tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16761020.post116169521387011896..comments2023-10-20T21:52:36.752+05:30Comments on Cross Connections: Ooh...aah...IndiaFarzana Verseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891229615361937135noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16761020.post-1161716349648840282006-10-25T00:29:00.000+05:302006-10-25T00:29:00.000+05:30I think I may have taken what Woolf said slightly ...I think I may have taken what Woolf said slightly out of context, given the time and the reasons she said, "as a woman i have no country. . ." (<I>Three Guineas</I>) But I guess my point, which you got is that we do have a "country", a place we call "home." And it is an internalised affinity, as you say. I guess what brought Woolf to mind was the way in which you question this notion of nationalism, and who gets left out.<BR/><BR/>And I, too appreciate globalization in the sense of what we can share and learn, and who we get to meet and know. . . and that is also where I think my appreciation ends.anahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01354512249653868946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16761020.post-1161712450098260882006-10-24T23:24:00.000+05:302006-10-24T23:24:00.000+05:30Arshad:Eid Mubarak to you too. Hope it does in fac...<B>Arshad</B>:<BR/><BR/>Eid Mubarak to you too. Hope it does in fact turn out to be an ooh..aah moment when you have melt-in-the-mouth food -- both culinary and one for thought.<BR/><BR/><B>Ana</B>:<BR/><BR/>People who know me well find it funny when I have this 'India is my country' attitude. I do not try to show it (if I did I would have been a roaring success at it, which I am obviously not). It is an internalised affinity, and that is what gets my goat -- when such loyalty is questioned. If I huffed and puffed my way as a patriot it would be like, wow, but I'd much rather waste my breath on more breathless (and breathtaking) activities.<BR/><BR/>However, I do not care much about a simpified patriotism, and I won't let anyone tell me how to go about it. <BR/><BR/>I do appreciate the idea of globalisation (imagine, it makes one get to know all kinds of people!), but you are right the whole world is not my country. They are good tourist destinations, perhaps a bit more sometimes...but you have one family you are born in...the rest are relatives, friends, acquaintances and other unmentionables...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16761020.post-1161707819324915802006-10-24T22:06:00.000+05:302006-10-24T22:06:00.000+05:30Farzana, What I find interesting in some of the th...Farzana, What I find interesting in some of the things you say here is that you address the dangers of an extreme nationalism, expressed through the media among other things (a nationalism that wishes to impress something upon the world, but fails to see certain things within) but that you are not like Virginia Woolf in that your country is not the "whole world" Your country is India. And I like that.<BR/><BR/>Having said all that, why is it that you yourself need to show how patriotic or nationalistic (there is a difference, I'm told) you are? I do that myself in terms of Pakistan and I wonder why I feel the need to do that. Is it really necessary to do so even as we're critiquing something in our societies? These societies where even if you were in the "majority" you are questioned in terms of your loyalty if you are critical of certain forces. Can we be free to speak what is on our minds and be free of the "guilt" that we perceive is going to be heaped upon us for having done so? I don't know, I've thought about this quite a bit both on the other website and reading you here.anahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01354512249653868946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16761020.post-1161697995162178012006-10-24T19:23:00.000+05:302006-10-24T19:23:00.000+05:30EID MUBARAK to you and all!!Very creative blogWarm...EID MUBARAK to you and all!!<BR/><BR/>Very creative blog<BR/><BR/>Warm regardsArshadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11590959220591931676noreply@blogger.com