tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20043527.post115380705208896269..comments2023-10-31T20:54:41.691+05:30Comments on Scratchpad of Life: Poverty of SoulSujit Kumar Chakrabartihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424095559961037990noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20043527.post-25152087102987933082010-06-10T21:43:23.529+05:302010-06-10T21:43:23.529+05:30Very deep and yet very straightforward. Thanks. I ...Very deep and yet very straightforward. Thanks. I enjoyed that. It really is food for thought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20043527.post-1155139309953333502006-08-09T21:31:00.000+05:302006-08-09T21:31:00.000+05:30Although I never considered connecting attitudes t...Although I never considered connecting attitudes to material affluence, it makes sense when I read your article. It's a novel thought and I believe it should be read by everyone in a developing nation. Reading this can be motivating enough to make true the premiss in your conclusion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20043527.post-1154349765888879472006-07-31T18:12:00.000+05:302006-07-31T18:12:00.000+05:30Thanks Dheepika! :)I am thankful you took the effo...Thanks Dheepika! :)<BR/>I am thankful you took the effort of placing the interpretation in its right place. It could always have been argued that I am being materialistic/aristocratic by connecting 'joys of life' with 'poverty'. 'Material deprivation is just a symptom of poverty.' There lies the crux of the whole article.<BR/>I wouldn't mind sending the article. I feel it needs to be less abstract to qualify as a newspaper article though. Thanks for the suggestion.Sujit Kumar Chakrabartihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11424095559961037990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20043527.post-1154344920589448322006-07-31T16:52:00.000+05:302006-07-31T16:52:00.000+05:30Seeing that no one has yet commented, shouldn't I ...Seeing that no one has yet commented, shouldn't I be feeling proud for reading it fully? ;) And, believe me it was more than worth it. <BR/><BR/>Beautifully written. An extremely powerful thought. Every sentence has a meaning in itself. Your sensitivity to your thoughts is stunning. <BR/><BR/>I dont think I completely got d meaning bout the richness-good deeds relationship.<BR/><BR/>The flow of the article is appreciably relevant. Sometimes, it is a little bit of an effort - to get to your deep ideas. The effort depends on the richness of the soul - huh? ;)<BR/><BR/>Those lines I would love to recap - I loved the most.<BR/><BR/>"And yet poverty has it million weapons of defence."<BR/><BR/>"It enslaves a poor person in such a manner that you would often find him working hard just in order to perpetuate his own sufferings."<BR/><BR/>"Corruption is more a cause of material deprivation than a result of it."<BR/><BR/>The best of your blog and your thought I have ever read. Would you mind sending it to The Hindu, Open Page?<BR/><BR/>My follow-up thoughts:<BR/><BR/>In look for safety and security, I believe we sometimes choose to be poor as well. It is like looking forward to sufferings. The most fertile brains, look for negativities, failure and in your context poverty, to be functional. In that premise, perhaps, the idea of higher functions are forgotten. Or even ignored. Cursed with no joy. I think it has to do with genetics also.<BR/><BR/>About the epidemic nature of the soul's poverty, there is corruption in the soul as well. In the internal sense. Self-inflicted corruption attributed to poverty that is denied its responsibility of residence in the soul.<BR/><BR/>Albeit, the choice resides with the soul. <BR/><BR/>Your soul Sujith - is highly rich. ;) And, I am jealous. Hehe! <BR/><BR/>That makes it a long comment. It is an A.W.E.S.O.M.E. post. Keep writing stuff like these. Powerful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com