A FEW HOME TRUTHS

          Politicians have discovered technology. They have begun using sms es and emails to touch base with the electorate. I have been getting letters for a while from party workers of various candidates, wooing me with their claims. But this it was from the young man himself- the sitting MP as they call them.  Therefore, I couldn’t [...]


THE NATURE OF THE INDIAN PROTESTOR

Whenever calamity strikes the Indian’s heart swells with anger and outrage. His  consternation spews forth in invectives and random barraging against what he  terms  the enemy. This anger is then applauded because it is the flavour of the moment and optimistically heralded as the turning point that will end the era of injustice and usher in [...]


THE KRISHNA MYTHS

This blog is dedicated to my friend Freedom Unbound who truly loves me despite my idiosyncrasies, my sharp tongue and my derision of what I perceive to be his frailties. This, Free is not a criticism of you, so don’t come at me with hammer and tongs. This is perhaps an autobiographical account of some [...]


THE LAYMAN’S PERSONALITY OF RELIGION

In this post I am attempting to exemplify, elaborate and hopefully simplify my last post, where I had likened the three aspects of organized religion to the parts of the human personality. Like God, religion is man-made and anthromorphic - that is it is created in Man’s own  image.   Do feel free to pop in and discuss this with your [...]


THE PERSONALITY OF RELIGION

 Let us think about religion as an entity and explore the dynamics of its personality – its id, ego and superego.  The Descartian ‘I THINK therefore I AM’ is often seen as erroneous by those who believe that the ‘real self’ is the observer of the mind because we humans have metacognition – we can [...]