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J. Krishnamurti on Simplicity


Simplicity of the heart is of far greater importance and significance than simplicity of possessions. To be content with few…

Desire to be, Simplicity

A New Idea of India / Idea of New India


Here is an interesting debate on “A New Idea of India” between Ram Madhav and Shashi Tharoor, turning on Constituent…

A New Idea of India, Hindu Rashtra, Hindutva, Idea of New India, India, Indian Constitution, Secularism

Being Misunderstood


“Often I feel I am so misunderstood (maybe my communication skills suck) that I like to echo these lines of…

Misunderstood, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes

Truth and Love


Truth and Love are so elusive Search for them the world over You’ll find but only Their faint traces Scattered…

Love, Poem, Poetry, Truth, Truth and Love

Life – tsk tsk


“All of life is just hullabaloo and much ado about nothing. If no life existed anywhere in the universe, nay,…

Extinction of life, Extinction of universe, Life, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes

Myth of Brahmin Merit: Refutation of Superiority


“In a hierarchical society, the cultural capital is concentrated at the top. Brahmins are at the summit of the social…

Brahmins, Caste System, Cultural Capital, Dalits, Intelligence, IQ, Nature vs Nurture

Khoon Karaba (a poem in Hindi)


Jis desh mey khoon behtee hai Pehle Godhra mey Phir badla mey Mai uss desh ka vaasi hoon Lekin jab…

God's decree, Hindi Poem, Poem, Poetry

A Blueprint for Curing Society’s Ailments


Ramana Maharshi said, “The only language able to express the whole truth is silence.” So, treat my breaking of the…

Identity, Identity Politics, Who am I?

Isaiah Berlin, “TWO CONCEPTS OF LIBERTY”


“Political words and notions and acts are not intelligible save in the context of the issues that divide the men…

Isaiah Berlin, Liberty, Negative liberty, Positive liberty

The Man Who Wouldn’t Lie


“After decades of this, I’d had enough awkward conversations, been laughed out of enough job interviews, rejected by enough friends,…

Honesty, Lying, Telling the Truth

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