Friday, March 27, 2009

retro-002

Lemma 1 : I have pretty much the most amazing and loving parents ever
( Subjectively: Which other lower middle-income family lets their son take a sabbatical along with any other stupid decisions throughout my life.
Objectively: Pretty much anyone with a non-traumatic childhood must be thinking about their parents the same way right ? )


Lemma 2 : I am a moderate misanthrope

Retrospection : I wonder what would i have been if I had any less adorable parents.

Well, maybe causality is overrated with respect to the Human Condition.

7 comments:

sawhney said...

come on man
I think more than parents, it is you hall that builds your character
You owe a lot to your hall.
Once a Nehruite always a Nehruite

DT said...

hahaha..
thank god that chauvinism is not one of our failings :D
lucky years brother :)

Anonymous said...

And all this while I had a strong feeling that you did have a traumatic childhood after all!

@ sawhney: it indeed is a lot of things that build one's character for that reason. Starting from parents (as Mr.Thomas puts it here) to upbringing, place of residence, homeland and even his own perception of things, I would say!

But please, this guy you are referring to here is the least of a Nehruite I have known...

DT said...

@anonymous

:D u obviously don't know gurra.. even otherwise how could you miss the sarcasm :) [ unless of course i am missing the sarcasm in your comment ]

regarding childhood, well maybe i was a bit over-pampered , and not just by my parents :D And most parents love minimalist kids, i reckon.

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DT said...

why me anonymous :)
hahaha :D

just because my middle name means 'Jehovah rises' doesn't mean I have anything to do with the jewish community per se :P

Anonymous said...

Ohh...now someone's tarnishing my anonymous image!!

"May providence chastise this boisterous namesake of mine attempting to blemish my consecrated identity."

I swear on holy rulers of this country and this world (including the Republicans, the Democrats, the Communists, the Independents and even the Jews for that reason), that it wasn't me Mr.Thomas.