Today was a day in contrast to yesterday, when I was with and about friends throughout the day - Anikesh, Parul, Yogesh, Saurabh (in that same order of appearance) - with Yogesh staying for the night. Yogesh's increasing levels of knowledge make for a great conversation. Him, Saurabh and me got debating on larger-than-life topics - societies, socialism, communism, human rights, individualism, realism, Marx, what not. Saurabh left dazed, he wanted to stay and talk more. It must've been quite a change from his leisurely routine of staring at the fan blades. My argument revolved around how an individual can thrive in any society, and if rights are being curbed either for supression or in the name of community, then the society doesn't deserve being called so - it should be labeled a 'tribe' instead - say, a "communist tribe". Its amusing hearing all the varied theories, but ends there for me. I'm not very inclined to either pick up much, or contribute towards such debates. I wonder now if silence would've been equally gripping, had we tried so for a while.
Coming back to today...the only time I got out was in the evening to forage for food. The only involving sight I recall was a black pariah dog sleeping under the streetlight. He had such honesty about his face. Its funny, because the first person I came across evoked bitterness (something illogical, irresposible on his part) while the first animal I see evoked pity - NO, not that, affinity is more like it. And yet the dog lives to live a dog's life, that man lives to indulge.
Writing about the day, we just entered a new one...and now my heart is full.
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