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“Yours is one helluva bloody country,” exclaimed my English friend as he walked out of the airport.
“On the contrary,” I protested, “we are a very peace loving, non violent people.”
“Then why all the bloodshed,” said the Englishman.
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“The only thing one does with advice is to pass it on. It is hardly used by oneself….” Oscar Wilde
How good we are at giving others advice!
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A few years ago I watched astonished as Jeff, my huge, scary German- Shepherd dog, became a little pup and followed my nephew around the room, nuzzling into his ear and behaving as if he’d found a long lost friend: All my nephew had done had been to walk into my house, kneel down and cuddle my huge fellow, then tickle his tummy and roll him over.
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A few days ago, two ex IAS officers spoke on, “Dissent in Democracy’ and since I was on the panel I said, that dissent was not just disagreement but someone stating, “Please listen to me! I too have a viewpoint on the subject!”
Yes, democracy gives us the right to be heard, and the government or those who wield authority the compliance to listen to opinions of others, other than themselves.
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“Mama!”
“Yes my son?”
“The exit polls said, I and that thirty one year old boy would win in Bihar!”
“I know my son, but they were wrong! On top of it you lost quite miserably!”