I had written a negative article about ‘The Opinion’ a decade ago. unfortunately, it stands valid even today. I am very very inert person about most of the things around me & around the globe. I am true believer that ‘To be neutral , leftist & Rightist is a state of mind at that particular time & place’. And it is useful, harmless, necessary to express the opinions only & only if they are increasing the positivity & already existing acceptance. The thought process of holding the ground for your opinion in adverse conditions or people is a complete myth according to me.
Any expression which provokes an argument, negative thoughts or denial are extreme waste of vocabulary. It least when you are not professionally paid for that expression.
I am not saying this controversial statement because I am afraid of the quarrel. But most of the time, our assumed opinions change with time & experience, then why to hold on to a temporary state as truth. It is like proving that the clouds are of shape of an African continent. Yes, one of the cloud in the sky at specific time & from specific point may look exactly like Africa. But it is perception of an observer in x,y,x & time coordinates. Nowhere else & never again it is the truth !
Our society is been trained to be opinionistic throughout generations pre & post independence. Yes, it was necessary at that time to say what you feel openly, because the one who ruled & the one who got ruled had different experience of life. That was needed to be changed. Not now. Not in my home. Not on the dining table. We are all same drinking same water, eating same food, contributing same to the life around. The opinions formed from the base of past of each one are merely our own Africa shaped clouds ! Even the next chair would see the cloud like a Samosa instead of Africa.
We have been trained in the debate competitions in schools that winning an on-table debate means ultimate smartness ! Think wisely, the debate is won only when we win the heart ! Not by words. There is a profound phrase in hindi ,”Tum mere, Baki sab Tumhara!”
It means ,’If I have your heart, whatever you win becomes mine automatically’. Then why attempt to win by expressing correctly spelled, loud & dominating opinion. If you lost me as a whole, how did you win against my fractional words then?
I am sure you have already formed a denial’ opinion about this article but I accept that this article is foolish because ………I would definitely prefer to be ....
‘Winning the heart by losing this debate !’