Uniformity has limits, which the local leaderships (in politics or other fields) are not willing to concede easily. One track minds have rigidity. Flexibility is the hallmark of development and progress. It is possible to keep the core uninfected and compromise at the peripheries. Have consideration for the neighbour, with his distant or dim views.

There is variety in every society, and it is possible to enjoy, in a small way, the luxury of diversity. The nation's physical infrastructures may be under-developed, but the construction of the foundation has to go beyond stone-crushing (chips) stage.

Tradition and change will always clash, but time is a great healer, and leveller. Compromise has to reach the level of art. The right to one's own choice is the other name of democracy (without violating the law). That explains the existence of other parties. The playing field is not a proprietary item. When the politicians tax the electorate with gibberish, it is unfair.

The current mania is the general belief that some other parties are up to anti-national or unpatriotic conspiracies. Then the cultivation of politics reaches a deadlock, and the society suffers -- as it is suffering now. Play (with an idea), generate, cultivate, and implement. Short-cuts hamper progress. Tolerance is a cement, enhancing flexible unity at the national level.

Imposition of ideologies by inward-looking ambitious leaders restrict elbow room for local autonomy and choice. We still seem to be grappling with the fundamental approaches to the preamble to the constitution! What a farce after three decades. Let us be less ambitious, and do some spring clearing. Our philosophy is overloaded with fissiparous dissipation. We cling to marginal and temporal advantages.

Style changes, and it cannot be imposed. Tolerance must have latitude and large footprints, for other tourists (not confirmed addicts to pet visions) to access and enjoy the other fields. In primitive societies, totems and taboos had many signposts. Our younger and new generations are quite different from what we were in our student days. The effect of the current environment is missed by many political leaders.

Patriotism has not diminished, but it is more diffused than peaked, as the monitoring patterns look different. The background cannot become the foreground all the time; otherwise the small pleasures of life would erode, resulting in mental irritations. Do not impose on the other fellow, and you might gain a friend.

From time to time, the society is disrupted with various brand names of Pandora's boxes. Gullible goodies lull the moral and aesthetic sensitivities from time to time. These days the hand is more trusted than the brain. What are the limits of sentimentalism? A loaded query.

The fiery passion of the youth and the decadence of the aged have to be balanced. The solutions have trade secrets. But entangled therein, there are many other axes to grind.