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'Revolution' any one?

Revolution: a fundamental change in the way of thinking about or visualizing something: a change of paradigm

 

A revolutionary is a person who either actively participates in, or advocates revolution

 

There are a lot of things in this world that are perfect. They must be just as they need to be. We are so happy for the same that we believe that it must never change. But what we forget is that there is something that will always happen. The wheels of time will keep moving; keep the endless journey on, in search of nothing but contradictions and complete disregard. It’s nothing but the revolution.

 

The wheel of time is what brings us to the point of it being a revolution. Whether it is any of the political, social or cultural revolution, they have all taken place in striking similarities. I have come to believe its more like fashion. Yes, as absurd as it may sound, I completely believe in the same.

 

There is a time, when we believed that 1 man or 1 family had the divine right to rule and protect. Then came the time that a few thought it was their moral duty to rule the underprivileged nations and exploit them. Then came a time when the maximum number of revolutions happened. It was the time when the world fought to be independent and empowered to design their path to their own doom. And they got it. Some did it peacefully, some with blood on their hands, but they all got what they wanted.

 

The interesting fact is that they all fought for the greater good and ended up making the most for themselves. Technically, probably more for their families. The kings were now replaced by social order and a hope of choice.

 

With time to come, things are fast changing, but now we are running into revolutions everyday. Instead of a full scale mass movement, it’s more like movements in pockets.

 

What is the reason for this? Why is it that we are no longer interested in this? Although we talk a lot, we crib a lot, we voice our opinion, but why not a revolution? Or is this the revolution in itself? Is in that the definition of a revolution itself has to be reframed?

 

Do we need a Mass Revolution? Social, Cultural or even Political?

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Oct 02, 2009
Anish Chowdhary said...
Revolution is one topic which can merit endless argument and discussion and yet one may never arrive at a definitive conclusion. It is an interesting point that you raise by saying if at all we are experiencing a revolution! Well, I believe that one does not know if a revolution is happening unless it has happened! At least we do not know the gravity of it! In India itself, I see a huge revolution taking shape through Direct Tax Code, new Co. Bill etc as far as corporate regulation is concerned.
Another revolution that has caught on is environmental. Have a look at www.wipro.com. I guess they are the first company in the world competing on green. Yes, revolutions have speeded up!

On a different note though all the changes happening around us are in a different context. Earlier there were the elite who decided or masses who revolted, but now there is a big "middle class" and an intelligentsia which is involved. Information asymmetry has also reduced. I feel the nature of revolutions changes through stone age to agricultural age to industrial age. We are at the nascent of a knowledge age and have to assume a change at a different level.

However, the fundamental remains the same. Has change really occurred? How many revolutions have actually managed to "fundamentally change thinking?" I am talking about gamma level changes. Has greed reduced? Has truth prevailed? Only superficial fabrics are changing, core remains equally profane and profound as it were---a matter of debate, but still a strong hypothesis I believe in!

Oct 03, 2009
Thanks Anish...

There is actually a revolution happening I realised. A revolution in what matters to us and what doesnot. Interestingly it has always been constant

 
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