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People who stay in glass houses should not throw stones.
This saying holds good even today, and god knows my house is made of glass, but I seek answers to questions that baffle me.
What are morals and who is its custodian?
Is it the politician who belittles a woman’s profession of an item girl because he thinks it a-moral?
Is it a shameful act to have a live-in relationship; because if no then why do I find it difficult to picture either of my kids heading for this option when they grow old? Bips hit the nail on the head when she tells Ranbir...that he never married her becoz she had already slept with him! Indian men!!
Why are there so many dos and don’t set up in our society and why are the rules different for men and women?
My son can live alone but god forbid if my daughter dreams it!
We want to empower our children with the best of knowledge but we curtail their aspirations and desires for the fear of losing them.
The bird will fly the nest; it is a fact that we have to deal with.
Amongst all our restrictions, I feel we have forgotten to teach our children the most basic act of morality....respecting human life.
We kill for religion, money, sex, lust or fear and such horrendous acts are not labeled A-moral!
Aren’t we a quirky lot who twist simple words to suit our convenience!
We all lack morals
RSS 
What is good or benifical for you and the society you live in is moral for you;and so your elders and the prejudices of your society defines your morality.The same applies to me ofcourse.The problem arises in the fact that what is good for one may be bad for the other.My snatching your home ,or land or whatever may be very nice for me ..but what about you? Ideally moral would be whatever is good for everybody....and harmful to none.Many feel that this is a very simple and achievable objective– but of course they ignore the selfishness and greedy nature of man(specially those seeking political or religious empowerment).... so will Utopia remain always unattainable?
Utopia is the ever elusive eel that slips trough our fingers, and slithers away to the otherside of the world!
I even wrote an article to extol the capacity of humans to be innately good. I think the title was: ”No need to look for wisdom because you have it all along.”
Humans are inherently good till moral arbiters (and that include organized religions) screwed up man’s mind with all sorts of ideas about rewards and punishments, and pleasing higher beings that can be wrathful and punishing.
The concept of ”morality” is an invention of man when he got the brilliant idea that he can be superior to others. These so-called arbiters of morality are nothing but SHAM who dare lay down dictates called ”ethics.”
I liked this post.
I agree we miss giving vital lessons in humanity and sensitivity. We merely end up policing our children and no doubt some fly away from nest never to return!
What really troubles me is my own moral ethics.
I don’t want to be preachy to my kids and want them to develop their own ideas and opinions.
but shd they behave in a different way than i had assumed...how will i react....that really bother me.
just the other day a couple of my frnds were discussing the Gay parade in mumbai and we were supportive to their cause...but at the same time we didn’t want r kids to hear abt it or let them believe that being gay was ok, lest they think its ok for them too!
see what pseudos we r!!
it horrifies me!
The gay parades, live-in couples,inter-religion marriages etc etc testify that stereotypes are broken in this world. Only friction enables a forward movement. Even if I end up as a friction it’ll help my child to go ahead with more thrust. Strict policing is complicated but concern and anxiety for safety is different.
I think last two lines of your post are important. We should teach them to respect human life!
I agree with you when you say that moral is a flawed word and is perceived differently in different situations. What I truly fear are the moral custodians in our society and those who start crusades...like some colleges in Mumbai banned skirts and shorts for girls. The time and energy spent by these people would have borne more fruit if they would have spent in alleviating some needy’s distress.
The current talks of building a Shivaji’s statue off the coast of Mumbai makes me angry. Not that I don’t respect Shivaji’s efforts in our freedom struggle, but the crores can b spent on some other better project.
Valentine’s Day is another issue with our moral brigade...I wonder when will they stop policing people and do some ACTUAL good for the society!