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@Armstrong @Azlan Haider
what's up
I agree with everything you say! A lot of it is what I believe too.
I wish I could give you a thousand positive ratings
@Armstrong I believe in forging my individual identity and being proud of my personal achievements.
I think taking pride of what my Hindu ancestors did, or didn't do as they were individuals in their own right.
It seems that I am leeching off of their achievements to get a semblance of self-esteem for myself.
what's up
As a matter of fact she did tell me that !
So far as throwing future generations into the abyss is concerned - Its not gonna happen; we are what we make ourselves to be and no notions of a romanticized past (whether true or not) is going to propel us forward or keep us shackled to the ground because we are the sum of our choices....nothing more....nothing less.
Besides if you give anthropology a cursory look (and you should....its very..very interesting) you'd realize that these Ethnicities, these Linguistic Groups, these Cultures etc. are an artificial construct - We made them up ! So whereas its understandable to like what you made and feel proud of that, I'm certainly not going to let that pride give way to Nationhood on the basis of Us vs Them as almost every other Nation does because the very idea of Nationhood is based on Exclusivity - Hummm Jaiseee Koi Nahin....we're Punjabis, we're Tamils, we're Kashmiris, we're Bengalis and so on and so forth.
Then theres the thing that if all of these divisions are artificial constructs (as they most certainly are), where they heck do we draw the line ?
Where do we say that after 'this' point in time the Punjabi People were created and this where I'm gonna start the Story of my Nation from ?
And why at that date ? Why not the one before it or the one after it ?
And why the Punjabis mind you when both History and Anthropology tell us that before the Punjabis some other Race of People inhabited these lands ! We may not know what they were called but Mother Nature didn't divulge out a Perfect specimen of a Punjabi from her bosom for all to behold; the Punjabis were born out of another group of People who inhabited these lands over the years who in turn were born out of another group of people and they another leading back to the Caveman as our Ancestor !
I just find this irrational...thats all !
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I agree with everything you say! A lot of it is what I believe too.
I wish I could give you a thousand positive ratings
@Armstrong I believe in forging my individual identity and being proud of my personal achievements.
I think taking pride of what my Hindu ancestors did, or didn't do as they were individuals in their own right.
It seems that I am leeching off of their achievements to get a semblance of self-esteem for myself.
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