Implicit Self
Images from my soul, dedicated to the world that makes me
Category: World Culture
Acceptable life
Why is it that people want different things and yet follow a typical pattern? Why is it more accepted to want what everyone wants? We are likely to have a genetic composition that predisposes us towards wanting social approval, or society can’t have evolved… Continue Reading “Acceptable life”
Peddling from a briefcase
A form of peddling disappearing from Indian streets. Haven’t seen one in a decade, until this guy in Kolkata, India. He sells rat poisons
Ruminating on the relationship between TV, cinema and culture
O, the glorious days of TV! As I was writing the last blog on Kunal Karan Kapoor and Indian TV, I remembered the shows on TV as I was growing up. When TV was only one, then two channels of Doordarshan. There was even… Continue Reading “Ruminating on the relationship between TV, cinema and culture”
George Orwell and Charles Darwin
Ahem, what do Orwell and Darwin have in common? (Some people may ask) Well, this is actually about how those two geniuses can be so different and yet lead to the same dictum. Darwin led the revolution in scientific thinking of how all the… Continue Reading “George Orwell and Charles Darwin”
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