Defining ourselves by identifying with social groups
today im to start a new series,,, im goin to start writin,,, gonna express opinions and abt a weird array of odd topics,,, lets c how versatile i can be... here goes the 1st one ..... "Defining ourselves by identifying with social groups"
Every human is as much a social animal as he is an individual. Society defines his orientations, his moods, his aspirations and some times just satisfies his need to be heard and recognised. As some one once told me personality in an individual comes from "personna", a mask. A mask that he builds on experineces in the social world, based on the confidence that he achieves over years. I guess confidence again is a product of the voracious hunger in humans to stand up and be recognised and just be an individual. Thats the mix match that defines us- social animals.
Everyone intends to interact and enjoy the company of like minded and some times different people. Just different social groups. All sharing the feeling, the spirit that you feel at different phases in your life. I have been always fascinated by India. The country i belong to and the social circles i live in. The asset of belonging to a developing nation is the growth. I have seen India grow as i grew inch by inch, its society influenced by the market economies and more so by the myriad mindsets of its billion people. Everyday as i grew within this country, in its diverse social groups i felt an association, an association so personal, so real, so me. I have identified myself with the social setup, the Indian way of life and have been affected and have choosen the path i would walk in life.
Another social setup that has helped me grow is the set of lateral thinkers. Thinkers like Ann Ryan or Mario Purzo that have raised the youthful minds, sometimes to a dangerous high. These are the social groups that have changed the way we think and live. My repeated attempts to identify myself with these have been nothing more than an attempt to grow out of the mundane, restricted mindsets, the cliches. Everyone of these attempts towards individualism have been yet another step to form and associate ourselfs to social groups that appeal. These are not our attempts to stand out but rather stand out and form our own circle of lateral thinkers, all a process.
Just the way we hang around in literary circles in colleges and schools, debating and concluding on ideologies and issues in our society that effect us. We make lifelong friendships among these social groups that help us identify ourselves, that allow us to stand out, together. These myriad attempts to belong to societies help us all to associate and realise, to grow and learn and more so to define ourselves within associable social groups.
Every human is as much a social animal as he is an individual. Society defines his orientations, his moods, his aspirations and some times just satisfies his need to be heard and recognised. As some one once told me personality in an individual comes from "personna", a mask. A mask that he builds on experineces in the social world, based on the confidence that he achieves over years. I guess confidence again is a product of the voracious hunger in humans to stand up and be recognised and just be an individual. Thats the mix match that defines us- social animals.
Everyone intends to interact and enjoy the company of like minded and some times different people. Just different social groups. All sharing the feeling, the spirit that you feel at different phases in your life. I have been always fascinated by India. The country i belong to and the social circles i live in. The asset of belonging to a developing nation is the growth. I have seen India grow as i grew inch by inch, its society influenced by the market economies and more so by the myriad mindsets of its billion people. Everyday as i grew within this country, in its diverse social groups i felt an association, an association so personal, so real, so me. I have identified myself with the social setup, the Indian way of life and have been affected and have choosen the path i would walk in life.
Another social setup that has helped me grow is the set of lateral thinkers. Thinkers like Ann Ryan or Mario Purzo that have raised the youthful minds, sometimes to a dangerous high. These are the social groups that have changed the way we think and live. My repeated attempts to identify myself with these have been nothing more than an attempt to grow out of the mundane, restricted mindsets, the cliches. Everyone of these attempts towards individualism have been yet another step to form and associate ourselfs to social groups that appeal. These are not our attempts to stand out but rather stand out and form our own circle of lateral thinkers, all a process.
Just the way we hang around in literary circles in colleges and schools, debating and concluding on ideologies and issues in our society that effect us. We make lifelong friendships among these social groups that help us identify ourselves, that allow us to stand out, together. These myriad attempts to belong to societies help us all to associate and realise, to grow and learn and more so to define ourselves within associable social groups.
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