27 Nov 03 About home and belonging
Met some friends for dinner. We were talking about the “notion of nation” and belonging to a country. Mr. Shin mentioned a book called Imagined Communities. It talks about the origins of nationalism. Is it necessary to belong to a country or a tribe? Is it very hard to feel at home anywhere else? Why is that being in Thailand or China feels a lot like being at home?
I remembered reading a book earlier this year - The Global Soul . This was a remarkable book for me as it asked some questions (about the concept of home) that I was asking. Here in the author’s own words (click to play audio - 800 K Mp3 file)
(the complete talk is available as a real video stream at the UCTV site )
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hey
preetam
i agree with ur point abt home totally
there is such sentence”hometown is where ur heart is”
when we friends visit a new place,if our hearts too ,
then there is ur home ,ur home is there
u can find an wandering artist in annbaby`s book
“he is so easygoing,it seems that any place can be a home for him”
just a kind of mood
i love that easygoing mood(hehe)
(i can`t download the author`s own words:-\
i don`t know abt that book
but i thk i will like it)