I wanted to talk about two of the personalities and ended up with only one in my last part. Will touch about the second individual at some time in future.
The week has just gone so fast - Watching the heavy rains at Mumbai. It is an amazing city. Despite the chaos and confusion, it works. There was a huge traffic jam, water logging etc. And one of the newspapers covered what a private company jumped into the action of having to transport people through a boat across two sides of the water logged bridge. People come together in the crisis times. They keep their barriers aside when it comes to handling crisis. I think it is the basic human quality that we all have - in times of need, we step up and start helping in every possible manner. We have seen it on the stories around Tsunami hit. We have seen how the city came together when the tragedy last year occurred.
There is an emotional trigger when a crisis hits us - we keep all our personal differences and selfishness aside for a moment and start contributing in the way that we can - physically, financially, etc.
In your own personal circumstances also you'd have seen examples of how people come together. I have seen in few situations where a death in the family brings people together, keeping the differences aside.
Emotions and Reactions are always a big puzzle. People have their own perspectives on things. I was recently watching one reality show - supposedly on the lines of moments of truth program - in its Indian form. The participants are asked a series of questions and their answers then get validated through a polygraph machine to ascertain whether it is true or not. If the response get validated through the machine, the contestant gets a cash award.
I saw one episode where a middle aged man - was questioned on variety of subjects incl sex. One question on whether he believe one of his wives were with him for his wealth or for love for him, he responded saying for wealth. The questions were on some of his personal preferences and perspectives. There were very difficult questions and this gentle man was brave enough to answer most of them and you know when he failed - it was a very simple straightforward question on whether he believed he was the best father for his daughter.
Our inner thoughts and emotions are always a big puzzle!
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