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dagnysharma said: Vidyut, Welcome to my blog. See, personal excellence is a choice. You may let circumstances devastate you... or you may choose to focus on pulling yourself out of it... by defiantly flinging a NO in the face of such exploitation. Each time you defeat cicumstance such as these... you demostrate your choice to hold yourself to a higher standard. And that is nothing but personal excellence. No? THAT is what i did... I saw something sad.. disempowering... and I said... NO..! Bas...!!! Cheers, Dagny June 12, '08 |
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vidyut_strikes said: I understand that you feel deeply about this. It stirs me too, to see the child there helpless with the vulture there....... your symbolism strikes a chord in me, that it is a world that abandons and often exploits the helpless. What I fail to understand is how it falls under the category of "personal excellence". Is it a categorization slip, or is there something I am missing? June 12, '08 |
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anuATOZ said: this pic reminds me of the days when there was a famine in Eithiopia nd we went door to door to collect money we could manage to collect some nd sent there. As far as the vulture is concerned what do u think of Sir V.S.Naipoul? vultures are on net too.just see how they go for hunting. March 30, '08 |
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Ledzep said: WHOA! pal, care to take a step back and elaborate? ....??? the me/them split is the key. to compel you to confront... if vultures have spirit too, how inherently are you different? March 26, '08 |
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dagnysharma said: Ravi, What you say is right in a particular context. Let me explain my thought here. You are operating out of the premise of- why should I let THEM (vultures) get away with their sin? Right? Well, that is not my premise. For to go into that mindset, I would have to depend on the said vultures to change being as they are... to realise... and repent... thier sin. This gives me nothig but to basically sit twiddling my thumbs until the vulture becomes a non-vulture. I tried that Ravi. It didnt work. For BEING a vulture is what feeds the vulture.. in the way he wants to be fed. Hence it isnt HIS priority to change. He likes him as he is. And if I didnt, well... ha ha. THE only way to survive- and I speak from personal experience- is to put as many miles as possible- physically or even mentally if physical is not possible- between myself and my vultures of spirit. That has brought me immense peace. For it isnt MY problem anymore. Cheers, Dagny March 26, '08 |
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Ledzep said: no dagny, i don't have it the other way around. if not to fellow 'vultures' you are definitely being unfair to vultures - positing an absence of spirit! thats even more convenient than having a taint-free, no-maintenance spirit!!! should those with the misfortune of 'spirit' curse their luck(or destiny)??!!! :-) this is precisely the line of thinking that makes it possible for oppressors of spirit and purveyors of violence to strut around in society ....the onus is not theirs because they have no spirit! this should NOT be about the 'nobility' of those 'starving' maintaining 'spirit', it should be about pinning responsibility for oppressing spirit squarely on fellow-'vultures'. who also, (unfortunately!) possess spirits that needs confronting!!! cheers! ps. what i'm suggesting ties-in with the question that ends sonikudis 'papa dont preach' blog. do the elders have a conscience that needs confronting or is it that kids bear the onus of upholding izzat, other 'noble' ideals March 26, '08 |
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shortytall said: just imagine we have nearly wiped this natures scavenger from this country, do somethng for its living March 23, '08 |
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dagnysharma said: Ledzep, I was wondering where you were.. been busy? Re the last stanza... do you have it the other way round? I meant I shall preserve my spirit from being scavenged.. not the vultures. He hasnt a spirit worth preserving... Guess that is what makes him a vulture. The utter absence of concern and guilt. Dont- give- a- damn- as- long- as- I- am-sated attitude... Cheers, Dagny March 21, '08 |
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Ledzep said: yes indeed, scavenging is gender-neutral! one battle less for women... 'equality' has hidden facets. ps. don't agree with the last stanza... there IS a feast of dead dying flesh! why should those starving be additionally saddled with the (displaced?) onus of preserving 'spirit' (of 'vultures'?) too ...how very convenient for the scavengers, to be armed with taint-free, no maintenance spirits ?!! March 20, '08 |
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dagnysharma said: Oliveintl, Thanks for the compliment... and I do think you are exaggerating a bit. Not that I mind.. lol.. I'm too busy lapping it up... ROFL... Soni, Yes. Vultures are patient. And tenacious. Hence deadly. Rahul, Too Good...? That from you? I'm that incredulous I dont know whether I am standing on my head or feet. Bring me my smelling salts someone.. I am about to swoon....!!! :))) Shome, Good..! But someday I hope you will search your soul and solve this mystery. Yes, mystery. Why DID you think I would point a finger at you? What process of thought made you jump to that erroneous conclusion? Prasad, Well.. You know exactly what I am talking of so I need not elaborate. Only, your scavengers have not only been male. Look around.. very carefully. You will surely find the female version somewhere. Cheers, Dagny March 20, '08 |
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