tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31222248.post115374966618303673..comments2016-02-21T19:55:51.119+00:00Comments on A scream into a starry night: HomeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31222248.post-1154325420759709592006-07-31T05:57:00.000+00:002006-07-31T05:57:00.000+00:00i dunno how social etiquette evolved in these soci...i dunno how social etiquette evolved in these societies. But it's likely that their educational systems had a big role to play... it's a good q... too deep for me tho'! :) <BR/><BR/>hope u doing good!??sreeramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17717294170217827635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31222248.post-1154296862295322702006-07-30T22:01:00.000+00:002006-07-30T22:01:00.000+00:00Sissy Pooh,Welcome :) Your comment begins where my...Sissy Pooh,<BR/><BR/>Welcome :) Your comment begins where my post ends.....and was going to be the topic of a separate blog, but you beat me to it :)<BR/><BR/>Interesting observation about the inability to deal with the overwhelming anonymity. The question I have is : What contributed to the establishment of social etiquette in the cities that you mentioned? Is the story replicable to the Indian context? <BR/><BR/>We talk of building great cities, I wonder what the way is to build great societies...Inkkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542806460518139829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31222248.post-1154164239123992482006-07-29T09:10:00.000+00:002006-07-29T09:10:00.000+00:00Nice post - but I don't think it's just a matter o...Nice post - but I don't think it's just a matter of a life of deprivation that's a causal factor here.<BR/><BR/>I think that in India, we have a very refined and elaborate notion of personal/familial etiquette, but very few norms or traditions of social etiquette. So Indian cities have ended up basically being large villages where people haven't evolved the social etiquette to deal with the overwhelming sense of anonymity. Contrast this with the West or even Japan, where social etiquette is very strictly communicated and enforced. I think the history/experience with urbanization also has a role to play. <BR/><BR/>Indian cities and in some sense urban society today is probably at the same evolutionary stage of a late 1800s early 1900s London or New York which were marked by a similar quasi-anarchic social structure...sreeramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17717294170217827635noreply@blogger.com