DesiPundit

Could discussing your life story with a complete stranger be something akin to free therapy? I sure think so! Will it lead to a fruitful exchange of ideas, a broader view of the world and our fellow-men and women in general? Might we become more tolerant as a result? Does this idea have the potential to destroy the politics of hate and intolerance being preached everywhere? Yes on all counts, I say!

Devaki comments on the latest fad to emerge from Scandanavia - borrow a friend. Yup, instead of a book you can go to the library and borrow a person to talk to for 30 minutes and the ‘human books’ include a healthy cross-section of stereotypes. Incidentally, it reminds me of this amazing ad by Kleenex that also talks about ‘letting it out’ to a stranger.