Guru Purnima
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The word guru in the dharmic traditions—namely Sanatana, Buddha and
Jaina—refers to someone who dispels the darkness of ignorance. Because
ignorance is the...
Ruminations about a holiday (and a country)
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It’s been more than a decade since my last post here!!
I don’t think anyone really blogs anymore, and I am pretty sure no one
reads this one anymore, b...
Trump Tarrific
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There was a time in the 80s and 90s when tariffs dominated national
discourse. The World Trade Organization and the World Bank aggressively
pushed globaliz...
Trump Tarrific
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There was a time in the 80s and 90s when tariffs dominated national
discourse. The World Trade Organization and the World Bank aggressively
pushed globaliz...
Vision 2020
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It's 2020 and I'm thinking maybe it's a good idea to revive this space.
Not that it ever died really, I just became awfully conscious as an adult
of airin...
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Pain, sear my soul! Skewer it! Lay it bare! On hissing crimson-coals! Shake
it! Wake it! Make it! Resist! Return! Not Run (in flight)! But Turn (and
fight)...
When I visit the cycle shop...
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It has been over 6 months since the cycle was gathering dust. Overcoming
all inertia and procrastination of a lazy Saturday evening, thanks to a
wonderful...
Shoot Anything
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*The Black and White Edition *has a portentous title, portentous heft, and
a foreword in which Shyam Benegal puts on his best impersonation of a
portento...
Goodbye!
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I've realized that I have nothing more to say under this particular name. I
think I should stop hiding behind a pseudonym and be courageous enough to
write...
Adieu चवन्नी
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Today India has officially relegated its चवन्नी's as useless bits of small
change
On 18th May 2011 RBI announced the retirement of the good old 25 Paisa
c...
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*Images from the Winter past and other anachronistic stories ..*
*The only thing worse than being talked about, is not being talked about* –
George Bernard...
Uncanny Similarities
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*SUDAN.. or ORISSA..*
I am presently in Sudan (Africa) and have been here for a couple of months
now, and the aspect that strikes me most is the uncanny r...
5 comments:
reaction to point 1. ..check this out .. somehting which i keep thinking about .. the issue to me remains open .....
http://asifkhan.in/blog/choice/
god, that was one stephenhawkingian way of putting this thot across!
i just meant that for most of us (please note that most is not all), there are no choices. we just have the illusion taht we do.
hmm fatalism is appealing
finally your blogging persona has a face!!
and youre quite a young man too :) i was expecting an academic with a white french beard..
this is pankaj..what on earth have u done to your account man? its impossible to post a comment!!!
anonymous comments restrict kar diya? itna popular ho gya blog?
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