Choices and hypothesis

I am not sure about my fellow citizens, but I believe to have been raised with flawed morals and values. Let me reflect on my growing up memories, which I have realized to have an above average level of recall. My intentions is to hope that my reader, even if bad at acknowledgement or articulation herself/himself, can better understand the shaping of one's ethics/values. Growing up, "justice" played an important role in my everyday life. It may be fights with fellow kids, understanding some mythological stories, making sense of complex Bollywood stories, or a situation arising in kindergarten. Once "justice" is given, I found it unquestionable, accepting it to be the fairest of all.  There were some interesting aspects also, based from the emotional memories of my nursery times (It was in 1994-95, Jamshedpur. We stayed there for 10 months and I have some visual clear memories of few incidents. My younger brother was yet to make his entry, so I had less ...

Shared first on Facebook, 13 April: Whoever is reading this long post, I hope I do justice to your time. In the light of the ongoing socio-political crisis India had steadily sunk into, especially since last 3 years or so, I would like to share one of my thoughts on Hinduism. A decade ago I was a strong believer. I was raised in essentially a Hindu family (but I wasn't exposed to its dark sides until recently in a small town of Rajasthan (another story)) and during few difficult times I guess faith had helped us tremendously. During college one of the things which plunged me into a phase of depression was exploring my religious nature. I transitioned into an agnostic, then to anti theist and finally, while India was still being ran by an economist, I identified myself as an atheist with a liberal view towards others. I think the whole point should be to let people live peacefully, protect them and empathize with them regardless of their personal beliefs. But then when I loo...