You just discovered yourself as a different person. You, the same person who once wore a thick-rimmed spectacles doesn’t need the same anymore to see what lies ahead. Yes, the one who could be easily bullied can fight back now. And now, you don’t have to stop at self-defense. You can now even save the […]
ANA LUCIC: Voices from Chernobyl is a startling, emotional book. What is the main emotion or effect you were trying to achieve with its readers? SVETLANA ALEXIEVICH: There is an opinion, after so many years, that we know everything there is to know about Chernobyl: that it’s a thing of the past, and that nobody wants to […]
I see there are several questions here, and before we go into them may I point out that we seem to live on explanations. You put a question and if there is an answer to it we are either satisfied or dissatisfied, and explanations, descriptions and commentaries are really a lot of words, a lot […]
I ask of any book three basic questions: 1.Is it human centered or god-centered? 2.Is it this world-centered or other world-centered? 3.Is it optimistic or pessimistic? When it passes all the three tests by adopting the former of the pairs, I take the book and read it. One can ask: How can you judge before […]
Back in 2011, when the Game of Thrones was first aired, even the writer George R.R.Martin wouldn’t have thought that in the next few years, it will be one of the greatest shows ever aired on TV. Hold your dragons. On the other hand, especially during the last season, he would’ve exactly known how the […]
Body like dry bone Mind like dead ashes This is true knowledge Not to strive after knowing the whence. In darkness, in obscurity The mindless* cannot plan- What manner of man is that? – Chuang-tzu * (wu-hsin; no-mind) It is painful to learn about his ordeal of four-time surgical removal of the tumor,medically termed tumourectomy, […]
Questioner: May I interrupt a moment, sir? I wonder if the group might find it a little more interesting if you could address yourself to some of the striking statements that are in your tapes and books that I have read. I will give you an example of the sort of thing that could be […]
It has taken 22 years to publish the uncensored edition of Svetlana Alexievich’s “The Unwomanly Face of War“, a chronicle of testimonies of the Soviet women who participated in World War II. Though the book was completed in 1983, the Russian censorship condemned the author’s pessimistic approach towards their ‘heroic women’. According to them, Svetlana […]
If there is one field or industry or fraternity in India that has a crying need for diversity and showcases the perils of lack of diversity today, it is the Carnatic music field in South India. A panel discussion held to discuss whether there’s lack of diversity and related caste and gender issues itself became […]
To Read: First Part: https://tamizhini.in/2018/11/14/the-ba-in-the-bapu-kannan-t/ Second Part: https://tamizhini.in/2019/01/13/the-ba-in-the-bapu-part-2-kannan-t/ Third Part: https://tamizhini.in/2019/02/17/the-ba-in-the-bapu-part-3-kannan-t/ Fourth Part: https://tamizhini.in/2019/03/18/the-ba-in-the-bapu-part-4-kannan-t/ (15) Gandhi later headed off to the round table conference at London. When he returned as a disappointed man to Bombay on 28 December 1931, more arrests were awaiting him and the nation. He was arrested on January 4th, 1932. 75000 more arrests followed in […]
Introduction Part 1 of this article discussed a few general, conceptual differences between the theater and cinema. Now, in Part 2, let’s examine some specific, technical differences. Specific, technical differences On the operational level, several differences exist between theater preparation and acting, on the one hand, and cinema making, on the other, and in this […]
6th Question: Kindly give a straight reply. Does god exist, or not? Yes, or no? If yes, how best to realize him in this life? (Laughs) This is a lovely question, isn’t it? (Laughter) Man throughout history from the ancient Greeks, from the ancient Sumerians, has had this idea of god. Right? I am not at all sure whether in the Upanishads […]