Remembering Jayalalitha on her eighth death anniversary
(Note: I wrote two pieces on my Facebook page: one on 5th December 2016 (Part 1) and one on 4th[…]
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Category: Historical forces
Trump’s return to power and the philosophical battle shaping America – a personal essay
It was an emphatic victory for Trump, with no room for doubt whatsoever. The 2024 elections were Trump’s from the[…]
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Elections, democracy, the Modi phenomenon, and his inevitable march to victory in 2024.
(Note: When I finished writing the essay, I realized that this is my 600th published piece. I began writing these[…]
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From Plato’s Pen to the Digital Realm: Socrates and the Enduring Dilemma of Writing
The Greek Philosopher Socrates never wrote a single sentence in his lifetime. What we know of him, his philosophy in[…]
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Ettore Scola’s “A Special Day” – a special movie indeed. A must-watch for those who believe movies are windows to lived and living experiences.
Pauline Kael, one of the finest film critics of my generation, never minced words about what she felt. She was[…]
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Thanksgiving – Sarah Josepha Hale, whose efforts resulted in the declaration of Thanksgiving holiday.
It is perhaps quite unlikely that the mention of the Thanksgiving holidays will immediately conjure in our minds the name[…]
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Countess Ada Lovelace, a day in October that honors her memory and celebrates Women in science, and a gentle enquiry into her contribution towards software programming.
Casually ask any software developer you know – who was the world’s first software programmer and you are likely to[…]
Read moreOh! Jerusalem – An attempt at understanding the genesis of the struggle between Israelites and Hamas
To understand the current war between Israel and Hamas, one has to go back in history, not fifty or hundred[…]
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An essay triggered by James L Swanson’s riveting book on Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, his assassin John Wilkes Booth, and the “Manhunt” that followed.
The words “assassin” and “assassination” are both interesting nouns and a mouthful to articulate. There is a hiss in their[…]
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Part three of the essay on Evolution – “Origins” the book, its style, and impact.
On a cold and blistery day in December of 2001, Julie Geissler, a resident of New Hampshire, walked hesitatingly and[…]
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