my thoughts

There is lot of discussion and debate on the topic of intolerance in the society and at times some people make us realise as this is something new which has come up in the last few years. The fact is that this was there in the past and might not be eradicated completely and so will exist in future also. Before we get into the details, let us try to understand the meaning of tolerance. The idea of accommodating the views and thoughts of all the people around us who may not think the same way as we do may be the laymen understanding of tolerance. Those who think the opposite or contrary to this will be treated as intolerant. Another issue to be pondered upon is that the ones who are in majority or power, do they need to be more tolerant as the others want them to be? In our society this is visible in almost all situations and I would like to cite some examples of the same. If a person driving a car gets involved in an accident with a motorcycle rider, in that case mostly the car drive...

Pondering upon the contradictory behaviour of children, one is in a state of dilemma whether to understand the influence of external environment or home environment. In an outrage, one tends to behave differently without realizing the impact of the same on other people or surroundings. This can not be justified as situational behaviour as the adults are expected to have a strong control over their wrath rather than being in its control. The recent incident of a girl leaving her home because of the scuffle between her parents’ is an eye opener for most of the couples, who perhaps do not want to adjust or change themselves according to the situation. The girl was in such a great distress that she just never wanted to come back home, but rather wished to be at some other place from where she could manage to attend her school regularly. How often do we realize the impact of adult behaviour on the nascent mind of children? The words spoken to each other in anger, the verbal fights, the in...