06-20-2008, 08:19 AM
Bharatvarsh, I have thought about this issue almost to the point of obsession. There is no REALISTIC (if, by that you mean, something that conforms with modern fashions) solution to this problem, IMHO.
The only solution to this problem (as well as some other issues facing Hindus today) is having more children than 2. I think the ideal number is 4.
Incidentally, I would also like to "interrogate" this concept of ideologues. On the internet, who isn't an ideologue? We all write crap that we hope others will read and change their priorities and values accordingly. So, we are all ideologues . I don't see how one can define this concept, without including himself in the set of ideologues. I suggest that this word is mostly a term of abuse.
As for the aforementioned idea being economically imprudent, I am not so sure. Certainly, it doesn't seem so for most people who are above the poverty level. Even for those below the poverty level, a slight change in their earnings or in their prospects can lead to a dramatic re-ordering of their priorities. So, even a generalized recommendation of Hum-Do-Hamare-Do doesn't make sense.
The only solution to this problem (as well as some other issues facing Hindus today) is having more children than 2. I think the ideal number is 4.
Incidentally, I would also like to "interrogate" this concept of ideologues. On the internet, who isn't an ideologue? We all write crap that we hope others will read and change their priorities and values accordingly. So, we are all ideologues . I don't see how one can define this concept, without including himself in the set of ideologues. I suggest that this word is mostly a term of abuse.
As for the aforementioned idea being economically imprudent, I am not so sure. Certainly, it doesn't seem so for most people who are above the poverty level. Even for those below the poverty level, a slight change in their earnings or in their prospects can lead to a dramatic re-ordering of their priorities. So, even a generalized recommendation of Hum-Do-Hamare-Do doesn't make sense.