I miss
you so much L I want to squish you hugely and cuddle you.
Hope you had a good special day. Sorry wasn’t able to write earlier, the temperature and
pain wasn’t condusive to writing properly. I will be going to the urologist and
internal medicine doctor tomorrow so hopefully he can give me some antibiotics
for whatever infection I have picked up. Also dropped the car off for the
20,000 km service. Its amazing how much I drive here compared to London.
Anyway, they will check everything from spark plugs to the oil, brake pads to
AC. Machines need to be looked after religiously. Serviced, checked, maintained
and looked after at regular intervals. If you don’t, then they break when you
least expect it and then its trouble. I know I am sounding like sheldon with
Penny here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMhp2ShPVQw.
I also had this great image which I keep on my desktop. It’s
a great little cheatsheet for critical thinking. We have a problem these days
with social media information and pretty much fake news all over the place. So
you have two options, either you refuse to engage (which isnt possible mostly)
or you do engage but at which level? Remember the Athenians who basically put
forward the demos and democratic structures which we are still following in
some shape or form. You may not like politics or public policy but politics and
public policy is interested in you. So I always suggest engaging but you have
to engage at two levels. First recognise that most news or even history is
incomplete, disbalanced and biased (did you read the EH Carr book on “What is History?”
which we have at home?). So that’s the first element and remember that most
debates will be done at that level. People vote on that basis, people respond
on that basis, etc. etc.
But when its you, a smart intelligent and erudite girl like
you, you need to delve deeper into it. You cannot do that to all the stuff,
especially when you have constant barrage of information on twitter, snapchat,
youtube, etc. etc. but for substantive things, you have to have a filter, a
methodology, something that allows you to check major developments. This can
potentially help you, darling. Print it off and stick it on your wall in front
of you. and on your desktop.
Anyway, I am so missing you. please take photos of your 6th
form class/lounge and have a wonderful time. You are going to step over another
huge milestone in your life, going to 6th form. Much will change,
not least your uniform! Ask Dada for his advice, even though he didn’t do his 6th
form at Nower Hill, he knows what worked and what didn’t. Anyway, take selfies
and mamma will give you dahi chini before you leave.
Love you, Choti, best of luck
Yours lovingly
Baba
