| November 11, 2008 |
Class of 1965 |
Around the end of Nov 2008, it will be 43 years since we parted company as Form IV students at AKHS, Mombasa. Life has taken us on different journeys - most of us now live away from Kenya.
However, it is our shared past that has kept the bond intact. Over the years, I personally have met many of our class-year mates in different countries and yet there are some whom I have never met, despite some effort in that direction. It would be an absolute thrill if all of us make it a point to attend the...
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Anwar Versi i...
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After so many years of living the question I have (and Nazim has yet to answer): Is life in general probablistic and the living of a specific life (given the constraints and, perhaps, the epoch in history one finds one-self in) upto us? Even the dying? Or is it "written" and deterministic?
al-noor Vellani
Any body out there to take this up?
Good to hear from you - the last time we met was a couple of years ago when Fatima and I were driving to western Ontario and stopped for a couple of hours in Hamilton for Razia's bhajias!
To me, the answer to your question is clear - life if probabilistic. We go through life making choices using incomplete information and many a time, uncompleted journeys but always electing to choose the option with a higher probability of positive outcome. Example of choices one makes - career, life partner, place/country to live and bring up your kids ...
Of course, there is a lot of randomness in life that may give the feeling that it is pre-determined with several aspects simply beyond our control e.g. one comes and leaves this world on choices not of one's making. Throw in luck and fate to extend this randomness.
However, for the part that one can influence/decide life is probabilistic.
Amin
Life takes us in unpredictable directions and your calling took you to a publication house in London, England. However, at heart you have remained an African - how else can one explain that you had to choose to work for the NEW AFRICAN Magazine!
Life is an allocation game - hope you allocate time to come to the next reunion (2020 maybe..)