Technologist, Thinker and Leader
Anytime we watch a slasher movie, we are perpetuating the legend of Jack the Ripper, the first widely acknowledged serial[…]
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( Note to the reader: I published part one of this essay a couple of weeks ago. Both these parts[…]
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We bought our first television set in Madurai, back in the early eighties. It was a Sony Trinitron model –[…]
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The reconstruction of history is often riddled with epiphanies – sudden discoveries of documents or artifacts in unexpected places, fresh[…]
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( Note to the reader: I wish to thank Rinku for sharing this film with me. Rarely do I get[…]
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(Note to the reader: I owe the genesis of this essay to four events. A few days ago, I happened[…]
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( Preface: Last year was the seventy-fifth anniversary of the atomic bombings on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.[…]
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The American Presidential debates are part of a wonderful democratic process. It gives the people an opportunity to witness prospective[…]
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( Note to readers: Even by my own standards, this is a lengthy essay. Hannah Arendt is one of my[…]
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