Wouldn’t it be so much easier if everyone lived simply, spoke freely ( not from fear, I mean) and thought highly of high matters. The idea of a perfectly simple solution to everything, including the silver bullet to cure cancer, stems from the fact… Continue Reading “The hazards of oversimplification”
Category: Evolution, I think.., Philosophy, World CultureTags: Chelsea Manning, complexity, Edward Snowden, freedom, Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, Oscar Wilde, politics, Whisteblowing
From a vacation I don’t expect much, the expected, the unexpected, the surprising and whenever possible, the bonus! I am nothing if not easy to please. So, when after a few years of discussion and postponement as I resist being predictable to the greatest… Continue Reading “Canyons and canyon people around the grand and ancient – Grand Canyon National park, AZ”
Category: I think.., Photography, Travelogue, World CultureTags: Anasazi, Arizona, Bengaluru, Bright Angel lodge, Canyon De Chelly, cliff dwellings, El Tovar, food, geology, Grand Canyon National Park, Hopi, Mary Colter, Navajo, New Indian Express, Newspaper, Pueblos, Ruins, Sinagua, stories, Travel story, Travel writing, Walnut Canyon National Monument, We cook pizza and pasta, winter travel, Wupatki National monument
Ananda Das. He sells crabs he catches himself, in the Sunderbans- the largest halophytic mangrove forest in the world (India and Bangladesh). Then he travels all the way (1130 km), probably by road and a lot on his feet or buses, to Behala, Parnasree… Continue Reading “The crabs from Sundarbans”
When I first heard about the case of Devyani Khobragade, one minute a “respected” diplomat to the leading world power ( Deputy consular general, no less to begin with, and now promoted for increasing her immunity to prosecution) in one of the most popular… Continue Reading “The case of the diplomat and her maid: diplomacy, exploitation or media fodder”
Category: I think.., World CultureTags: classism, Devyani Khobragade, employment, exploitation, housekeeper, Human rights, immigration, Indian diplomat, Sangeeta Richards, underpayment
Posted on November 7, 2013
by neuroticphilosopher
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What does an old city have ( and by old I mean at least one millenium) that can’t be beaten by claims of ‘modern technology’ made by a new one? And I agree with anyone who thinks that new cities have no right to… Continue Reading “Dilli and Kolkata’s lesser known secrets.. famously hidden”
Category: I think.., Phlog, Photography, Travelogue, World CultureTags: Bow Barracks, Chandni Chowk, culture, Delhi, food, Kolkata, life, Naughara Lane, Old Delhi, Paranthe wali gali, Photography, Streets, Tourist, Tours, Travel
Implicit Self 