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What is truth?

Simarprit September 23, 2018
Honorable Finance Minister's Arun Jaitley's statement "Truth Can't Have 2 Versions" 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. SQ: How?   SA: 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... SQ: But truth should be absolute, right? SA: Yes! I concur. Ganga should be clean too, right? SQ: If truth is not absolute, what is it? SA: Truth may be: Partial truth; Selective truth; Random truth; Half truth; Fake truth and of course Irrelevant truth. SQ: Truth is always single, right? SA: Single truth is a myth. SQ: If it is truth, it has to be objective. SA: 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. SQ: Truth has a way of coming out? SA: All ways can be bought or blocked. Need examples? SQ: Truth doesn't come with an expiry date? SA: Truth doesn't need one. As need of truth comes with an expiry date, anyway. Need expires, truth can live and thrive and reoccur. SQ: Truth doesn't make a noise. SA: Yes, that is why in all this cacophony around us, it is never heard. SQ: Truth comes out in anger, right? SA: Isn'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. SQ: Truth Must Prevail SA: Of course it does, not one but multiple versions of it, prevail concurrently.