Hmmm. Hmmmm. We asked. He answered. Here’s Dr Bhaskar Das in the February 4 edition of Das ka Dum. Read on…
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Q. You forever sound to be so very bullish and optimistic about everything. Is there something that sees your mood going south?
A. Improbable as I have wired my mind to a basic belief about the permanency of impermanence. So the duality of optimism and pessimism do not exist in my mind. The mind might fool one to think in a structured way and oscillate from north to south or vice versa and the mind falls into the trap that stays as a permanent reality. But just look around: do you see anything beyond death and taxes as reality? So it’s my self preservation way of remaining stoic.