“If you are moving towards a world which is more peaceful and more prosperous somehow, somewhere, on the whole you may make a difference to everyone in a positive way. But linking what you do to the poorest in the world is romantic idea but it does not translate itself into anything practical. In my present position i can definitely make a difference to the poorest in India… i may not succeed but can argue for policies in India which can do that. Rather than distract myself with some global objective let us concentrate to do something in India.”
The concept of an identity that is static is a huge mistake. Any effort to preserve identity is backward looking, static and frozen. The global environment is increasing the possibilities for countries and cultures to interact and i would strongly in favor of anything which increases that interaction.
But i’m not a supporter of the idea of all cultures merging into a some pre-digested-homogenized-mush. I would like to see an interaction of cultures where cultures absorb things from outside, contribute things to the outside but yet remain disticntly different. How do you get the balance is the issue in my view.
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