Comments on: The litmus test http://www.blogbharti.com/kuffir/india/the-litmus-test/ Voices from the Indian Blogosphere Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Pavalan http://www.blogbharti.com/kuffir/india/the-litmus-test/comment-page-1/#comment-8713 Pavalan Sat, 31 May 2008 22:28:21 +0000 http://www.blogbharti.com/?p=3132#comment-8713 Nobody would blindly accept anyone's claims to be beautiful or intelligent or a fantastic skier or a skillful musician, why should anyone blindly accept people's claims to belong to an identity? Nobody "owns" the definition of "Marathi" anymore than anyone owns the definition of "ripe" or "buxom" or "beautiful" -- meanings arise from the ways in which people use words. Nobody would blindly accept anyone’s claims to be beautiful or intelligent or a fantastic skier or a skillful musician, why should anyone blindly accept people’s claims to belong to an identity?

Nobody “owns” the definition of “Marathi” anymore than anyone owns the definition of “ripe” or “buxom” or “beautiful” — meanings arise from the ways in which people use words.

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