Among friends

It was hard to keep up with the resolve of writing regularly. There have been so many things that have been happening in the world since I wrote last that it was certainly not for a dearth of things to write about, that I did not. I wanted to react to the VP debate, and then the second Presidential debate. I wanted to write about the financial crisis, and its implications. It seemed like what I wanted to say, was perhaps no different from what was already being said by so many people in so many different ways. It is so difficult to sift through all these voices and find that unique reaction that is just yours. Or perhaps there does not exist any such thing, for we are all listening and processing so much information from so many different directions. I still think I will write about all the events and happenings of the last week, for they are too substantial to ignore. We are at a true transformational moment in the history of the world. There are too many disruptions, too many important trends coming together at this juncture, and how we deal with them and what we make of them will determine the course of history for the rest of my life for sure. Hmmm, that sounds way to heavy. I think I will come back to it a little later.





Right now, it is also the second day of talking to so many of my old theater friends from Bangalore, after a gap of over two decades. Some of them I have been in touch with. Others I have not spoken to or corresponded with during this entire period. It is wonderful to make contact with them again. They bring back fond memories of wonderful times. They make me conscious of the time that has passed. So many of us have daughters who have just entered college or on the verge of doing so. Is that just coincidence? But, it also brought home sharply how much this means to me and I am sure to all of us, perhaps not in the same way.





It brings me back to why there is something about this VP choice that is so bothersome. And, that is what I want to write about. Why is it, that when the issue of the rights and role of women has been so important to me, that I feel that this is not a good choice for either the country or the world and even for women.