I'm climbing a spiral staircase and not hoping to turn again...

Thursday, January 04, 2007

2007 haan? well, it's about time, that's all i can say. Abhi to for those who are interested, i am simply caught in a whirlwind of assignments, quizzes, and what not. Oh yeah, the midtrems are also looming up. and guess what? i used to like my philosophy class once upon a time, but now it's simply...weird. I mean, these guys are just talking abt nothing and abt everything, it simply boggles the brain. The funny thing is that the instructor says, very aptly, "You will come into this class very confused about the world. And you will leave this class still confused...but confused on a higher level" And since then, she has been doing nothing but making sure philosophy does just that. Tension yeh hai, keh now we hav to write a dialogue between a classical philosopher and an east asian philosophers...a discourse between two eminent philosopher on...wait for it...THE MAJOR INTELLECTUAL TREND IN ISLAM! Let me tell u, if u don't know, Islam and its study, its philosophy is the most mind-bending task known to a university student. U hav the Sufis, the modernists, the peers, the faqirs...and then u have poor little us, who are still trying to pray five times a day. I'm telling u, they just turn the most basic stuff upside down and reach no conclusion...and they do this better with Islam than with any other topic. *sobbing* what a way to start the new year eh?

2 Comments:

Blogger One in the crowd said...

If possible, do share these notes with me whenever time permits...especially the sufis and faqirs...I have always been fascinated by them but never been informed enough to really go beneath the surface. Nice post. I came here, dreading another 'Happy new year' post.

1/04/2007 08:35:00 AM

 
Blogger Rabia said...

UPDATEEE. lol

4/20/2008 03:14:00 PM

 

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