Perspective is a very interesting subject and the topic embodies phycological behavior of a particular individual. What is right for ABC may be wrong for XYZ; It has been more than a decade but I still remember this joke way back in 2008-09 period ..I was working at Home depot HQ in Atlanta and since TCS had its huge presence there I had to work with quite a lot of TCS folks both from north and south of India. One guy called Nikhil Trivedi a hard core Gujarati always praises his state and was very proud of his state achievements and he said Gujarat is a state where at 12 or 1 am a girl can walk safely on streets. He had great admiration of his home state and always had good things to say ....I took the same wordings and shared with another guy called Tushar Vyas that of a girl walking safely at midnight in Gujarat ..He asked me "Hey Sundar ...what is the need of a girl walking at 12 or 1 am on the streets" ..I laughed out loud ..two people two different perspective ....Let me get into some practical incidents ..
Bursting Crackers:
Let us assume you have bought 10000 wala cracker and very excited to burst them during Diwali; You are pumped up and on Diwali day you rollout out the 10000 wala in the street with so much pride as if you have been selected for admission at prestigious Standford University; Now you light up the long agarpathi and approach near the cracker and light up the cracker .....once you realize fire has caught the cracker you run like PT Usha to a safe spot just to witness the sight of the cracker you burnt .....Imagine a young guy who is economically backward and cannot afford to buy any sort of cracker ...He may witness sight of the cracker bursting with all the joy and excitement too ...Now what makes you more happier ? You bursting the cracker or letting another kid enjoy the sight through you ??
Ringtone :
After a movie release some BGMs become massive hit ...for instance after watching Maanadu I updated my ringtone to SJ Suryah's intro BGM in my phone ...The reason was I liked the bgm so much hence wanted to keep that as my ringtone so that I will get to listen often. This is ideally anyone would do but there is another section of people who will just do the opposite .....In case they like something like a song or BGM they will just listen and not keep that as BGM because they are afraid they will get boredom if they get used to it often ...Once again two people and two different perspective .....
Abhishekham Sponsorship:
It is your birthday or wedding anniversary and you have decided to sponsor for an abhishekham for your ishta devadha at your local temple ...Based on the size of the deity abhishekham sponsorship may differ from temple to temple and on an average it costs anywhere around 1000 to 3000 rupees ....Since you are the sponsors priest make you and your family sit right in front so that you can catch glimpse of the entire abhishekham. Now imagine there are so many people who watch the abhishekham since they happen to be at the temple at the same time. Few people who couldn't afford to sponsor treat this as a blessing to watch the abhishekham ....Now you can either watch for a while and leave room for others or pretty much occupy the spot throughout the process. It is your own wish ....Almighty knows you very well and your intentions .....By leaving room for other he may be even more pleased to see your magnanimity ....But two people and two different perspective .....
Perspective is a fascinating subject ...nothing is right ..nothing is wrong ..it just depends on how you see things .....On a lighter note when you think of "Perspective" think about "Parotta" .....State of Kerala has banned Maida (main ingredient of Parotta) whereas if any such thing happens in Tamil Nadu whole state (including me) will go for protests on road as Parotta and chicken/mutton gravy is considered heaven on earth combination.
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