Comments on: Apathy

By: Siva

Siva — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 18:16:18 +0000

Yes, I too feel homesick, after reading this… nice :-)

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POV » Blog Archive » Bharateeya BlogMela - a round up — Sat, 18 Jun 2005 05:59:50 +0000

[...] ey must be terrorists”) view in American society. Surya writes about how sterile and apathetic society makes her long for the unsolicited advice from complete strangers. Ne [...]

By: Priya Menon

Priya Menon — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:52:25 +0000

hi surya,
hope u r getting better.my dad met uncle who told him u r having this c pox. dont worry about the scars,everything will settle down.i too had a few big scars in 2 weeks of coming to UK which have faded off….honeymoon gift from suraj….get well soon,
love
priya

By: Abi

Abi — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:33:29 +0000

This quick tale by Ammani appeared just a few hours after I read your post. Coincidence?

By: Venkat

Venkat — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 11:38:07 +0000

Very off-topic, but I was reminded of an old joke:

Question: Which is worse, ignorance or apathy?

Answer: I don’t know and I don’t care.

By: Pramod

Pramod — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 11:23:26 +0000

Interesting post again Surya :-)

But just a thought – another way of looking at the value system here is apaty = focused emphaty? Ok am not trying to justify the approach here – but I think there is always something interesting to learn.

YOu might find this speech from 10/2002 by Infosys’s NRN intereting reading. http://www.pramod.ch/?p=141

By: Anjali

Anjali — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 20:07:13 +0000

Nice one!

Yeah, i know exactly what you mean when you talk about being apathetic. After living in the US for 5 years, i did feel like I had sort of lost that part of me that used to treat people like people, accept imperfections, and tolerate good-humoured nagging and interference. Seemed so natural in India, but irritated me to no end once I left India.

I hope you are doing okay and the scarring is just temporary. Your story reminded me of my early days here in Brussels…..i did something very silly and ended up with a big scar above my lips that looked like Hitler’s moustache! I refused to ride the metro for weeks!!! And all this happened right on my first week at work here….imagine going into work, facing my new team and my new, very sophisticated French boss…..no wonder no one takes me seriously! ;-)

By: Anupama

Anupama — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 16:54:12 +0000

I read your blog a few hours after I wrote you a long mail choc-a -bloc with advice. Oops! Well, hope it leaves you feeling happy.
Living abroad makes me pine for all that unasked advice too. Interestingly I used to hate it when Amma asked me not to scratch any pimples and do it anyway. Now, when I scratch I find her voice echoing from memory and stop myself…..