Subscript: To the uninitiated, the title of this post plagiarises part of the refrain from one of my favorite songs; 'Society' by Eddie Vedder.
One night I did something that everyone who has 'eaten a brownie' (for want of a better metaphor, and in pursuit of plausible deniability) promises himself, but never quite manages to: I managed somehow to pen down my random thoughts and for once won the battle against 'instant short term memory loss' which comes with eating one too many brownie.
So I'm reproducing it here in its erratic entirety, with the only changes being due to my inability to decipher some of my own scrawl, and leave it up to my long suffering and scant readers to judge whether it makes any sense.
Society, you are a crazy breed.......or are you not??
It is essential, when I think about it now. I have always been suspecting of society and Eddie Vedder's 'Society' has always resonated with me.
But today I realised it may be a 'necessary evil'.
For the generic person atleast: the sheep and not the shepherd. All people have the same insecurities I realised.
The psychological nature of man has not remained just the second nature of humans I feel, it has become one with his intrinsic nature.
So, the greatest leader, read Indira Gandhi, and the lowliest schoolgirl share the same insecurities, same paranoia, same confusions; in short the same propensity to take senseless, illogical decisions based on nothing but inner makings of an utterly, perpetually confused mind.
The mind is such a deadly cocktail of incurably infinitely many 'chains of thoughts', nay, 'schools of thought', even 'universes of thought', so to say.
If there were no social framework, no 'right answer', no precedents, no such 'fixed algorithms for moving forward', then would even a single human, forget the majority, be capable of taking a sensible, logical decision?
So, maybe my much hated nemesis, society, is the very reason for our survival. Its a scary thought that my most parochial opponents have been proven right!!
Maybe society is the only 'binding factor' that takes humankind forward in a discernible direction, even if on a disastrous course, and not zig-zagging in random motion without any 'displacement'.
One night I did something that everyone who has 'eaten a brownie' (for want of a better metaphor, and in pursuit of plausible deniability) promises himself, but never quite manages to: I managed somehow to pen down my random thoughts and for once won the battle against 'instant short term memory loss' which comes with eating one too many brownie.
So I'm reproducing it here in its erratic entirety, with the only changes being due to my inability to decipher some of my own scrawl, and leave it up to my long suffering and scant readers to judge whether it makes any sense.
Society, you are a crazy breed.......or are you not??
It is essential, when I think about it now. I have always been suspecting of society and Eddie Vedder's 'Society' has always resonated with me.
But today I realised it may be a 'necessary evil'.
For the generic person atleast: the sheep and not the shepherd. All people have the same insecurities I realised.
The psychological nature of man has not remained just the second nature of humans I feel, it has become one with his intrinsic nature.
So, the greatest leader, read Indira Gandhi, and the lowliest schoolgirl share the same insecurities, same paranoia, same confusions; in short the same propensity to take senseless, illogical decisions based on nothing but inner makings of an utterly, perpetually confused mind.
The mind is such a deadly cocktail of incurably infinitely many 'chains of thoughts', nay, 'schools of thought', even 'universes of thought', so to say.
If there were no social framework, no 'right answer', no precedents, no such 'fixed algorithms for moving forward', then would even a single human, forget the majority, be capable of taking a sensible, logical decision?
So, maybe my much hated nemesis, society, is the very reason for our survival. Its a scary thought that my most parochial opponents have been proven right!!
Maybe society is the only 'binding factor' that takes humankind forward in a discernible direction, even if on a disastrous course, and not zig-zagging in random motion without any 'displacement'.
Bhai kya likha hai yaar..!! Mazaa aa gya and meri vocab me 10kg words add ho gayi..!! Faad man... Just faad...!!!
ReplyDeletethnx dude.......atleast ive got one loyal reader :-p
DeleteWhoa...Laddoo, good one. We have a common friend and a common foe then. Society.
ReplyDeleteI thank the society, as I would not have evolved into what I am today, without them. Evolution is a collective effort, you see. A lone smart donkey would die as a lone smart donkey, but a group of smart donkeys would probably produce smarter donkeys and evolve into smarter beings.
And the reason why I hate society is because the group of not so smart donkeys would not let the smarter one stay smart.
So does society try to unsuccessfully stop the process of evolution?
Rahul (Malabar Tower :))
thanks a lot Rahul bhia.......and nice thoughts, completely agree. Its worth putting up with a thousand not so smart donkeys to find your own herd of smart donkeys, I feel!
Deletepheli baar me toh samajh nahi aaya bt jab samajh aaya toh mazza aagaya
ReplyDeleteaati uttam :p
samajh me to mujhe tak pura nahi aya :-p....thnx anyways
DeleteIsn't it wonderful that we are able to thrive along with the society even though it is driven by cynicism..
ReplyDeleteI think, we live in an age where avarice is a virtue rather than mortal sin..
Having capability to sustain and succeed in it is itself a game, with unforeseen challenges..
I think that's what makes thriving in it exciting..
P.S. : I am not sure if I have written in the same context as you have.. Or I guess it's just a random thought about the society...
Neways.. Keep blogging..
Cheers
Radhey..
hmmm....food for thought...thnx radhey
DeleteFirst of all,sorry.i could not read it the day you posted. Very nicely written ���� and the question that you raised in the third last paragraph,I felt so elated after reading that.
ReplyDeleteAnd I feel that, if there were no precedents,wouldn't our society become individualistic in its own kind.eeach person would have his own respective perception. I think even the concept of right/wrong would sink into oblivion. That kind of a society would be utopian. Hai na. :p
keep writing you king of eloquence �� It was very nice.
Ashutosh Singh
i will....thnx.......and Utopian or dystopian?? :-p
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