Man always is in the present where the “trace” (to use or misuse a word/concept that Derrida keeps hearkening back … More
Category: Western Philosophy
6 great quotes by Karl Marx you might know since they are not about capitalism
“Experience praises the most happy the one who made the most people happy.” Marx believed that real joy comes from … More
“The personal is political.”
With apologies to Sartre and Camus, what is life for? — by B Maria Kumar
“All these clues suggest that Mother Nature itself has placed the responsibility for one’s existence and wellbeing not merely at … More
“The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies, but also to hate his friends.”–Nietszche
An enemy may hold an uncomfortable truth, while a friend may sometimes reinforce our weaknesses. Nietzsche therefore turns conventional thinking … More
Know Thyself, Everything Else is Noise
My Inner Guru to Me: Chalo, Sam, bahut hogaya ye poetry likhna aur cutely witty hona. Zara serious lo life … More
The Last Leg of the Journey?
I sometimes wonder if I should cease to be, at least in the form of writing. One sees that one … More
Down with Male Patriarchy
The context in which I am writing this is the Raksha Bandhan coming up on Friday, August 28, 2026. If … More
Be Nobody – The Philosophy of Diógenes de Sinope
The things that Sartre does get right in his 1946 lecture “Existentialism is a Humanism”
The one thing that Sartre does get right in his 1946 lecture “Existentialism is a Humanism” (https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/sartre/works/exist/sartre.htm) is this: “Our … More
