Let’s withdraw And meet the time as it seeks us: Shakespeare; Cymbeline Monju in Patparganj, Delhi, Winter 1995 Achintya Barua, known as Monju – or Manju- by his vast gathering of friends and accomplices passed away on May 17, 2026. Among the gang of dreamers from our college days six decades ago, he was up… Read More Monju: spirit of the trees
The head of the Catholic Church is adding his moral suasion to a growing backlash against the impact of artificial intelligence By Margherita Stancati and Sam Schechner VATICAN CITY—Pope Leo XIV warned that artificial intelligence “threatens to normalize an anti-human vision” and said that the concentration of immense digital power in the hands of a few private actors… Read More Pope Leo Compares AI Threat to Biblical ‘Tower of Babel’
NB: A well written account of the ideas of a great thinker. However, when the author tells us that ‘Straussians are not necessarily but mostly Republicans‘, it jars, because in his own words, Strauss ‘did say that philosophy had been endangered by adopting a political agenda‘. The domain of the spirit cannot be reduced to… Read More The Legacy of Leo Strauss After 50 Years
Increasingly isolated president is determined to press on with Ukraine war, say well-placed sources, despite ailing economy Pjotr Sauer and Shaun Walker Vladimir Putin pulled up to a hotel in central Moscow earlier in May in a Russian-made SUV, dressed casually in jeans and a light jacket. Carrying a bouquet of flowers, he walked unhurriedly into the… Read More ‘There is profound disappointment in him’: mood in Russia turns against Putin / Russia hits Kyiv with hypersonic ballistic missile in ‘deranged’ attack
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Dr. Malik’s lecture asks one of the most important questions facing the healing professions today: What happens when institutions built to recognize psychological harm learn to look away from the largest concentration of psychological injury on earth? Doctors Against Genocide invites you to join an urgent webinar This Sunday, MAY 24th, 2026 at 12PM ET This week’s webinar… Read More The Silenced Lecture & Music Against Genocide
The operation began at 9am Moscow time, but took place across all of Russia’s 11 time zones. Almost simultaneously, agents of the federal security service (FSB) raided the homes and workplaces of 17 Indigenous rights activists. Damien Gayle Environment correspondent Officers carried out searches, confiscated laptops and phones, and arrested and interrogated activists about participation in… Read More Russian authorities are cracking down on rights activists fighting for Indigenous people / Over 2 Lakh People Petition Against Great Nicobar Projects
NB: Who commits contempt of court and of justice? Who despises despiaring fellow citizens and democratic activists? Those who say contemptible things from the highest seats of justice, or those who react to them? DS Hours after Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) surpassed BJP in terms of followers on Instagram, its X account was withheld in… Read More Cockroach Janta Party’s X account withheld after it surpasses BJP on Instagram with 13 million followers / Ravish Kumar: Cockroach Party क्या है
Surviving torture and brutality inside Israel’s prisons By Nasser Abu Srour 1. I woke to the breaking news on 7 October 2023. The television in our cell showed footage of the Hamas attacks and the fighting around Gaza. We watched for an hour before the cable was cut and the screen turned blue. Those were… Read More ‘Why don’t you just die?’
NB: This literary enormity is very serious, but I have no idea whether the academic community will take it seriously. I have taught for many years, but these past few weeks have made me more concerned than ever before about what AI is doing to the minds and mentalities of our younger generation. It’s bad… Read More The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is Dead
After the truth-shower 