Atraparlo

Hemos que preguntarnos no solo por qué estamos vivos, sino también cómo estamos viviendo.

Questions [Part Two]

Which is a greater threat to a state's citizenry: the routine one of death through the devices of extreme of deprivation, or the threat of sudden terrible violence? Which is worse: to be a stated target of an event of violence, or to be the uncounted collateral of the everyday? To be killed or to be lost to an indifferent, persistent background rate of extinction?

Should the government of India spend 800 crore rupees on a surveillance program with the stated purpose of preventing terrorist acts? Or could we possibly use that money to counter a more consistent, less glamorous terror?

Questions [Part One of Many]

What is whimsy? How does it differ from romanticism, escapism, indulgence? Can it hold its own against duty? Does it impair or enrich conscience? Is it an act of privilege or necessity? Is it a support or a catalyst?

[Let me check with the chef.]