Friday, May 3, 2013

Perspective (the girl with Amazon Kindle)

Photo by Arjun Suri Photography



Remember, you see in any situation what you expect to see.
― David J. Schwartz


A group of 4 young men were roaming around in Sector 17, Chandigarh; when they spotted a young girl sitting alone on a bench.

The 1st one passed a remark that was based on her being a girl.

The 2nd one mustered something on her family referencing the Amazon Kindle in her hands.

The 3rd one uttered comments that were targeted at her Western dress.

The 4th one said something that had to do with the direction the world was going in.

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This is what they said.

1st – “She’s a girl which means her family did not indulge in female foeticide and raised her.”

2nd – “She is going through stuff on her Amazon Kindle which means her family educated her and she reached certain levels of literacy.”

3rd – “She is wearing a Western dress means like us Indian men she has the freedom to choose what she wants to.”

4th – “While we do have apprehensions on some of the events around us, the world is definitely going in a better direction in quite a few aspects.”


"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth."
Marcus Aurelius