Backpacking is something wherein u stay someplace other than in a regular hotel. It involves stayin at hostels or sometimes even camping out. What these ppl do is plain old vanilla travel, nothin else. Isn't there real backpackers out there? Do some research Mr. Author...
Re: Re: Re: Bhogles paradox
by Argumentative Indian on Jul 09, 2010 10:46 AM
Praying for kids? What, aren't we supposed to do any of our work ourselves? :)
dear adventurous couple, backpack and enjoy as late as you can.. when you feel doublesome is enough, plan for a kid or two.. initial few years might be toiling.. but with a little extra care you may make it more enjoyable.. imagine a toddler running amidst the green mellows while you are sitting and relaxing .. that joy has no bounds.. only a few extra bags to pack.. imagine the little ones chatting away to glory and narrating imaginatory stories in the back seat of the car while you are on a countryside trip.. so enjoy all parts of life.. with best wishes for you all from a family of backpackers..
Re: enjoyment as a family
by nitin patil on Jul 09, 2010 07:50 AM
Thank you Stephen for putting across a message most poetically. I think this should ring the bill in the minds of all such' Bhogles ' who are likely to rethink about their priorities soon !
Re: Re: enjoyment as a family
by Argumentative Indian on Jul 09, 2010 10:56 AM
Unfortunately, very unfortunately, the long years of toddlers running amidst green medows and narrating imaginatory (whatever) stories, lasts for around a total of 5 years.
Thereafter, reality steps in.
Indian society is changing. There are many among us, who inspite of wishing to, cannot look after our parents, due to various reasons. There are many of our elders, who despite having all the wealth, long for the company of their grandchildren, which maynot always be possible. It is inevitable, that society will slowly move towards the American model in that old people and I will also grow old someday, unless those lovely white sticks that I consumed religiously in my youth send me packing off in middle age with lung cancer, will end up either alone or in elder care homes.
In times like this, only one word can describe the condition of romantics, miserable.
I am a father, and a pretty good one at that, I have empirical evidence to prove it, though its too personal to be shared. However, I am clear, my daughter is with me, till she is a child, period.
Hence, I equally respect those who would rather not spend their time on children.
Re: Re: Re: enjoyment as a family
by Sameer Bhagwat on Jul 11, 2010 03:21 AM
Well Mr Indian, there are still enough Indians out there who care for their parents , especially in India. I am sure you are in the US and watching goras ,think that we Indians are that way. We are Not! You have spoiled your child life by growing her up in the US in the backseat of you car half her life going to desi stores and malls, when she should be playing around enjoying the cultures of India.
For your own selfish needs you guys settle in US and then try to bracket Indians with your life.
Re: No kids?
by Argumentative Indian on Jul 09, 2010 10:50 AM
I also wish their parents had thought the same way. However, then their parents' parents should have thought the same, applying the same logic. Furhter the parents, of the parents' parents also should have thought the same way. Thus, I feel the factually accurate wish would be:
"I wish their forefathers, going back to the time, when they were unable to use the mental faculty to constrain reproduction, were impotent".
Re: No kids?
by Praveen Kumar on Jul 09, 2010 04:03 AM
I wish there were more such 'selfish' people around so we won't have this kind of population explosion...
So what if they are thinking for themselves? You are accusing them for somebody who doesn't even exist !!
Re: Re: No kids?
by commonsense on Jul 09, 2010 10:39 AM
Obviously you are not in touch with reality. Cream of any society/culture in the world is middle class. If they chose not to have children, you cannot imagine the impact it will have on the society. Population explosion is being caused by bottom rung of the society who mostly do not contribute anything to society rather they are moochers. if middle class population gets diminished you will most certainly have anarchy.
Re: Re: Re: No kids?
by Argumentative Indian on Jul 09, 2010 10:48 AM
Hence, each middle class person should produce at least 1.5 times the children produced by the 'Moocher Class', to maintain society.
What do this couple think of themselves, that people like us will only have to shoulder the burden of making and maintaining India at the # 1 station of world population productivity? They have no responsibility of increasing India's population?
Secondly, if they are not having children then who will throw them out of their houses, and push them into a friendly old age home, as some of us will do to our parents eventually and as most of our kids will do to us, their padosi's children?
Do these fellows even realize the pain of living alone in a large house, with lots of money, servants, no rules & discipline when you are an old person? Do they know how insulting it is if there is no daughter in law to lovingly tell you what household work you should finish before she returns from her work and no son to tell you what work you should do outside the house, like paying the bills, taking the dog for a walk, attending leakage in pipes etc., so that you feel wanted and needed?
Also, no children then only recereation, no procreation? This is unnatural, are they knowing this or not? If like this then very soon all humans become like DoDo bard (bird).
Why are they earning money, if they don't have kids?
Re: Not Having Kids is bhery bad Idea
by Pakkarkoya on Jul 08, 2010 04:45 PM
Indian population is like the mandlebrot set,always ever evolving,along with a bit of correlation to chaos theory! Am not sure if there is a superlative tag associated with the population of this country
