I return to Bhartruhari after the longest time. This sloka—the third in Neeti Shatakam—is highly applicable given the times we live in and given the self-proclaimed experts in every field.
Agnah Sukhamaradhyate Sukhataramaradhyate Visheshagnah |
Jnanalavadurvidagdham Brahmaapi Naram Na Ranjayati ||
It is but very easy to please the wholly Ignorant, easier it is to please the really Knowledgeable|
It is well-nigh impossible for even Brahma to please those endowed with half-baked knowledge||
@kaffir @ashish Iagree with both f you.The sequence of comments need to be changed.The earliest ones must be at the top and the latest one at the bottom so that we can follow them easily right after we read the article.
@Arvind, for multiple pages of comments, this can easily be accomplished by having the latest page be the one on display. I still don’t see the logic – or advantage – of scrolling UP to read comments, unless you prefer to read the latest comment first and the older comment later – which makes it difficult to follow a conversation.
I don’t think it’s a question of “getting used to.” By that logic, you can “get used to” reading comments in a more logical and chronological manner – and scrolling from top to bottom, as is the norm and has been the way on this blog for years. Maybe you are influenced by Urdu and prefer some counter-intuitive scrolling and reading.
Anyway, it’s not my blog, but I did want to give feedback to Sandeep. As much as I enjoy reading Sandeep’s posts, I will continue to express my displeasure over this silly comment format. Though, the comments lately leave much to be desired, with Loneranger/Menka baiting people, and people easily taking that bait.
Examples are there in “A tale of two women”.
@ashish & kaffir: many of us who are regular want to see the comments in reverse order so that we don’t have to scroll down or click on a link to see the newest posts. reverse order is standard on many dynamic boards. if you are a regular, you will soon get used to it. another advantage is that the topmost post is not the same one but keeps changing.
@ S S
Married Hindu women in the past would not take-up the name(s) of their “Bhasur-Thakur” (husband’s elder brother). The secular perverts in the mainstream media as also ‘leftist’ Historians similarly refuse to take up names of the best historians of our time viz. Sita Ram Goel, Ram Swarup, B. B. Lal etc. I advise you read the works of your above named “Bhasur Thakurs” and then, come up with your wisdom.
Sandeep,
Sorry for being off the topic here, I can’t find your old articles (the drop down box). If they have been removed, I will request you to put them back online again. They are a joy to read again and I for one keep visiting those then and again. Thank you.
btw the Bhartrijari shloka is also applicable to the RSS-trained readers/activists/writers. There could be exceptions, but in general they are as half-baked, shallow in learning as well as in tactic, character and style too. That is very worrisome, also because after all said and done they seem to be the only political entity whom people like sandeepweb-admirers look up to! That is terrible in a way. One hopes Narendra Modi, if the national leadership come upon him, would prove to be an exception in thought and character …
@Sandeep
Agree with kaffir, up to down in a chronological manner is the most comfortable way to read the comments. Thanks
Sandeep, the font is very hard to read:
Agnah Sukhamaradhyate Sukhataramaradhyate Visheshagnah |
Jnanalavadurvidagdham Brahmaapi Naram Na Ranjayati ||
Sandeep, could you please change the format of the comments so that it reads from up to down in a chronological manner? It seems counter-intuitive to read your post from top-to-bottom, and then read the comments from bottom-to-top. Is there a reason why you prefer this format, or want us to read the latest comment first, and the earliest comment last??
If Bhratruhari wrote this in 1 BC and it was based on his experience/observation, then there must’ve existed people with half-baked knowledge even in those times.