Friday, August 14, 2009

A road trip without a destination!

Shoba Narayan on our 62 Independence Day

  • “The thing with freedom is that you have got to know what to do with it. Idiotic allusions to butterflies and rainbows aren’t enough.
  • Independence means different things at different ages—crossing the street without holding an adult’s hand; going to a movie with a group of friends without adult supervision; the first school excursion without parents; going out with a forbidden male; leaving home for college; getting your own bank account and income; and onward till death. Every life stage confers with it some more independence—and dependence. Just ask a new parent, tied by umbilical cord to a diaper bag, what freedom is and they will answer—a potty-trained baby. Ask me what freedom is, and I will give you that most clichéd of answers. A road trip without a destination.

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