[Reader-list] A Suggestion

[Lawrence Liang]

Hi Jeebesh


To use a cliche, i think this is an idea whose time has come, and Danish, I
think a certain intellectualism would be a welcome break from  the evil of
banality that we are otherwise subject to :)


Lawrence

2008/11/1 Danish Husain <dan.ayyaar at gmail.com>

> 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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