{"id":79156,"date":"2018-09-23T12:51:18","date_gmt":"2018-09-23T07:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/?p=79156"},"modified":"2018-09-24T13:01:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-24T07:31:00","slug":"what-is-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/india\/what-is-truth","title":{"rendered":"What is truth?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/my-india\/2018\/09\/What-is-Truth1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-79161\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-79173 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/my-india\/2018\/09\/What-is-Truth1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"669\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/my-india\/2018\/09\/What-is-Truth1.jpg 669w, https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/my-india\/2018\/09\/What-is-Truth1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/my-india\/2018\/09\/What-is-Truth1-665x348.jpg 665w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Honorable Finance Minister&#8217;s Arun Jaitley&#8217;s statement &#8220;Truth Can&#8217;t Have 2 Versions&#8221; got me thinking and now, writing.<\/p>\n<p>SQ= Simar Questions SA= Simar Answers<\/p>\n<p>SQ: What is truth?<\/p>\n<p><em>SA: Truth is a lie<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SQ: Can truth have 2 versions?<\/p>\n<p><em>SA: Truth can have countless versions.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SQ: How?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SA: <em>As truth is a lie, everyone has her\/his take on the same. It is always truth as per me, truth as per him, truth as per her&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SQ: But truth should be absolute, right?<\/p>\n<p><em>SA: Yes! I concur. Ganga should be clean too, right?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SQ: If truth is not absolute, what is it?<\/p>\n<p><em>SA: Truth may be: Partial truth; Selective truth; Random truth; Half truth; Fake truth and of course Irrelevant truth.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SQ: Truth is always single, right?<\/p>\n<p>SA: <em>Single truth is a myth.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SQ: If it is truth, it has to be objective.<\/p>\n<p>SA: <em>Yes and No. Yes, if all set conditions defining truth are met, it is objective. No, because all conditions defining truth are never met, so, it is subjective.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SQ: Truth has a way of coming out?<\/p>\n<p>SA: <em>All ways can be bought or blocked. Need examples?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SQ: Truth doesn&#8217;t come with an expiry date?<\/p>\n<p>SA: <em>Truth doesn&#8217;t need one. As need of truth comes with an expiry date, anyway. Need expires, truth can live and thrive and reoccur.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SQ: Truth doesn&#8217;t make a noise.<\/p>\n<p>SA: <em>Yes, that is why in all this cacophony around us, it is never heard.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SQ: Truth comes out in anger, right?<\/p>\n<p>SA: I<em>sn&#8217;t being angry a style statement and a well rehearsed act? If anger is not well rehearsed, it is deadly, of course for the one who is mouthing it.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SQ: Truth Must Prevail<\/p>\n<p>SA: <em>Of course it does, not one but multiple versions of it, prevail concurrently.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honorable Finance Minister&#8217;s Arun Jaitley&#8217;s statement &#8220;Truth Can&#8217;t Have 2 Versions&#8221; got me thinking and now, writing. SQ= Simar Questions SA= Simar Answers SQ: What is truth? SA: Truth is a lie SQ: Can truth have 2 versions? SA: Truth can have countless versions. 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