Opposing mindsets...
I always feel that for a healthy communication, you require speaker and listener otherwise it will be called as one side communication. But do we require such opposing mindsets always when some good thing happens?
Recently I went to see the celebration of tradition, culture and literature at Kanoria Lawns known as Gujarat Literature Festival, where I was thrilled to see lots of young people (young in age) interested in gujarati literature and participating in various sessions where renowned speakers were invited. The celebration was of course a kind of "feeling proud as Gujarati being". and then suddenly I heard that one of the renowned Literature Academy in Gujarat had opposed such kind of festival and had asked its renowned literary authors-members to stay away from not only attending but to stay away from being speakers at several sessions...
My dot of curiosity kept me thinking that why always good things are opposed. What might be the thought process of opposer who were completely at loss - loss of sharing their creative experience with the younger generation, loss of being aware of the talent of new authors, loss of witnessing such a beautiful ambience and most importantly, loss of losing their own reputation by doing such act.
Yes, I agree dissent is very much necessary to sustain from arbitrariness in democracy, however, just because we consider 'dissent' as our fundamental right, do we need to exercise it everywhere.
Cant we simply jointly celebrate together with a simple mission (in this case, mission of celebrating literature)? I just feel that at times, egos take over our souls so much that we simply miss the bus where we are most needed. The elder literary community of that Academy could have set aside their egos and had participated in the festival, would have made more sense to the audience - their readers. But I am happy that inspite of such ruckus, the Literature Festival team with double enthusiasm continued their journey of celebrating literature and creativity!
So, opposing mindsets just for opposing, are not always correct, is what I feel at this moment...
Recently I went to see the celebration of tradition, culture and literature at Kanoria Lawns known as Gujarat Literature Festival, where I was thrilled to see lots of young people (young in age) interested in gujarati literature and participating in various sessions where renowned speakers were invited. The celebration was of course a kind of "feeling proud as Gujarati being". and then suddenly I heard that one of the renowned Literature Academy in Gujarat had opposed such kind of festival and had asked its renowned literary authors-members to stay away from not only attending but to stay away from being speakers at several sessions...
My dot of curiosity kept me thinking that why always good things are opposed. What might be the thought process of opposer who were completely at loss - loss of sharing their creative experience with the younger generation, loss of being aware of the talent of new authors, loss of witnessing such a beautiful ambience and most importantly, loss of losing their own reputation by doing such act.
Yes, I agree dissent is very much necessary to sustain from arbitrariness in democracy, however, just because we consider 'dissent' as our fundamental right, do we need to exercise it everywhere.
Cant we simply jointly celebrate together with a simple mission (in this case, mission of celebrating literature)? I just feel that at times, egos take over our souls so much that we simply miss the bus where we are most needed. The elder literary community of that Academy could have set aside their egos and had participated in the festival, would have made more sense to the audience - their readers. But I am happy that inspite of such ruckus, the Literature Festival team with double enthusiasm continued their journey of celebrating literature and creativity!
So, opposing mindsets just for opposing, are not always correct, is what I feel at this moment...
Very well written...yes sometimes ego does come in between good things.
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