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In Search Of: The Simply Human

June 12, 2017 by thebengali

I was born a Human. I grew up, went to school, went to college, started working. Met a lot of people along the way. Ate a lot of food at many different tables, slept under many different roofs, swapped stories of life and living and all that lies in between. Quarrelled, fought, made up, competed, won, lost, walked, ran, played, worked. Still Human. Then something happened. And someone made it a point to highlight that I was Hindu. Different place, […]

Categories: Learning, People, Self, Society • Tags: Brown, guru-shishya, Hindu, Human, India, Indian, Muslim, Prejudice, thebengali, Travel

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The Illusion of Control (Or the Belief in Immortality)

July 2, 2016 by thebengali

Some recent events and experiences – unrelated for others – helped complete an important part of my learning that had been incomplete for the past four decades. The most recent event was Brexit in June 2016. The reactions to the Brexit Referendum result brought home to me (as an internalised understanding) that a particular type of people (let’s term them Class Y) believe that the European Union (EU) is good for everyone and that as an entity it should live […]

Categories: Learning, People, Science & Technology, Self, Society • Tags: BJP, Brexit, EU, Hindu, India, Learning, Sanjay Mukherjee, thebengali, UK

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