new generation .. not that new

i was in goa for the quater two sales review meet and to disclose our qtr ii strategy to our sales team, with A+ on our report cards, as we had not only hit our figures (sales one !!) but had surpassed the same. so after two days of number crunching our next qtr targets sets and strategies unfolded to ensure we again surpass them we were in for fun and frolic.

like bombay goa too is raining cats and dog and my sales team is a bunch of 20 something and all in high spirits that evening so we went off to enjoy ourselves and do a micro goa tour.. so off we went singing old hindi numbers and trying real hard to remember a new number to put in during the anatakshari sessions.. we really had a good evening...

on our way back we were tired but our spirits were still warm and now we got into candid discussions and light hearted teasing.. some how the topic shifted to the gay movement and then a otherwise real cool dude said he felt the westerners are rotting our country in the same breadth he was speaking about the best pub and disc in town.

I was surprised to hear that not only he but some of his buddies too shared this opinion.

Being gay or straight is a very personal choice and no one other than the individual itself has a right to have a say in this matter. The cornerstone has be layed but the road ahead will be for sure really bumpy. But am sure they are aware of it and are standing up for their rights.

In India we have this penchant of associating everything with religion which really is the root cause of all problems. It’s a paradoxical situation we are holding on to religious believes and cultural boundaries set some thousands of years back when we talk about India being the youngest nation sprinting forward towards globalization, liberalization, modernization and what not…beliefs then made were made with the then current situation taken in mind. We all have to change with time and so do our beliefs. If we really want to be liberated, we need to liberate our thoughts. Personal choices are personal and why not concentrate on issues that are affecting the entire country like poverty, illiteracy, corruption, female foeticide. If fanatics gang up against these social demons we would truly be liberated.

And blaming western influences when we love apeing them is best example of our hypocrisy. Wish we could learn to value time the way these westerners do then we would be singing a different tune. well of course there is lot more good things we could learn from them as well..

Am really happy that India has taken this step and I wish all the homosexuals all the best in their crusade. God bless!

this is a pic taken during a cruise in goa from my mobile