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- 2010s: A personal tale of my professional journey
- Views on Naomi Klein’s “This Changes Everything”
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- Pseudo-/Liberal?
- Why I run!
- Joy of reading, and some critique of capitalism
- PhD Series: 1. Getting a position
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Society… Do I make it or does it make a me out of me?
What is the identity of society?Does society have a mind of its own? Who is that we care to care about when we live with the society in mind? How much of influence does it have on us? These are … Continue reading
Never ending wonders….
I started off writing this post thinking about something else,but it eventually coalesced into this one. There are very few things in life which can keep us excited and hooked on forever. These are the things which can simultaneously occupy … Continue reading
The art of Propaganda, elaborated by the Greatest Propagandist himself
To whom should propaganda be made to appeal? To the educated intellectual classes? Or to the less intellectual? Propaganda must always address itself to the broad masses of the people. For the intellectual classes, or what are called the intellectual … Continue reading
My critique at the World
One of my close friends, who regularly reads my blog posts mentioned to me that most of the content in the blog was either criticizing or discussing the negativity prevalent in the society. That was a revelation to me! I, … Continue reading
My bad Geography and malfunctioning biological GPS!
For those of you who didn’t know- I am very bad at remembering places, routes or understanding and visualizing maps 😉 School Geography was highly obscure to me, for I could interpret very little about directions, hemispheres, latitudes and longitudes. … Continue reading
The Demon haunted World!
The Demon Haunted World -That’s Carl Sagan’s book about the importance of scientific temperament and dissolution of pseudo science and superstitions. When I was reading the book, I could very well understand the discomfort and agony the author was going … Continue reading
Politics: The filthy game of high stakes
I tried a lot not to get this post on my blog. But, the current affairs of the state have forced me to. I have always tried not to bother too much about the Government and its ridiculous flaws. Because, … Continue reading
VTV-The Audio: Newest sound in Indian Cinema :)
Vinnaithaandi Varuvaya- A first time venture of A R Rahman with director Gautam Menon, and the result is something extraordinary. This is the newest kind of sound I’ve heard for any Indian origin music! Specifically, the mixing is brilliant for … Continue reading
Why read books?
(An episode of comments on my Facebook profile)Me:“A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return” Salman Rushdie My Friend:Stop reading books i say you can … Continue reading
Back on my Byke :)
After almost 3 years, I finally got my byke (Its called BSA-Pulsar!!!) redone today. This is my seven year old byke,and today I rode for about 25 km since noon…. A reminiscing experience of the good(I won’t say old!) school and college … Continue reading