Identity
Who am I? Everyone asks this question to themselves at some point of time in their lives. Personally, I have battled with this question for years and continue to do so. Are we defined by where we were born, or where we live, or by what color our skin is? Maybe the religion we belong to, the group of people our surnames point to, or by our physical appearances? To some of my more liberal readers, these classifications may seem old and outrageous even. But the reason I include them here is because we must remember that our society, even today and for the foreseeable future, is constantly shaped by people who identify themselves based on these criteria. My aim is to keep this blog practical as well as philosophical today. I do not believe there is much merit in identifying myself on the basis of religion, geography, color, sex, sexuality, etc. I identify with the human inside us. It is my personal view that each person, irrespective of any of these criteria, is ...