Category Archives: Philosophy

The idea of dirt

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Raghav/Raghu

“Dirt is a thing people make too much fuss about”, writes George Orwell in his book Homage to Catalonia. He says this in the context of war, and moves on, while I immediately am thinking of the profoundity of that … Continue reading →

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Reading Carl Sagan’s Contact

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Raghav/Raghu

Reading Carl Sagan’s science fiction work Contact, put me back into the mode of insatiable awe for the Universe, that seemed to have gotten sedentary under the burden of conventional observations and the so called daily wisdom, for a while … Continue reading →

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