[Reader-list] A Suggestion

[Danish Husain]

Dear Jeebesh:

I've been actively (read passive reader) on the reader list for a month and
non-actively you know since when. And I have been many times dragged in the
debate of the democratic spirit we have on the list (offline and again
passively) but even after the frustation many feel about few hogging the
list, I feel the great triumph of the list is the freedom of speech we have
here even if it degenerates many times. (Gosh, what an awfully long
sentence). I support your idea but with a caveat that we might perpetrate a
certain intellectualism. Thus we may have an article like that but the
participation again should be voluntary. And if the debate on this so called
article is a drag on few people's inbox then be it. When we can suffer trash
then why not a good debate.

Let me pull out something from my little closet. Anyway, it's been a whole
bag of emotions and I am enjoying my sojourn here so for. :-)

Cheers

D

On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 3:20 PM, Jeebesh <jeebesh at sarai.net> wrote:

> dear All,
>
> There are many different sensibility that populate this list.
>
> Why don't we make that as a base for a rigorous re-thinking of the
> contemporary life.
>
> My suggestion:
>
> Some intriguing and difficult texts could be suggested by list members
> and we all read and run a commentary on it. Maybe a text could run for
> 14 days and then another text could be brought in. This way we could
> make this list a lively thinking place.
>
> In schools/colleges we are all taught "debating" (bhahes) but rarely
> taught to "engage in dialogue" (samvad). So lets try out a few
> experiments to outdo our socialisations!
>
> warmly
> Jeebesh
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