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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!