Comments on: Contempt Our National Language Of Conversations

By: Mantras for success in the 21st century battling both abundance & scarcity

Mantras for success in the 21st century battling both abundance & scarcity — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 11:43:54 +0000

[…] His thoughts stirred up more thoughts. Do read his blog piece titled “Contempt. Our national language of conversations”. […]

By: Three Ideas To Build Humour In The Workplace For Our Present Times

Three Ideas To Build Humour In The Workplace For Our Present Times — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 11:38:24 +0000

[…] the parrot lands in The OWL Despatch. Vivek Patwardhan’s prose always makes me think. This one particularly so. With him, humour in the workplace always flew first class! With a message or two. As does […]

By: Lakshmi Nadkarni

Lakshmi Nadkarni — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 04:23:59 +0000

Well articulated Sir. Finally its all about diversity and inclusion, Inclusion being the key work. thanks for sharing your thoughts on this

By: Swati Aiyer

Swati Aiyer — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 05:51:30 +0000

Very riveting reading, Vivek. Very rightly said. This is one level of abuse and contempt. What about all the comments on social media, titles of videos etc. saying “….slap….in the face”, “insult…..” etc. in extremely gleeful tones – and that referring to a very civilly expressed difference of opinion? The level of national dialogue has plummeted to an all time low and it remains to be seen how much lower we can fall.

By: Amruta

Amruta — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 13:27:06 +0000

Can’t agree more ???

By: Anjali Kanitkar

Anjali Kanitkar — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 11:55:24 +0000

Agreed Vivek…there is a thin line between critiquing and bring critical…the latter comes with its own varying quantity of contemptuous vitriol.
I am not a fan of the ” chowkidar chor hai” variety of public ridicule and definitely not a fan of name-calling of the “Pappu” variety.
When we normalise such language in public life, we narrow the boundaries between responsible critique and contemptuous criticism.
In present times however, it is becoming more and more difficult Not to react contemptuously to the shenanigans of what goes by the name of governance and constitutional values today in the country.

By: VJ Rao

VJ Rao — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 11:34:10 +0000

Loved the comments on the Wall. Very insightful. So difficult to implement. But so necessary. Thank you Vivek.

By: G v joshi

G v joshi — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 11:31:24 +0000

Nice share as usual. It reminded how utterances on ‘intolerance “ had created lot of hue and cry earlier. The beautiful message on wall by Unsplash sums it all

By: vineet kaul

vineet kaul — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 11:07:35 +0000

Dear Vivek,

Thanks for sharing ..yes this particular case of Contempt has created quite a debate. Interesting to read various views and opinions -all are right from their individual perspective.

By a strange coincidence, yesterday I was chatting with 2 friends on this subject and one of them remarked that some persons have a habit of filing PIL’s all the time.

A larger issue comes to my mind- the HC and SC are urgently approached by various sections because they can afford to do so . This is at the cost of thousands of litigants who are in the Q waiting for their cases to come up for hearing . Offcourse, these matters should be heard ..but are each of them Urgent and important ??

Who will judge the gravity or importance of the subject –A TV channel, the press coverage,a Political Leader, NGO or social media posts.

I do not have an answer

By: Suresh Ogale

Suresh Ogale — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 10:16:39 +0000

Well said Vivek.
However, there comes a time when one says enough is enough.
Incidently,Lulu just whispered n said say tipping point.