Caught between the devil and the deep sea - Page 13

Originally posted by: -Amri-

Well said. According to me, empathy as a virtue is in short supply in this world. It is the most undervalued one, actually.

If all of us have at least some amount of empathy, we'd have no conflicts/wars at all. But I recognize that that is idealistic, and perhaps, impossible.

Originally posted by: Metamorphmagus

That will be interesting, indeed. I didn't think of that.

I want to see her be unsure of stuff. Most of the time, she looks like she knows everything will turn out the way she wants them to. I have never really seen her worried. Properly worried, I mean.

Originally posted by: ...-Riya-...

We are just moving in hypothetical circles now.😆

Originally posted by: GredandForge

Have you read this book called Fourth Dimension? It has an interesting story about empathy.

Originally posted by: -Amri-

@ RR

Well said. Ultimately, it is the parents who mostly bear the consequences of their child's mistakes.

And I feel terrible about the way parents are depicted as villains in our serials and movies. More than often, in the real world, (with some exceptions), they tend to be ALWAYS right.😳

There's this Tamil movie starring Dhanush which has Prakashraj as the doting brother of the heroine, a la Ranvi. Basically, the hero is a lazy, good-for-nothing youth who thinks that the world is his oyster.

And then the brother asks him a hard-hitting question- "All these days it is we who bring up our daughters and sisters...dote on them, adore them, fulfill all their needs instinctively before they even have to ask. And YOU, a man who sprang out of nowhere, a good-for-nothing scamp not good enough to tie her shoelaces...have the gall to cast ME as the villain in your love story?"

Well said, I say😉

Originally posted by: ...-Riya-...

We are just moving in hypothetical circles now.😆

Originally posted by: rogerrocks

I think you mean the film where he keeps blackmailing him for money? 😆 Yeah thats a great dialogue..Ranvi wouldn't have the courage to tell Baldev half as much in a million years 😆

Originally posted by: -Amri-

The writers are not going to deal with even a speck of this conflict. Likh lena!

As for our discussion, I think we can't reach a concrete resolution because this is a classic case of individual v/s society, of self-gratification v/s fulfilling the expectations of your family/society.

Let's hope that if any such conflict arises in our lives, we face it with grace and dignity, without hurting the feelings of any of our loved ones.