tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post9130281517647358919..comments2023-12-26T06:09:01.339+05:30Comments on Musings: Bringing up FatherManoje Nathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14700691084169082963noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post-51944239264579007102017-08-12T15:03:36.821+05:302017-08-12T15:03:36.821+05:30good postgood postSmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17861221426582027068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post-562364875285377542012-08-23T23:31:55.672+05:302012-08-23T23:31:55.672+05:30this is the first time a Generation has been force...this is the first time a Generation has been forced to accept that their next is Smarter...<br />a generation that opens its eye to the TV screen before knowing the mom, is really a tortured one..<br />every body is forced to study, everybody is forced to compete, everybody is unsure of the other,<br />everybody has to weave her/his way through a maze of very effective and capable electronic devices...<br />one moment i lose alertness and my son records my verbal assault made securely inside the confines of home... and which can have serious consequences...<br />one emotional slip/ one moment of emotional weakness and the child becomes a video on the internet...<br />the Gen X is really a tortured generation...<br />it has to live on a planet where Carnivores do really exist..<br />if they do not live the way they do, they will get burdened by peer-pressure...!<br />every Girl has dreams, but now she is scared to accept them even to herself.. if she thinks her life partner should be good looking, then she is scared to even admit that he could have a past that he would not like to reveal to her, even after 40 years of marriage...!<br />if she dreams that her partner should have a lot of money, then she runs the risk of joining the ranks of Geetika Sharmas...!<br />they have to work in Private Sector, where efficiency is over-coming the advances of the Boss is more necessary than efficiency in achieving targets...!<br />we are living in the age when an airline having a fleet of six aircrafts can have 60 airhostesses...!<br />we must accept sir, that we were not required to lead such a scary life... our rules were much simpler and we had so much less risk to run..<br />i feel we have to accept that they are better adjusted to their world and we are not even aware of the torment life throws at them...<br />let us as 'Gen O' allow them to find their path to salvation in their own way, enjoying every moment of their Linguistic Innovation.. and awaiting their nod for personal subjects like marriage...! ajoyipsbhr85https://www.blogger.com/profile/16508229655128510675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post-48412591239498106752012-07-19T00:10:48.751+05:302012-07-19T00:10:48.751+05:30Pace of change has made me sad too..Pace of change has made me sad too..akshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00181750546874991147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post-57123360710449250932011-02-20T12:39:28.378+05:302011-02-20T12:39:28.378+05:30Sir,
I came here after reading a TOI piece on you....Sir,<br />I came here after reading a TOI piece on you...felt very disturbed after reading the article.. <b>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Honest-cop-nears-retirement-sans-fair-deal-during-career/articleshow/7505727.cms</b><br /><br />being a uniformed Govt servant myself...I can understand the pangs of pathos you would have faced but what amazed me was that you continued to stay on and reach this rank. I would sincerely request you to write a candid autobiography of these trying times. It would be very encouraging for the many aspirants and serving officers today. <br />Your blog was very pictorially articulated...I could almost picture your daughter and you trying to communicate with each other. The pace of change has not dulled the love and affection...certainly it has got less verbose than it was in the yesteryears. This generation needs handholding and cuckolding only when they are at crossroads...they certainly need instant gratification because thats what followed, advertised, depicted in various media splashed all around them.<br />They need the gentle encouragement that whatever they do is right while knowing all the while that they alone are responsible for the consequences. That idiom of "I told you so" when it goes wrong is what irritates them and farthens the distance between the generations...<br /><br />would follow your blog for more updates.<br /><br />Regards<br />AdityakiranPegasushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00550497527185204260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post-17180616297960454922011-02-18T13:23:43.509+05:302011-02-18T13:23:43.509+05:30thanks very much. ill visit your blog very soon.
i...thanks very much. ill visit your blog very soon.<br />i get your point but it is not that we are right or you are wrong . the problem is the pace of change.Manoje Nathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14700691084169082963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post-60558353935082077842011-02-18T12:33:21.797+05:302011-02-18T12:33:21.797+05:30Dear sir....
First of all, I really like your blo...Dear sir....<br /><br />First of all, I really like your blog... the note that was written on elections is also quite good, but this obviously was more intriguing... <br /><br />Reading this made me feel how my parents must feel when they read the messages I send them... I'ts weird, since I read all the comments on this post and everyone seemed tot think that this generation is isolated and getting even more, by the use of technology and things like that..<br /><br />But somehow I feel that all this is something youngsters my age have had to learn to cope with, to understand and to adapt to. We were given this as part of our generation, and probably a lot of us dont know how we landed up amidst one-liners on twitter and 'poke's on facebook...<br /><br />My blog is named CHAOS, simply because I feel it defines the world around me. For everyone who believes my generation and the ones to come (I dont think you do), just stop and look back. Our lives are just a million times more complicated. And its getting worse every day...<br /><br />Thats all I wanted to say... Not to offend anyone, but only to say that the grass is just greener on the other side... Its probably digital grass, with 3D effects. you never know...d'chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13858196811390228408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post-3321901973704536292010-10-04T21:33:34.072+05:302010-10-04T21:33:34.072+05:30thanks, neer.
if i understand you correctly , you...thanks, neer.<br /><br />if i understand you correctly , you mean to give your view point on our generation . is that so? then please do.i am all ears and even ready to modify my views should they be convinving enough.Manoje Nathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14700691084169082963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post-16645811893815779462010-10-04T17:37:01.797+05:302010-10-04T17:37:01.797+05:30now am convinced that i need to "bloggerise&q...now am convinced that i need to "bloggerise" my dad! <br /><br />this, sir, was an amazing piece! :)Neerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02411136800233797611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post-69038792031841647032010-09-16T12:19:22.045+05:302010-09-16T12:19:22.045+05:30Dear Sir - good to see a bureacrat so tech/net sav...Dear Sir - good to see a bureacrat so tech/net savvy. Kudos to people such as yourselves, we still hope India would be able to achieve its rightful place in the world !Y K Suman, CTOnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post-12478397796376410332010-09-15T14:00:30.439+05:302010-09-15T14:00:30.439+05:30Hello Shankar,
Your comments are incisive, topical...Hello Shankar,<br />Your comments are incisive, topical and beautifully articulated. Butdo take notice of the comments of Dr Gonzo-above- who describes himself as belonging to the in- between generation. He may have a point when he says I am being"verbose."Manoje Nathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14700691084169082963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post-73593495699554614292010-09-15T13:55:38.957+05:302010-09-15T13:55:38.957+05:30dr. gonzo
If you give the piece another reading yo...dr. gonzo<br />If you give the piece another reading you will find that I do plead an inability<br />to understand the new and unfamiliar. My post is certainly not against technology nor I am against the younger generation. I merely expressed an opinion<br />that the pace of change is such that the generations are receding from each other at greater and greater speed. No value judgements attached to that. I look forward to visiting your blog. Meanwhile Welcome!Manoje Nathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14700691084169082963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post-87428726481849150682010-09-15T00:43:11.241+05:302010-09-15T00:43:11.241+05:30Respected Sir,
A great personal experience you hav...Respected Sir,<br />A great personal experience you have shared with us.. which is useful for all …with warm regardsEr. AMOD KUMARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08453372096988442402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post-57937886455062628702010-09-14T10:16:45.403+05:302010-09-14T10:16:45.403+05:30Sir,
kindly guide me in improving my Singing of E...Sir,<br /><br />kindly guide me in improving my Singing of English Songs..<br /><br />This is My first one..<br /><br />My Heart is Beating from hindi film Julie ..<br /><br />and, <br /> <br />मै अंग्रेजी पढ़ा लिखा तो हूँ नहीं फिर आपके लेख पर टिपण्णी लिखने का साहस कैसे कर सकता हूँ .. मेरे पिता जी श्री रघुपति सहाय फ़िराक की एक गर्वोक्ति सुनाया करते थे जिसे मै अक्षरशः सहमति देता हूँ.. फ़िराक साहब कहा करते थे -- हिन्दुस्तान में सिर्फ ढाई लोग अंगरेजी जानते हैं.. एक मैं ( स्वयं फ़िराक ) दूसरे राधाकृष्णन और आधा जवाहर लाल नेहरू.. इस हिसाब से मै अंगरेजी बिलकुल नहीं जानता..<br /><br />http://www.esnips.com/doc/81dd853f-e87e-44c9-8c7e-2cc171314651/MY-HEART-....--ARAVIND-PANDEYAravind Pandeyhttp://paraavaani.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post-84509569133281836892010-09-12T15:06:49.423+05:302010-09-12T15:06:49.423+05:30Good afternoon Sir,
I am perhaps mid-way between ...Good afternoon Sir,<br /><br />I am perhaps mid-way between the older generation (which my father and you would represent for me) and the new lot of kids (I am 30).<br /><br />Perhaps the first indication of that divide is how I completely love your writing and yet think to myself that you are quite verbose while communicating an idea. <br /><br />I quite readily understand and agree to the so called technological divide (my father still refuses to handle a computer "Ye mouse touse ab is umra mein humse nahi hoga"). There is also a very ready tendency to denounce most new things that shake up one's inertia of enjoyment of things as they exist now. We who hunger for "the next big thing" everyday across the internet see this in our own reactions everyday. And somehow, most new such diversions do not stem from the traditional ask-the-customer-what-he-needs-make it-and-sell model. The mobile phone, for example. One never feels the need for it, until one has used it. A million denouncers come up to the usage of it, it would kill privacy, face to face interactions, etc etc all of which are true. And yet, a user understands a million uses of it only after getting familiar with it.<br /><br />Not just ways of talking but entire business models are changing. There was a time when content was money. One "bought" media. In cassettes, in cds, in magazines, in newspapers. The world has already moved to a point where "choice" is the central plank. Everything is available free, articles are put up online even before they are published (and rightly so), movies and songs are available for free. Yes, it is piracy, yes it impinges on creative money, as I said before, those are true. And yet, the advantages are mind boggling. Sitting in a remote corner of the world, without considerations of money, a kid can see and educate himself to ANYTHING in the world today. If that is not democratization (without a structured method to bring the same), I don't know what is.<br /><br />Kevin Kelly, as a Wired magazine editor, back in 1999 (I think), wrote this absolutely brilliant, prescient article about just HOW much is changing in the world, and what that implies to basically anything that you see, feel or believe in about the world.<br /><br />http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/5.09/newrules_pr.html<br /><br />He later converted this into a book, and umpteen other authors have picked up each of these principles and converted them into books.<br /><br />The point being, yes it is very scary to see how things exist right now, and whether <br /><br />"the succeeding generations will be able to strike even a conversation between themselves, each a separate island , seated or strapped variously, to their laptops and iPhones or playstations and desktops."<br /><br />That may very well be true. And yet, as with every single new step the world has taken, it will lead to advantages that one cannot foresee right now.<br /><br />Thank you :),<br />Prakriti<br /><br />http://theevilp.blogspot.com/Dr. Gonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05593056958061152496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post-81816654323079276252010-09-10T15:45:07.785+05:302010-09-10T15:45:07.785+05:30Great reading!!!
Doesn't Lyotard's dystopi...Great reading!!!<br />Doesn't Lyotard's dystopian vision picture a world where forces of technoscience are concerned to prolong life past the end of the universe? He sketches a vision of computers that will replace humans because they are more efficient and less vulnerable. Technoscientists are more easily tractable. Under the dispensation of death, the human body is a liability, a hardware that is disposable. The software is prized. This project is ruthlessly efficient and will not encounter dissent( like some of the academics !!!)The final grand narrative to end all grand narratives. The fading members of our generation are the last users of the manner in which Her Highness is supposed to use the language. This is what Henry Higgins and the BBC have informed over the years. And some of our teachers as well. When English was spoken in English. Beyond this is the language you have described so eloquently, a language without history and therefore without the baggage of the sources of human misunderstandings. LOL. Let us celebrate the brave new world and be brought up like well-behaved parents.Professor Shanker Dutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034543244340726254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post-77996851786583197782010-09-06T19:37:21.163+05:302010-09-06T19:37:21.163+05:30I read the father's day piece. A great piece.
...I read the father's day piece. A great piece.<br />But I'm afraid the kind of stuff I've done to bring despair to my parents and teachers are what I expected to see. BTW, I'll reveal them on a later date. And yet again, BTW, LoL!BMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08499946333762592707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post-24312136070252635942010-09-06T17:53:42.587+05:302010-09-06T17:53:42.587+05:30Gr8 wrtng thorghly njyd. VivekGr8 wrtng thorghly njyd. VivekVivekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17376818347028630668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post-83039078926273743082010-09-05T21:27:41.920+05:302010-09-05T21:27:41.920+05:30bmd
you may like to see fathers day one of the ear...bmd<br />you may like to see fathers day one of the earlier posts.Manoje Nathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14700691084169082963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post-27244214986455036462010-09-05T21:18:53.758+05:302010-09-05T21:18:53.758+05:30Hum log sunna chha henge appki shara rat!Hum log sunna chha henge appki shara rat!BMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08499946333762592707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post-36373250754999773832010-09-05T21:02:04.290+05:302010-09-05T21:02:04.290+05:30As we age we pretend we are angels, if not gods. W...As we age we pretend we are angels, if not gods. When we were young, god(s) did not give their comments LoL ................BMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08499946333762592707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post-90925962719889094402010-09-05T20:30:47.805+05:302010-09-05T20:30:47.805+05:30thanks very much for your visit and your crisp and...thanks very much for your visit and your crisp and insightful comment . i have been threatened by the younger generation that the empire will strike back . iwait in fear and trembling.Manoje Nathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14700691084169082963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post-80175571606242069652010-09-05T20:25:00.883+05:302010-09-05T20:25:00.883+05:30I remember a call from my friend in 1980 and I sai...I remember a call from my friend in 1980 and I said "No Probs!" My father got so upset he said " Why is your response to everything 'no probs' All of us have problems! He was extremely upset with abbreviations of words! <br />Technology has only enhanced abbreviations. I have no idea of what many mean, but I enjoy trying to figure out what they are: like in crosswords!<br />Like for instance today's HT (another acronym) ad for matrimonial in Patna: PQM4: I will find it out soon.!!!!!<br /><br />Ah! Ah! Even Nostalgia is not what it used to be!!! What you did to your parents should be another post in Musings!!!!!BMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08499946333762592707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post-15452385435712854592010-09-05T17:32:57.582+05:302010-09-05T17:32:57.582+05:30Maoje Nath ji, Your personal experience & comm...Maoje Nath ji, Your personal experience & comments incorporate philosophical yet factual vision of modern but confused life-style. What the youth to-day faces is partly the outcome of mismatch of the elders'expectation & youths' resposibilities.<br />It is good to visit your blog !<br />-- Dr Sheo Kumar Prasad, Patna.ENT S. K. Prasadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02277934135142626653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post-3393082377391361552010-09-04T12:13:09.795+05:302010-09-04T12:13:09.795+05:30thanks very much. and welcome to the blogosphere.a...thanks very much. and welcome to the blogosphere.as leaders we must follow our followers.Manoje Nathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14700691084169082963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post-9098024964473205342010-09-04T11:52:46.520+05:302010-09-04T11:52:46.520+05:30Brilliant.Romeo and Juliet are great litery charac...Brilliant.Romeo and Juliet are great litery characters,but the family members,dipicted in the article,far outshine them.It is a story of every urban family confronting grown up Net savy children.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052349999705181374noreply@blogger.com