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Age of Reasoning

Age of Reasoning is driving me crazy. I always lived in the assumption that reasoning is the attribute of a sane personality. I am beginning to question that now. What is sane and what is reasoning? Sanity cannot possibly mean that for every action there has to be a sensible explanation or for every action, there has to be a reason no matter whether it is an intelligent reasoning or asinine assumptions. Having an opinion about issues is definitely an admirable quality but cynical and careless statements have become the fashion statement for people who likes to be seen and heard but without any substance. I say I am tired and people think I am over-worked, I say headache and people say either too much computer or caffeine, I say stomach pain and of course, it has to be menstruation, I yawn and there comes “didn’t you sleep well last night” statements, I say I am hungry and I get no need to diet lines and if I say, my clothes don’t fit, the automated comment is, “have you put on we

A Positive Road Map

After the first post, I got stuck. So many issues and ideas flooded my mind and I tried to pick an issue that has been of an interest to me personally. Interest may be too romantic a word at this stage. I should say an issue that got me thinking deeply. I wondered about the Mayan prophecy and was eager to know the outcome on December 21, 2012. It was mesmerizing to hear of different theories pertaining to the prophecy. People were really into it and honestly, I did wonder what would happen. I followed the mass to see how people would react. December 21, 2012 came and went. The world I live in did not collapse but a revolution started . What was talked within the confined boundaries became a global issue. The unimaginable rape of AMANAT on December 16, 2012 in New Delhi, India jolted the very Earth that we live in. The tremors were so personal that it rocked every beating heart and most of us were forced to re-think and re-visit our personal stance against gender based violence a