Posted on December 23, 2019
by neuroticphilosopher
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Just when I almost gave up. Although, that’s a terribly arrogant statement to make, who was I to give up anyway. What did I ever do. I grew up thinking the country belonged to everyone, people who didn’t think so were in a minority… Continue Reading “Indians are alive”
Category: Environment, I think.., Philosophy, Politics, Science, World CultureTags: Activism, Amit Shah, Assam, BJP, Citizenship amendment act, Divisiveness, heritage, Hindu Rashtra, Hindutva, Human rights, Incarceration, India, Jamia Milia, JNU, Modi, Nazi, NRC, Protests, Students
People you have never met, can be portrayed a dire threat
Fleeing the war cries, they hear a voice, that can be yours, but its not clear
Or maybe it IS a drone, you let,
your votes sell, to pay a debt
If you looked at past letters, their lives can be, as yours Is.
Category: Entertainment, I think.., Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Science, World CultureTags: cricket, cricket world cup, Equal pay, fake news, far right, Humans of hindutva, India, Kaepernick, Leonard Cohen, Megan Rapinoe, News, Poetry, politics, real news, refugees, Right, soccer, Sports, Statistics, USWNT, war, Women's issues, world cup
How to see/spot/ get the double-striped thick-knee in Trinidad? (ok, to end the suspense: it is a rare bird in TT, so please continue reading for content, and sorry the photo is down below, thanks much, kisses…) Well, of course you don’t go looking… Continue Reading “How to ‘get’ a double-striped thick-knee in Trinidad”
Category: Environment, Philosophy, Photography, Science, Travelogue, tropical birds, World CultureTags: Asa wright Nature center, Bearded bell-bird, birding, Blue-headed parrots, Caroni Swamp, endangered species, Grand Riviere, Honeycreeper, Hummingbirds, Indian diaspora, Leather-back turtles, Mt. Plaisir, Nannan tours, nature, Nature photography, Owls, Pawi, Purple honeycreeper, Rare birds, Scarlet Ibis, Travel, Trinidad and Tobago, wildlife, Winston Nannan
I would be remiss if I didn’t write about what the anniversary means to me personally and try to project what I think it SHOULD mean to people of the two countries in the world I relate to tangibly. The projections may be utterly… Continue Reading “The end of logic as we knew it: Nov 8 2016 anniversary special”
Category: I think.., Philosophy, Politics, Science, World CultureTags: Black Money, capitalism, Cashless, Deliverance, Demonetization, economics, God, Gourakshaks, Hindutva, Industrialists, Messiah complex, Modi, Nationalism, People, politics, Poor, religion, Rich, Ronhingyas, Sacrifice, Savior, Secularism, Self-righteousness, Shuddhi Yagna, society, Trump, Trump administration, Welfare
Posted on April 26, 2017
by neuroticphilosopher
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Celebrated Shakespeare’s birthday recently and found out that he invented the phrase : Green eyed monster’ among many others, many of which I thankfully knew about and many others I did not. I always thought Lewis Carroll first used : “Off with his head!”… Continue Reading “The red-eyed cutie”
Category: Environment, Photography, Science, TravelogueTags: amphibian, Costa Rica, Frog eggs, Frogs, Green frogs, Mating, nature, Nature photography, Photochallenge, red toes, Red-eyed frogs, Sarapiqui, Travel, wildlife, Wildlife photography