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bura mat kaho, bura mat suno, bura mat dekho....

naah... doesnt sound good enough. makes me feel like an ostrich that burries its head in the sand during the storm, and feels safe, coz it cant see the storm. but the damage is done.

i am too little to challenge the principles of the great man. there must be some truth which i fail to see in the line i quoted... but, as of now, i have enough reasons to contradict.

bura mat kaho
yeah, agreed. theres no pleasure in foulmouthing. a voluptuous slang doesnt establish your dominance, it proves the weakness of your logic that you are trying to hide by creating an agitation, a distraction. it proves your disappointment and your disgust, thereby exposing ur vulnerability to your opponent, giving him the chance to exploit ur tension thru the subsequent mistakes that you wud be making.
apart from this materialistic arguement, we also know a sweet tongue can often get a job done much faster than a threatening. courtsey has its own value... and none of us would like to deny.
BUT... theres a limit to docility. pursuit for peace shouldnt render you meek. there will be times when raising your voice becomes an absolute necessity. there are times when you need to call a spade a spade. to retain your calm is a virtue, but not at the cost of your dignity.
tum hamari chotiyon ki barf ko yun mat kuredo..
dehekta lava hriday mein hai, ki hum jwalamukhi hain.
and hence, there are times when we need to spit fire.

bura mat suno
now THAT is what i would call escapism. what are you afraid of ?
if there are bad things being said, LISTEN to it... for two reasons.
#1. those things might not be true. you would learn to distinguish between truth and rumor. and once u discover that those things werent true, you would know that the speaker was lying. in the process, you have discovered a man whose words you shudnt believe just like that.
#2. those things might be true. the world is an imperfect one, and theres danger everywhere. and when something bad is being said, it will serve as a warning (if the things being said are true). its an important information. you'd know where to be careful. in the process, u will discover a man who will equip you with correct apprehensions.
BUT... please note, that i am asking you to listen to what is being said, and not believe it immediately. dont pollute yourself with all the shit thats poured into your ears. before you can actually reap the benefit of listening to such a thing, you should have developed enough integrity in yourself to be unaffected by it.
achchha suno.. it will teach you what to do.
bura bhi suno... it will teach you what NOT to do, and THAT isnt any less important.

bura mat dekho
you seriously believe ignorance is bliss ? you must be an ostrich then :)
prepare yourself to face the evil. dont run from it. you can never run far enough.
better face it, fight it. thats the only way you can overcome it.
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enough preaching against the old man's saying. i have more often than not been a disbeliever in him.
but, let me tell you something. i hated his ahimsa principle, and i was able to put forth similar sincere arguements to prove him wrong. but one day a frnd casually uttered... "a tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye,.. and the whole world would be blind some day".
vengeance isnt a solution. i now believe it. if the damage is done, spend ur energy in reparing it, rather than causing more damage.

so, even though i wrote a lot against the three monkeys, i am still searching for a deeper meaning, which will tell me that the old man was right.
and i fear that someday i'll discover the more profound side of his saying, and will be ahamed of all what i wrote now, out of incomplete experience, out of lack of farsight.
if you have discovered, enlighten me, please.