings).
>  
> Why, even the noble Dr. Faustus could not resist Mephistopheles, not to speak 
> of numerous Hindu gods and sages falling preys to avarice! So, singing paens 
> to the extant system and hoping for people to become god would be a very tall 
> order. Too tall.
>  
> That's why, Anna Hazare, however good or bad a person he is, shall not 
> possibly succeed with his present brand of solutions. Having said that, the 
> present awkening has the wherewithal to unleash the forces that may bring 
> about the desired changes. No time table can be set for that!
> 
> Uttam Kumar Borthakur
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