Against the Illusion of Separateness: Pablo Neruda’s Beautiful Nobel Acceptance Speech. By Maria Popova

NB: I post this as a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 154th birthday. DS First posted December 31, 2018 “There is no insurmountable solitude. All paths lead to the same goal: to convey to others what we are. And we must pass through solitude and difficulty, isolation and silence in order to reach forth… Read More Against the Illusion of Separateness: Pablo Neruda’s Beautiful Nobel Acceptance Speech. By Maria Popova

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Original letter from Columbus announcing ‘discovery’ of America goes on sale

Donna Ferguson In 1493, Christopher Columbus wrote a letter that would change the landscape of the modern world. “I sailed to the Indies with the fleet that the illustrious King and Queen, our sovereigns, gave me, where I discovered a great many islands, inhabited by numberless people,” he wrote after his return to Europe to royal treasurer… Read More Original letter from Columbus announcing ‘discovery’ of America goes on sale

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Modi vs Trudeau

Indian responses to Trudeau’s allegations have ranged from furious official denial to online trolls celebrating this new willingness to take out India’s enemies Mukul Kesavan The murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in a suburb of Vancouver has caused a nervous breakdown in Indo-Canadian relations. Justin Trudeau’s very public suggestion that the Indian State was complicit… Read More Modi vs Trudeau

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How Mahatma’s ashes travelled: In Pune lingers traces of Gandhi family’s 1948 decision to engage a nation in mourning

 Atikh Rashid , Shalmali Bhagwat The signboard at the entrance of Pune’s Aga Khan Palace provides directions to two places of interest within the 13-acre complex – the three-storey palace built in the late 19th century, and the Samadhis. To visit the Samadhis, one needs to descend a flight of stairs located at a distance from the… Read More How Mahatma’s ashes travelled: In Pune lingers traces of Gandhi family’s 1948 decision to engage a nation in mourning

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Tactics, ethics, or temporality? Heidegger’s politics (1995)

First posted July 12, 2013 Hugo Ott, Martin Heidegger: A Political Life, 1993 Hans Sluga, Heidegger’s Crisis: Philosophy and Politics in Nazi Germany, 1993 Theodore Kisiel, The Genesis of Heidegger’s Being and Time, 1993 Reviewed by Peter Osborne – click for a pdf: Radical Philosophy 070 (Mar/Apr 1995) There are moments in the reception of particular thinkers – especially in… Read More Tactics, ethics, or temporality? Heidegger’s politics (1995)

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New York judge finds Donald Trump liable for fraud

A New York judge has found Donald Trump and his adult sons liable for fraud and canceled the Trump Organization’s business certification, saying the Trumps provided false financial statements for roughly a decade. Judge Arthur Engoron’s ruling came days before the civil case involving the New York attorney general’s office and the former president was set to go to… Read More New York judge finds Donald Trump liable for fraud

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The Observer view on Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing: Narendra Modi’s hubris is ill-judged

In dismissing concerns over the death of a Canadian Sikh activist, India’s prime minister raises more questions over his commitment to democracy… It is unclear where righteous indignation ends and purblind arrogance begins Observer editorial Political assassination is a practice as old as human society, although the term itself derives from the 12th-century Persian Order… Read More The Observer view on Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing: Narendra Modi’s hubris is ill-judged

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