Author: Nikhil

Much of the time, in life, is spent in unlearning and relearning. It’s aptly said, Education isn’t the preparation for life, but life itself.

It’s easy in the early 20s to be rebellious and have an attitude of revolting. Most lose that zeal by their 30s. But some hold onto that defiance, it’s really enticing to see people in their 30s and beyond not losing that vigour and still having the values intact that defined them a decade or so ago.

For most people following the path of tradition outweighs the constant agitation for modernity. The spirit of reform lurks somewhere in the corner, longing for someone to embody it.

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One point answer: they seem but they aren’t.

In Hindi:

किसी भी ऐसे व्यक्ति का काम हमारी अज्ञानता तथा अनभिज्ञता को उजागर करना है। या किसी समस्या का समाधान खोजना या उससे जूझने की तैयारी करना है। मतलब जब भी हम उसे देखें तो पाएंगे वो हमेशा किसी ना किसी कमियों के बारे या समस्या के बारे में बात करता है। सरल शब्दों में हम उसे असंतुष्ट ही पाएंगे।

तो मकसद क्या है? इसे समझते हैं –

जीवन को सार्थक बनाना।

जीवन को बेहतर बनाना।

अभाव ही इंसान को खोज के लिए मजबूर करती है।

ज़िंदगी में अर्थ का आभाव ही जीवन को सार्थक बनाने की उधेड़ बुन में भिड़ा देता है।

अध्याधिक प्रेम बनता है अवसाद का कारण। अत्याधिक प्रेम से होता है पतन।

Self love leads to self preservation which discourages growth and development. It resists any slight change from what you possess or what you are. But it is also the self love that leads man to improvement and achievement.

We have a constant void. We fill this void with the desires believing that desires once fulfilled will make us fulfilled. However, desires are never fulfilled and the void is never filled. All life long no amount of knowledge can fill the void of ignorance and yet we long for knowledge. Yearning for love, finding it and doing it more and more doesn’t serve the purpose it keeps taking you deeper in the abyss of meaninglessness and the void, still we don’t stop we keep our journey going for a futile attempt that someday and somehow we will find the meaning of our life, existence and everything we do.

This void which doesn’t let us satiated is the cause of perpetual creativity. Those unaware of the void may be happy and satisfied and will not work to fill up this void. Hence, those who don’t understand the true meaninglessness of life are the ones who try to seek more meaning in it.

There are philosophical schools which state that life is meaningless doesn’t aim to demotivate or fill us with absolute pessimism. They say life is meaningless but they don’t recommend that meaninglessness needs to be accepted. The job is to resist it. And ultimately fail and die. Absurdism knows this exactly that who it says to call life meaningless itself makes no sense. In fact any word of attribute that describes life or its purpose is a futile attempt.

जीवन की निरर्थकता ही उसे सार्थक बनाने के लिए प्रेरित करता है। एक खोखलापन है एक किस्म की असंतुष्टता जिसे हम हसरतों से भर देते है, और हम सब जानते हैं, हसरतों की नियति है अधूरा रह जाना।

Context: it was a regular day. We met friends. Chats on valentines then on love and relationships and then to marriage

There is a beautiful Hindi song pyaar kiya nahi jaata ho jata hai. It means that love is not done, it happens. But I have seen in my life that I surely is done with all the active effort.

There is another song pyaar karne wale kabhi darte nahin jo darte wo pyaar karte nahi. It means, lover don’t fear and the fearful one don’t love.

I must admit that I am the fearful one and love didn’t happen to me, at least till now.

Long back I had this thought that I would start my journey of discovery, reflection and building things. With this I had imagined of right companions.

I waited but came across none. Few came and went by. I just wasted my time in search of a companion.

I started the journey all by myself, the little expectation that someone will meet at crossroads and we’ll go together from there.

My journey is going quite well and now I have realised that this journey needs to be completed, so as to start a new one.

In all years of struggling with the different kinds of processes I realised the journey which was started without a companion shall be finished without the expectation of it.

This has filled me with deep sense of satisfaction and a doused expectation and being more committed to deeds and high level of accountability for every act that I do.

Politics of Emancipation.

Emancipation means liberation. Liberation in all spheres be it political, social or economic.

Politics of Reclamation.

Politics is not a mere battle for rights; it is an awakening—a reclamation of everything that defines us. It is the rediscovery of the self, the reassertion of individuality, the liberation of love and beauty, the revival of ethics, the reshaping of conduct, and the reclaiming of culture. It is the journey to reclaim who we are, who we were, and who we dare to become.

Politics of Appropriation.

Politics of Development.

Education as way of emancipation vs a way of development.

Nothing in the man’s life is devoid of politics. Politics cover almost every aspect of human society including both public and private life.

To be continued…

Marginalised communities members tend to put much of their effort in building their politics.

When it comes to the race of merit, it is seen everywhere that members from marginalised communities fare lesser than the main stream communities. However, when is it asked why it happens? The generally understood difference is the background or privilege. Due to various environmental factors and the stand of living, economic and social well off. Abundance and affluence are also the reason.

The main question though belongs to the political side of the picture.

Carving out our own politics.

• Self Awareness and Class consciousness
• Understanding politics in general
• Understanding politics for oneself and the community.
• Interest: Identification
• Interest: Aggregation
• Interest: Articulation
• Interest: Towards Action
• Interest: Conversion
• Interest: Perversion

What are interest?

The philosophy of good life. The state of well being.

• Emotional Well-being
• Physical Well-being
• Social Well-being

Man is a social animal: Though individuality matters but that self is situated in the community. The interest of self is embedded in the interests of community. That’s why tradition persists.

Self Love: begin by loving yourself first. But not too much that self preservation resists change, development and growth in particular.

Caste: effects of caste is not vanished if we change the label. It’s a strong sociological categorisation

Step I: Read the Notification thoroughly.

Step II: Read the Syllabus

Step III: Go through the PYQs