[Reader-list] This spirit thing

[V Ramaswamy]

 hullo

this spirit thing - is infantile emotionality, unconstrained by any wider or 
deeper reflection, unfettered by any other counsel.

one doesn't doubt the real feeling experienced by these people - but that 
feeling is be ephemeral, transitory, inconsistent, selective.

last night ndtv showed "countrywide" silent solidarity with the mumbai blast 
victims. the "full of feeling" small group of college youths at the 
candle-light vigil in front of victoria memorial in calcutta - reminded one 
of the recent anti-reservation agitationists. their professed feelings - 
ring so hollow.

people get intoxicated in self-righteousness with their own feelings, and 
there is no one to guide them and help them advance to maturity. juvenile 
make-up of everyone around them, appreciating their spirit, only serve to 
make these "spirited" ones feel they are doing something tremendous. simply 
narcissistic.

there's no outpouring of spirit - at the ongoing socio-economic blasts that 
everyday visit the lives of the labouring poor.