Archive for Global Affairs
July 3, 2013 at 8:17 pm · Filed under Business, Global Affairs, My Views, Original Thoughts, Social Initiatives and tagged: Business, Fashion, MIR, ONE
It is when we let a statement made by someone else take over our lives that we start to live a life of conformance, instead of reasoning with it.
Fashion is conformance.
Imagine if animals decided to make their looks fashionable. Slowly those that are in fashion say cats with a brown coat will be the ones that stick out together in high societies where as those that have white, black or grey coats will face discrimination. They will become the minority forced by the ideals of conformance and then one day they will become the vigilantes and revolt!
Perhaps it’s not so difficult for us to sense the state of affairs in life around us. Major matters stem out from minor and seemingly insignificant actions.
Fashion is the undertone of the conception of conformance and exclusivity that divides people and creates a sense of high and lows.
Societies need to address these issues better to become more cohesive and sensible in keeping people together.
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May 20, 2013 at 6:31 pm · Filed under Global Affairs, My Views, Original Thoughts, Social Initiatives and tagged: Asia, MIR, ONE, Pakistan, Politics
Elections are done and over with in my part of the world – The bigger question we now contemplate is… the definition of fair play!!
I remember when as kids we played musical chairs there will be times when someone will simply throw you out of their way to get the chair and then keep ranting at the top of their voice that they are the ones to get it. They will throw wagging tongues at the poor kid on the ground and push forward to keep playing… going round and round and round.
Is life really like that in practice? Is winning the game of musical chairs the defining pillar of success and fortunes? Are we upon this earth to win – musical chairs !!
Well for all I have been seeing it seems that winning musical chairs is critical for success and one should push people out of their way to get the retched chair – just so they can rant and shout that they are the ones to get it, for when one does that as a toddler one ensures they remain one for ages to come.
We don’t really want to grow up, it seems.
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May 20, 2013 at 5:40 pm · Filed under Global Affairs, My Views, Original Thoughts, Social Initiatives and tagged: Freedom, Global Issues, MIR, ONE, Types of Freedom, World Affairs
In almost all things in life we witness a duality present – there are always two opposing forces.
The notion of freedom too has a duality.
Freedom to and Freedom from.
Freedom to, focuses on the self and Freedom from, focuses on the collective.
I have freedom to wear anything I like in a public place (even obscene) or I have freedom from any possible obscenity one could come across in a public place.
The two freedoms are in complete contradiction. If one type of freedom is catered to the other looses value and vice versa.
Global cultures and societies are also facing this dichotomy of freedoms.
What kind of freedom do you want in your country?
A self-centered freedom to do whatever you like or
A collective and conscientious freedom from possible difficulties or pains of life.
For me personally it’s simply about finding the right balance. I would use a moral compass to evaluate situations where each type of freedom makes sense and take an informed consensus from a group of wise elders and ethical/ informed and highly intellectual young individuals to formulate the best social makeup where freedom reigns supreme.
Yet despite all efforts the balance will always stay elusive requiring a counterweight act on a consistent basis to maintain the right mix.
Inspiration: Rick Steves
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May 17, 2013 at 6:09 pm · Filed under Global Affairs, My Views, Original Thoughts, Spirituality and tagged: Communication, Intrusive, MIR, ONE, Personal Space, Technology, Telecommunications
Increasingly with the advent of newer and technologically fancy ways of human interactions what seems to be getting compromised is the ‘personal space’.
When we look at and listen to a beautiful composition. Silence and gaps play a critical role in maintaining the pleasingness of a musical piece. There are high notes and low notes and there are gaps and spaces.
What is the price we as humans pay when we loose the gaps and spaces because of intrusive technology and communication mediums in the composition of human existence?
Will we be able to maintain the symphony of human existence like a pleasurable one or will the sound of human interactions evolve into a piece from Metallica!
Now that is a thought for us all to gravely ponder!!!
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April 28, 2013 at 1:30 pm · Filed under Business, Global Affairs, My Views, Original Thoughts, Social Initiatives and tagged: Business, Capitalism, Consumerism, Global Business, Global Trade, Greed, MIR, ONE, Socialism, Switzerland, Toxic Business
Socialism, Capitalism and now Consumerism. All these ‘isms’ are major reformers and destroyers. These ‘isms’ are causing chaos in the world and tilting the world scales. Every time these ‘isms’ have taken command they have created tremendous value for some and losses for plenty.
The world tested its merits with the first ism being socialism the next ism came upon the stage as capitalism and now consumerism is taking root across world planes.
I will not delve too much into the merits of socialism or capitalism for I am a firm believer in keeping to the pivot like Switzerland. We just needed a combination of the two with a counter weight of shared morality principles to begin with. Yet it’s unfortunate now the fight for domination by the two ‘isms’ in the first place created such disasters in the past 200 years of our history.
Consumerism is one that I simply do not approve. It is a product of social neglect and capitalistic greed multiplied by infinity. It is idiotic in its nature, has no sense of morality at all and it is driven by an insatiable desire for more and more pleasure. Simply speaking its the prostitution of socialism and capitalism on a global scale – combined. The common denominator being sheer greed for more and more without limits.
I would really love to find out how consumerism started and when it went out of hand. Was there a through research and debates on its approach and merits or it simply sprang out of nowhere like a wild weed.
Consumerism has a fundamental flaw in its makeup.
It’s all made up. Lies and deceit are at the core of its construct and nature is abhorred. Consumerism abhors balance and prudence. It drives humans to consume without rationality and proper thought. It compelled us all to be driven by our impulse rather than by our minds or hearts.
If we as a global union can address the ills of consumerism – I feel we will fix 50% of its problems.
God Bless us All.
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April 19, 2013 at 9:44 am · Filed under Global Affairs, My Views, Original Thoughts and tagged: MIR, ONE, RIGHT, WRONG
I just came across a very unique thought.
We all bring to power those that aspire for it. Those who claim they have solutions… Yet when we have to vote or not vote we think those are the only two ways.
When we vote we make a choice from among what is being offered, when we do not vote we end up being labeled no show and the fence watchers. Yet there is a third way – Vote Blank.
The vote is counted and can not be ignored as no show yet it’s a vote that the choices are not good enough.
If you feel the system offers no good choices – Vote – Vote Blank.
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