Heed this 67 year old tryst

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/Heed-this-67-year-old-tryst/article17093837.ece

Being a Christian is much much more (& maybe even other) than just love, joy & peace…!

A supremacist is just the public face of a narcissist, right?

The faith & hope of (some great) Indians in (a presently not-so-great) India, is truly awe-inspiring!

The opposite of reflective listening is projective speaking (sublimewe)!

Tamil Nadu’s untenable Act on Jallikattu

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/Tamil-Nadu%E2%80%99s-untenable-Act-on-Jallikattu/article17093830.ece

Compare this with the sacrificing of human lives for the sake of preserving culture/heritage, in a movie like “Monument Men”.

What exactly is the physical harm done to the bulls during the sport?

Is this a classical case of aesthetics Vs. ethics?

The Young India Fellowship Movie (Ashoka University)

via YouTube

WOW! I would love to be in a place like that… auditing classes of course 😉

Can I be a part of this 1 year program without the need to obtain  a degree or the requirement of passing assessments?

How radical or subversive or holistic is the education offered here, really? What about the spiritual-ethical dimension?

 

“India at seventy: A historian’s report card”

via The Hindu Lit for Life Annual Lecture Series – Dr Ramachandra Guha

Too overarching and vague? Not very informative for non-novices, but still enlightening & edifying…

If you want to understand India, then you must study Gandhi!

The Q&A sessions are sometimes more beneficial and interesting than the main presentation. So stay back!

 

Rust Cohle – Philosophy of Pessimism (True Detective)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oX2xFo7JA4

WOW! This is definitely some heavy shit… one of my favorite videos for sure.

Hmmm… So, am I gonna watch the entire season 1 (already seen the Pilot)?

How did he know all this, if what he’s saying is indeed true??

The truth is, you never know……!

Catching a sport by its horns

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/Catching-a-sport-by-its-horns/article17069540.ece

Should I be ashamed that I know almost nothing about this currently popular & burning issue (Jallikattu)? 

Will this snowball into a truly democratic revolution or is it too parochial for that? 

தடை அதை உடை! 

I would also have supported PETA if not for a little education in my own (Tamil) cultural heritage