Aubade BY PHILIP LARKINI work all day, and get half-drunk at night. Waking at four to soundless dark, I stare. In time the curtain-edges will grow light. Till then I see what’s really always there: Unresting death, a whole day nearer now, Making all thought impossible but how And where and when I shall myself die. Arid interrogation: yet the dreadOf dying, andContinue reading “The hauntingly bitter-sweet, beautiful lines of the poetry of Philip Larkin …Lines of poetry to live by and repeat …in the hour before the dawn of death..”
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THE REVENGE OF JOHN MALTHUS THROUGH THE CORONA VIRUS
THE REVENGE OF JOHN MALTHUS The CHART below depicts the loss to America’s human society caused by various natural and man-made disasters in the US over the last 4 decades and the consequent loss to GDP. It pretty much sums up what could well be the state of the rest of the world too ..Continue reading “THE REVENGE OF JOHN MALTHUS THROUGH THE CORONA VIRUS”
Is the “Peetam” , the position as Head of an ancient Sri Vaishnava monastery in the holy city of Sri Rangam, India, to be filled as though it were just one of those posts of a high-ranking official serving in Government administration ?
Pardon my ignorance for asking these perhaps naive questions : Is this the way to install a “mattaadhipathi” of Sri Rangam Ranganatha Jeeyar Mattam? Is it just a job like any government post ? Was this how previous generations of Jeeyars were recognised as being fit to ascend to the “Peetam”? Does this method ofContinue reading “Is the “Peetam” , the position as Head of an ancient Sri Vaishnava monastery in the holy city of Sri Rangam, India, to be filled as though it were just one of those posts of a high-ranking official serving in Government administration ?”
A Question from the Valmiki Ramayana that will remain eternally Unanswered:
Was Vibheeshana a traitor to his country, kin and conscience? This essay seeks to answer from the perspective of the Sri Vaishnava theological doctrine of “saranaagathi”. Do download the PDF document and take some time to read it please. Readers already familiar with the story of the Ramayana and with the Vedantic concept of SaranaagathiContinue reading “A Question from the Valmiki Ramayana that will remain eternally Unanswered:”
THE UNHOLY ALLIANCE OF “THE CHURCH” AND THE “STATE”
Watching this scene in the video only confirms to me what I have always suspected: that in the larger scheme of arrangement of religious and secular affairs of the world, the purposes and interests of the “Church and the State” do after all converge and merge so easily and inextricably… and clearly the purpose isContinue reading “THE UNHOLY ALLIANCE OF “THE CHURCH” AND THE “STATE””
IF INDIA WANTS TO MAKE ITS PRESENCE IMPACTFUL IN THE UNITED NATIONS , IT MUST HELP IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY THIS FEISTY BUT BRILLIANTLY TALENTED YOUNG LADY TO GET ELECTED AS THE NEXT UN-SECRETARY GENERAL
GO FOR IT , Lady ! I am so impressed by your intelligence, your assessment of the sorry system that prevails over the ruling-order within the UN and the bold vision you have for changing its very world vision and role where Implementation not Decision-making will be the driving force of all UN programs onContinue reading “IF INDIA WANTS TO MAKE ITS PRESENCE IMPACTFUL IN THE UNITED NATIONS , IT MUST HELP IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY THIS FEISTY BUT BRILLIANTLY TALENTED YOUNG LADY TO GET ELECTED AS THE NEXT UN-SECRETARY GENERAL”