Month: April 2014
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Shades of Laughter
We all love to laugh and take laughter as a sign of all is well or sometimes of all is all too well. On one rare occasion I got reflective about laughter and started pondering over some very basic questions: What is laughter? And what makes us laugh? What does laughter tells or signifies? The…
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Why Narendra Modi should lead India.
In the history of Independent India, there hasn’t been a political figure more polarizing than Narendra Modi. People either adore him or abhor him. They see him either as the saviour or as the terminator. I have read the articles of lots of learned minds articulating on why India should avoid Modi in General Elections…
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Freedom lies in the orbits.
After reading my last post, in which I sketched lot of distorted versions of freedom in the contemporary society, some readers raised the questions that “then what exactly is freedom?” In this post I try to answer the very basic question : What is freedom? To seek an answer, I look towards nature. I believe…
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Near death, explained
Originally posted on THE KNOWLEDGE DOME: An interesting read on Out of Body experience and Near death experiences. http://www.salon.com/2012/04/21/near_death_explained/ Excerpt: “Essentially, Pam agreed to die in order to save her life—and in the process had what is perhaps the most famous case of independent corroboration of out of body experience (OBE) perceptions on record. This…
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My Heart Almost Stood Still
Originally posted on THE KNOWLEDGE DOME: The New York Symphony Orchestra, New York City. Dear Friends: I have the joy of being able to tell you that, though deaf and blind, I spent a glorious hour last night listening over the radio to Beethoven’s “Ninth Symphony.” I do not mean to say that I “heard”…
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In the shackles of Freedom.
It didn’t occur to me. Not until I gave this as a topic for an extempore exercise a couple of days back. The topic was “Freedom”. As expected, one after the other speaker started praising- no – eulogizing freedom. And suddenly, I found myself wondering whether we truly understand freedom? I believe freedom is one…