bala.sunderosho - Streams of Thought

Reflections on the 09/11 tragedy, The question of worth vs value in the victim compensation fund, and the work of Kenneth Feinberg.

( Preface: September 11th, 2021 marks the twentieth anniversary of the tragedy at the twin towers. For my generation, the[…]

The year — 1952. A touching moment in history: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, walked into Joseph Stalin’s spacious and ornately furnished office[…]

Loss is one thing, grief is something else. When one loses somebody close, there is an immediate void, an existential[…]

A few weeks ago, I visited a colleague’s home in Atlanta for a get-together. It was a beautiful home, spacious,[…]

In 2014, a very penetrating book written by Erik Brynjolfsson ( a tongue twister of a name), director at MIT[…]

The people of Afghanistan are unfortunate victims of geography. For centuries the mountainous terrains of this country – populated by[…]

Chronological dates have significant importance for us. So it should be. it is a reassuring measure, and it is deeply[…]

( Preface: Last year was the seventy-fifth anniversary of the atomic bombings on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.[…]

The word Rasa in Sanskrit cannot be adequately defined. It has no specific meaning, other than indicating a sense of[…]

There are literary masterpieces, whose beauty and force can only be experienced by approaching the work after a necessary period[…]