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Claustropolis: 1984
“Claustropolis: 1984” is excerpted from a forthcoming novel. In Bhopal, I could lie low. In Bhopal, there would be instructions for me. Because I had been told not to take the express, I traveled on a local, in an unreserved bogie. The whiskey was Director’s Special, a parting gift from Gupta’s people. I didn’t even…
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A Region in Name Only By Happymon Jacob July 22, 2024 Sign in and save to read laterPrint this articleSend by emailShare on TwitterShare on FacebookShare on LinkedInGet a linkPage urlRequest Reprint Permissions For decades, policymakers and scholars have been trained in the West and elsewhere to think of the countries of the Indian subcontinent as…
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This article is more than 11 years old The American philosopher Daniel C Dennett leads us through his ultra-Darwinian approach to what it means to be human Steven Rose Wed 15 May 2013 02.00 EDTShare62 There’s something refreshingly hands-on about American philosophers. Not for them the rarefied logical paradoxes of the British or the arcane…
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BY MARIA POPOVA “In disputes upon moral or scientific points,” Arthur Martine counseled in his magnificent 1866 guide to the art of conversation, “let your aim be to come at truth, not to conquer your opponent. So you never shall be at a loss in losing the argument, and gaining a new discovery.” Of course, this isn’t what happens…
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https://substack.com/visited-surface-frame Culture Critic CULTURE CRITIC JUL 17, 2024 First, an Update From Me I started posting on X / Twitter because I felt there wasn’t enough educational content on the topics that interested me: like architecture, visual arts, or cultural and religious history. I wanted to present these in a visually-gripping way, communicating what I…
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The US-led militarisation of the Pacific, aimed at China, is intensifying. The ongoing Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise features 25,000 military personnel from 29 countries. 18 JULY 2024 DOWNLOAD PDF What is RIMPAC? The US and its allies have held Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercises since 1971. The initial partners of this military…
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