India, April 5 -- Everyone from Frank Sinatra to Billie Holiday once told us, "All or nothing at all." The banality of half a love. Or not committing oneself fully to what truly deserves being committed to. Throw in the pressures of a forever online world, and commitment also becomes currency. So, whether you commit or not, better be seen as committed.

A friend's disappointment with the silence of many of their peers and idols on the issue of the controversial Transgender Bill, recently turned into legislation, has brought the commitment issue to the fore. How do we choose what to put our moral attention and action behind? Contrary to what politicians may want everyone to believe, most of the civil society is not made up of "andolanjeevi...